THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



phlox Tapis Blanc in four places nearer the centre 

 of the garden. 



For accents in flowers, the mind flies naturally 

 to the use, first, of the taller and more formal 

 types of flowers. Delphiniums with their fine up- 

 rightness and glorious blues; hollyhocks where 

 space is abundant and rust doth not corrupt; the 

 magnificent mulleins, notably Verbascum Olympi- 

 cum, might surely emphasize points in design; and 

 I read but now of a new pink one of fine color, 

 which, though mentioned as a novelty in Miss 

 Ellen Willmott's famous garden at Warley, Eng- 

 land, will be sure to cross the water soon if in- 

 vited by our enterprising nurserymen. Lilies of 

 the cup-upholding kinds, standard roses, standard 

 wistarias, standard heliotropes are all to be had. 

 The use of the dwarf or pyramidal fruit-tree in 

 the formal garden is very beautiful to me, recall- 

 ing some of the earliest of the fine gardens of 

 England, and (where the little tree is kept well 

 trimmed) offering a rarely interesting medium for 

 obtaining balanced effects. 



But the tall plants are not the only available 

 means for producing balanced effects. Lower 

 masses of foliage or flowers have their place. 

 They must be masses, however, unmistakable 



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