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and for the other one, white peach-leaf Campanula (No. 94), the slender 

 stems of which will not conceal the Platycodon behind, and with which its 

 dainty white bells will accord very well. The Iris might be white also, 

 for there are Japanese Irises, as the chart shows, which are practically 

 white, but for a combination with the pink behind it and the two whites 

 on either side of it, one of the deep wine-colored forms would probably be 

 more effective; so we will decide on such a one. Our composition now 

 consists of shades of rose and red to the left, changing through deep pur- 



JuLY- Plan aimdLlevatiom. 



ple-claret to blue and white in the middle, and this again is toned to the 

 right hand by bufF and a touch of coral. 



June shows in bloom the Digitalis, Heuchera, and Phlox subulata 

 on the left, throughout the month; the peach-leaf Campanula in the 

 centre for all but the first week, and the Delphiniums, Iris, and Cam- 

 panula carpatica for the latter half. This would leave the centre and 

 left-hand side of our section of border quite bare of bloom in the first half of 



