THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



addition to the ranks of gladioli. London is its 

 imposing name. In color almost the counterpart 

 of America, its cool pink eminently fits it for use 

 with the beautiful lavender gladiolus Badenia. 

 The flowers of the two are of almost equal size, 

 measuring four inches on each side of the triangle 

 made by the petals; and they are quite ravishing 

 together. Badenia, the purple verbena Dolores, 

 and that charming hardy phlox Braga used to- 

 gether in a garden should make a most happy 

 color arrangement. Gladiolus Satellite, too, is 

 exceedingly good with phlox Goliath. 



I spoke just now of verbena Dolores. To be 

 explicit as to its color, it has over its fine trusses 

 or panicles of bloom the darker shades of Bleu 

 d'aniline, but the flower is much darker than No. 

 4 of this shade, and has that velvety texture which 

 gives the dark verbenas a richness possessed only 

 by the darkest snapdragons. 



In the trial garden a few new hardy phloxes as- 

 serted themselves last year: two or three dozen 

 planted in the spring of the year before rose in 

 their might the second season and sent forth glo- 

 rious trusses of flowers to proclaim their presence. 

 A first cousin in color to the lovely Elizabeth 

 Campbell, and very beautiful with it, is Rhyn- 



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