COLOR ARRANGEMENTS OF FLOWERS 



golden heart, is a continual mass of blossoms, 

 as is also the Rosy Morn, which is pale pink 

 as its name would indicate. There is an infi- 

 nite number of other varieties, and they help 

 us out immensely with our color effects. 



Last summer, a bed of heliotrope surrounded 

 with giant rufHed petunias in shades of lilac 

 with golden centers was continually beauti- 

 ful for nearly five months; and a carpet of 

 Rosy Morn petunias, growing in a bed where 

 Lilium auratum and L. magnificum raised 

 their great stalks of lilies, entirely concealing 

 the earth, added greatly to the effect. 



The hybridizer has worked wonders, also, 

 with the verbenas. The new varieties form 

 trusses nearly as large as the top of a tea-cup, 

 and give a continuous mass of color in white 

 or pale rose until quite late in the fall, as 

 they stand considerable frost. 



The Celosia plumosa, or cockscomb, has 

 become, through the skill of the growers, a 

 wonderful flower in many colors besides the 

 old crimson variety. It grows about three 



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