THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



ground below them begins to green with little 

 leaves of calendulas Orange King and Sulphur 

 Queen, as well as of the fine double white poppy 

 White Swan. These practically cover the dying 

 bulb leaves in a few weeks and produce a succes- 

 sion of charming bloom beginning rather early in 

 the summer. A few zinnias do well among them, 

 the medium tall varieties grown only from seed 

 labelled " Flesh-color. " For my purposes this zin- 

 nia color is always the best. It generally produces 

 flowers varying from flesh-pink to pale or faded 

 yellow, colors which in all their range look so well 

 with yellow or warm pink flowers that many 

 unique and lovely combinations are obtained by 

 their free use. Beware of the zinnia seed marked 

 "Rose," and of all mixtures of this seed. The 

 seed rarely comes true to color, and its bad colors 

 are so hideously wrong with most other flowers 

 that they are a very real menace to the beginner 

 in what we might call picture-gardening. 



Iceland poppies, thickly planted among the nar- 

 cissi and tulips, would bring a crop of charming 

 silken blooms well held above the foliage already 

 on that bank, and coming between the earlier and 

 later flower crops. 



The little walk of dark brick shown in the first 



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