22 MY GARDEN 



Funkia subcordata, white Bergamot, Phlox Miss Lingard and late 

 white Phloxes, Physostegia virginica var. alba. Sedum album, 

 Boltonia, Pyreihrum uliginosum, Pentstemon Digitalis, Cimicifuga, 

 white Mallows, Anemone Japonica vars. alba and Whirlwind, 

 white Hardy Asters, Chrysanthemum nipponicum, Veronica vir- 

 ginica, Artemisia lactiflora. 



Annuals. 



Petunias, Verbenas, Phlox Drummondii, Sweet Alyssum, Candy- 

 tuft, Stocks, Snapdragons, Sweet Sultans, Asters, Clarkia, single 

 and double Poppies, Cosmos, and single Dahlias. 



Besides these there were climbing and bush Roses, 

 pure white or creamy, and many white-flowered shrubs 

 Magnolias, Lilacs, Philadelphus, Spiraea, and Deutzia, 

 white Wisteria and large and small flowered Clematis. 

 The garden was enclosed in a hedge of dark evergreens 

 and gleamed and shimmered against the sombre back- 

 ground with strange fascination. Gray foliage might be 

 put to effective use in such a garden, and a list of suitable 

 plants will be found in the chapter, "Plants for Special 

 Situations." 



THE UPKEEP OF THE BORDERS 



Keeping the borders in good order during the summer 

 is a simple matter if a few tasks are faithfully performed. 

 The first and most important of them is staking a 

 matter in which all our ingenuity may be employed. If 

 not done at all or if badly done, the finest garden will, 

 after the first hard storm, be a sad spectacle. In ex- 

 posed gardens there are few plants over medium height 

 which do not require support, and even in sheltered 



