THE FEAST OF FLOWERS 101 



Hemerocallis and coreopsis carry the same hue, 

 while the lychnis touches the border with scarlet. 



The lovely white Lilium candidum comes into 

 full stateliness here past the middle of June, and 

 is not merely desirable in itself, but because it 

 lends light and contrast to anything near it. I 

 want more; but it increases rather slowly. Not 

 far away, and blooming about the same time, the 

 long-spurred columbines are a great pleasure. The 

 Boston strain I have grown gives colors so soft 

 and refined that the bed of them has the same 

 effect of richness that one sees in those flowers of 

 wool that the old eastern devotees created in a 

 prayer-rug. These columbines last long, too; for 

 many weeks there will be flowers in abundance. 



I am fond of gladioli, but have had to plant 

 them very late to avoid the vacation weeks. 

 Loving this growing garden as we do, we cannot 

 quite stay away from Eagles Mere, our Penn- 

 sylvania mountain summer home; wherefore there 

 is needed especially careful planning and planting 

 to give us September "posies," and not to have 

 our favorites fall into flower in late July or August. 

 I find that gladioli planted the last week in June 

 come into bloom in September. 



The cannas, planted early in the month, begin 

 to grow vigorously as the ground gets thoroughly 



