THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



of phlox, Lilium rubrum, L. rubellum, and L. 

 magnificum, pink lupins which are more 

 beautiful than either the white or blue vari- 

 eties and easy to raise from seed, Incarvillea 

 Delavayi, Sedum spectabile, Canterbury bells, 

 and some pink columbines, Spiraea elegans 

 and pink dictamnus, should be planted for 

 May blooming. 



Then the pink annual larkspurs, camellia- 

 flowered balsams, which in rich soil are 

 wonderful plants, Phlox Drummondi, which 

 flowers all summer if not allowed to seed, 

 tuberous-rooted begonias, each plant of which 

 is a mass of blossoms for three months, ver- 

 benas glorified editions of the old-time ver- 

 bena which should be started under glass 

 with the cosmos, and, if there is place for them, 

 gladioli, so necessary for bloom in September. 



The blue border is more unusual, and, 

 although I have visited many gardens in 

 many countries, I have never seen a planta- 

 tion of blue flowers only. 



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