S. Ulmaria the king. Gypsophila, Baby's Breath, is unique in 

 its light, airy build. 



The stately rows of Hollyhocks should find room where 

 their majestic spires may display in the full sun, and both 

 the single as well as the double are to be favored, giving the 

 preference to the former. Perchance a Mullein should be 

 thrown in to raise its golden bloom on velvety stalks. The 

 rosette of foliage of the plant in the first year is an at- 

 traction in itself and arouses great expectation for the 

 season to come. The Canterbury Bells are another biennial, 

 and their chimes will be repeated from many a little one's 

 lips as it adds the sound to the handsome bell. Phlox, Pride 

 of the Meadow, with its handsome heads of flowers and the 

 agreeable perfume, should replace the gaudy Hydrangeas in 

 our kindergarten. Columbines in all varieties are welcome 

 to ample space in our limited area, and the more they spread 

 and reach out their handsome flowers in natural array, the 

 more welcome they should be for our selection. The yellow, 

 red and white varieties are the most suitable, and buff and 

 misty colors should be avoided. 



The Carnation family is an association from which we may 

 take all those forms which remind us of the state they were 

 in before cultivation and mast-culture distorted them. Hunt 

 up the oldest single pink and the little carnation so sweet 

 and so simple, with which every old-fashioned garden bor- 

 ders its beds. Refuse to plant a double carnation. Their 

 association favors ideas and conceptions which we fall into 

 only too quickly when we grow up. The more double a pink, 

 the less it is a pink. The wild Dianthus and Lychnis, the 



