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tuft, Paris daisy, foxglove, garden heliotrope, lupine, goatsbeard, 

 meadow-rue, paeony, Hes peris matronalis. 



JULY. Elderberry, bellflower, wild clematis, Chrysanthemum max- 

 imum, C. latifolium, Japan day lily, Japanese iris, Madonna lily, platy- 

 codon, Spirea sorbifolia, yucca. 



AUGUST. Hydrangea, hibiscus, hollyhock, auratum lily, Lttium 

 speciosum album, perennial phlox. 



SEPTEMBER. Japanese anemone, Clematis paniculata, Polygonum 

 multiflomm. 



OCTOBER. Chrysanthemums, Boltonia, asters. 



WHITE ANNUALS 



JUNE. Poppy, malope. 



JULY. Arctotis, aster, cosmos, gaura, nicotiana, petunia, stock, sweet 

 pea, snapdragon. 

 AUGUST. Scabious. 

 SEPTEMBER. Late cosmos. 



I will enumerate a few of the combinations that I have 

 found successful: Arabis albida with grape hyacinth or Phlox 

 sublata; perennial candytuft and Lychnis dioica or Mertensia 

 Virginica; Phlox divaricata and ferns; Jacob's ladder and 

 white Iceland poppy of the second year's growth; German 

 iris and blue lupines; white iris and Anchusa Barrelieri; coral 

 bells and white daisies, annual gypsophila or caraway; ;Ego po- 

 dium and forget-me-not; white foxglove and yellow day lily; 

 harebell, dropwort and ferns; white foxglove and perennial 

 blue larkspur; blue larkspur and meade>w-rue; monkshood 

 and meadow-rue; Aspemla hexaphylla, Achillea and blue or 

 pink cornflower; Gypsophila paniculate, or Galium Mollugo 

 and mallow (Malva sylvestris) ; campanulas and feverfew; 

 elderberry, monkshood, tall blue larkspur and meadow-rue; 

 oriental poppy and cinnamon fern; cornflower and candytuft; 

 pink catchfly and annual gypsophila and candytuft; red Shirley 



