MIDSUMMER POMPS 



strom, a recent acquaintance. Rhynstrom has a 

 wonderfully large floweret of a delicious pink; per- 

 fect it is before phlox Pantheon, as it is dwarf 

 and of a tone of rose to positively accentuate the 

 loveliness of the taller of the two. Baron von 

 Dedem has decidedly the most dazzling hue of 

 all phloxes. Its opening flowers are nearly if not 

 quite as brilliant as Coquelicot in full bloom, and 

 the expanse of its great blossoms makes it in the 

 garden a far more telling phlox than the latter. 

 Widar and Braga, two beauties in themselves, lend 

 themselves well to use as foregrounds for the taller 

 lavender phloxes E. Danzanvilliers and Antonin 

 Mercie, again needing to complete the picture 

 that good verbena Dolores. Phlox Braga is en- 

 trancing with ageratum Stella Gurney and with 

 the same humble but most useful annual, Widar, 

 discreetly used, may afford an effect as subtle as 

 it is lovely. 



The recent vogue of lavender in all sorts of 

 feminine accessories is known to us all. There is 

 in this hue a certain refinement, a charm, which 

 makes it a special favorite for the woman no 

 longer young. Can it be, I wonder, that the sug- 

 gestion is taken unconsciously from Nature's own 

 use of the tone in the waning of summer, from 



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