THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



This magenta phlox, by the way, is quite a 

 different color from that which we find in our 

 gardens grown from self-sown seed, which is 

 of a light purplish color. The new magenta 

 phloxes have large heads of bloom, as well 

 as large individual blossoms, and grow quite 

 four feet in height. 



A very effective color-planting can be 

 made by growing dark crimson snapdragons 

 with a tall variety of ageratum and edging 

 the plantation with dwarf ageratum, the 

 combination of blue and rich crimson being 

 unusual. 



There is one flower, the petunia, of which 

 I must speak with apology because of the 

 things I have written and said about it. The 

 very name petunia calls to mind the ugly 

 white and purple varieties that flourished in 

 our mothers' gardens; but, through the skill 

 of the hybridizer, the petunias today are 

 among the most beautiful of all annuals, par- 

 ticularly the great giant ruffled and frilled 

 varieties. The Snowstorm, a flower with a 



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