THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



linus hybrids I have already dwelt; indeed, there 

 is hardly one flower whose beauty it might not 

 enhance. And then amusing to me who dislike 

 dried flowers for decorative uses the texture of 

 all these statices is like that of tissue-paper. 

 Draw the finger lightly across their flower clusters 

 when in full bloom and hear the soft rustle of 

 them! Statice bonduelli against brown-seeding 

 gypsophila, the single, with the great orange lily, 

 Lilium superbum, is exceedingly good in effect 

 because of the yellow-green of the statice and of 

 the lily-buds. The decorative value of seeds ripe, 

 but not too ripe, is seldom dwelt upon, but I can 

 assure the reader that the three things mentioned 

 make together a most lovely planting for early 

 August and are equally beautiful when cut. 



It may be of interest to set down here a brief 

 account of trials of some newer gladioli, only of 

 those which made themselves uncommonly wel- 

 come. In Display, mentioned above as a fine 

 neighbor for the rose-colored poppy, I noticed a 

 flower of very beautiful form a broad, well- 

 opened flower of most decided character and good 

 looks; on its outer petals is a suffusion of Rose 

 begonia No. 1, deepening toward the outer edges 

 to Rose vieux No. 2. The anthers bore a dis- 



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