72 VARIETY IN THE LITTLE GARDEN 



as fine as those of Artimisia lactiflora. Mr. Havemeyer has 

 this lilac on his selling-lists; it is very rare and has not been 

 long in American gardens. 



On my table lie two large flowers ready to undergo examina- 

 tion for color-naming with the charts; they are superb together 



— a mere chance this — but so suggestive that I must make 

 note of it. Gladiolus Louise and Ipomcea ruhro-coerulea are the 

 two. The gladiolus is of a light pinkish mauve, large and clear 

 in color. Somewhere before, I regretfully admit, I have said 

 that this gladiolus was not specially to my liking; I could not 

 have seen it in full beauty, for I think it now one of the best of 

 its kind; and this with the brilliant blue of the Mexican morning 

 glory is a glorious sight in flowers. What companions for each 

 other in the border! and how I wish I had grown Louise this 

 year for this blue neighboring ! The actual color of the Ipomoea in 

 Ridgway lies between Paris-blue and methyl-blue; it was diffi- 

 cult to find the exact tone in this chart; in the French chart, 

 however, the blue of the flower leaped out at me from plate 213 



— royal blue; there was never a more instant matching of a 

 color than in this case. The chart-colors for Louise are: — 



Ridgway: Mallow pink to pale amaranth pink; markings on 



lower central petals rhodamine purple. 

 French chart: Purplish mauve Plate 186-1 ; with deeper tones 

 toward ends of petals, in fact almost a pure mauve. 

 Markings on lower petals rosy magenta, 169-2. 

 The flower is a light clear pinkish mauve, particularly good in 

 the garden or for cutting in association with pale yellow, blue 

 or violet flowers; it is a fine subject for either use. 



No grower of roses myself, I rather hesitate to discuss them ; 

 yet this last June in the garden of the president of the American 

 Rose Society, Mr. J. H. Mc Farland, at Harrisburg, I saw so 

 lovely a new climbing rose that I must mention it here. This 



