JULY 155 



tuft, English daisies, trilliums, bloodroots, 

 iris Spanish, English, Japanese and German 

 lilies-of-the-valley, columbines, fraxinellas, 

 peonies, phlox, Canterbury bells, foxgloves, 

 Achilleas, feverfews, larkspurs, balsams, ver- 

 benas, Shasta daisies, China asters, pansies, 

 petunias, mallows, nicotinas, hollyhocks, dahlias, 

 anemones and chrysanthemums. Of this list 

 only three are annuals balsams, China asters, 

 petunias ; none ask for any particular coaxing, 

 and none are very costly. For shrubs and 

 small trees with white flowers there are, beside 

 the roses, dogwoods, magnolias, rhododen- 

 drons, lilacs, fringe-trees, hawthorns, spireas, 

 Philadelphus, privet and hydrangeas. For 

 climbing plants, clematis the native Virgin's 

 bower the paniculata, and some of the broad - 

 petalled hybrids, the charming evergreen 

 honeysuckle, the morning glories, wisteria, 

 var alba, the moonflowers, and the sweet 

 Madeira vine. 



The true garden is a thing of slow growth, 

 and a place in which the individuality of its 

 owner is shown at its best. Sentiment, 

 crushed down and kept out of sight elsewhere, 

 must here have full play. The plant bought 



