A Descent into Particulars 



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Paonia, var. Marie Lemoine 

 P., var. humei earned 



Pansy 



Phlox paniculata 

 P. divaricata 



Primrose, Evening 



Rosemary 



Sweet-william 



Valerian 



Violet 



FRAGRANT ANNUALS 



Abronia 



Alyssum 



Ambrosia artemesi&jolia 



Bartonia 



Bean, Flowering 



Candytuft 



Cleome pungens 



Centaurea, var. Imperialis alba 



Cephalipterum , 



Datura 



Eritrichium 



Fragrant evening stock 



Limnanthes 



Lupinus mutabilis 



L. arboreus 



Mandevilla 



Martynia 



Mignonette 



Moonflower 



Nasturtium 



Nicotiana 



Nycterinia 



Pansy 



Petunia (White) 



Scabious 



Schizapetalon 



Sterna serrata 



Stock 



Sweet Clover 



Sweet Fern 



Sweet Pea 



Sweet Sultan 



Verbena 



Verbena, Lemon-scented 



Wallflower 



Another matter which does not always receive enough at- 

 tention is the use of green in a garden. Green is the natural 

 environment of a plant, but we have fallen into a pernicious 

 habit of crowding together colored bedding plants so solidly in 

 many of our public parks and boulevards, where flowers are 

 supposed to have an educational value for the masses, that a 

 protest should rise against this false idea of beauty. Properly 

 insulated by green, one can use colors near each other that 

 would clash if brought immediately together. Take for ex- 

 ample a red bed: there are but few pure red flowers; they 



