COLOR ARRANGEMENTS OF FLOWERS 



its blooming before frost. Then there are 

 Lilium auratum, L. album, and L. candidum, 

 which bloom from June until frost, and, 

 if planted from fifteen to eighteen inches 

 deep, seem to succeed far better than with 

 shallower planting. Tall spikes of Hyacin- 

 thus candicans, Physostegia Virginica alba, 

 flowering in July for a rfionth, Achillea, 

 which generously blooms the whole summer 

 through, white phlox, both early and late, 

 white lupins and dictamnus, both of which 

 bloom for a month from the middle of May, 

 foxgloves, Lysimachia clethroides, Campanula 

 medium, some clumps of white Japanese iris, 

 and the old-time valerian, filling the air with 

 its delicious perfume in May. 



For annuals, there are stocks, sweet sultan, 

 the white cornflower, Cyanus albus, Empress 

 candytuft, snapdragons, asters and gladioli. 



The pink border, or indeed an entire garden 

 of pink flowers, is not difficult of attainment. 

 Pink hollyhocks and cosmos, many shades 

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