MIDSUMMER POMPS 



against a trellis covered with leaves of the vine. 

 Close against the green stood in slender dignity 

 a group of blooming Helianthus orgyalis, Miss 

 Mellish, ten feet tall, its blooms of clear yellow 

 shining against the upper blue. Below the Helian- 

 thus, Button's Dwarf Primrose sunflower raised 

 its pale-yellow heads with dark-brown centres, 

 the yellow-green leaves forming a spreading back- 

 ground for tall white zinnias arrayed in groups 

 below. The semi-dwarf lavender phlox Antonin 

 Mercie, with fragrant creamy-white Acidanthera bi- 

 color before it, made the foreground of this picture, 

 and those who would have tones in flowers ranging 

 from pure chrome-yellow through primrose to lav- 

 ender and cream-white will do well to plan this 

 simply made and satisfying group. Introduce a 

 few hardy asters such as James Ganly, with a bit 

 of low-growing verbena Dolores in the extreme 

 foreground, and a delicacy of form and a rich 

 color accent, too, are at once added to such a 

 scheme as this. 



To return to midsummer flowers three brief 

 suggestions and I have done. A rich royal-purple 

 Antirrhinum, Purple King by name, was excellent 

 when cut, with Statice bonduelli; the new giants 

 of double zinnias, rose-colored ones only, were 



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