38 THE GOLD MINE 



Waterer. You have here a mound of beauty with a 

 diversity of foliage and a succession of bloom. 



For syringaSj put the strong grandiilora in the cen- 

 ter. Then coronarius. Then Gordons; next the old 

 sweet-scented of our mothers. Then put in the dwarf 

 Lemoine and Avalanche with their profusion of bloom. 

 Here, too, you have a wide diversity both in leaves and 

 flowers and a wide range of blooming season. 



For lilacs, put a tree lilac in the center, either the 

 Chinese or the Japanese, then the Villosa of half tree 

 form, then the Bretschneider and the Josikaea, then the 

 Emodi and Oblata, then Senator Volland, Charles 

 X and others, and you will have one of the most 

 charming collections. Some of the leaves will be al- 

 most as large as your hand, and then there will be the 

 exquisitely delicate ones of the pekinensis and the cut 

 leafed Persian, while the time of blooming will range 

 from early spring till near the first of July. 



Now your amphitheater is coming down toward the 

 arena. Bring on the perennials and back them up 

 against the shrubbery. There are the tall and showy 

 tiger lilies, then the rank growing delphiniums or lark- 

 spurs, with their immense spikes of bloom — hardy up 

 in Manitoba. You should not have formal or continuous 

 rows all the way. Make breaks here and there. Xow 

 put in the radiant phloxes. Then the oriental poppies, 

 with their flamelike splendor. Then Gaillardias. Some- 

 where in the background you will want cannas. They 

 vary. Pillar of Fire grows 7 feet tall, holding up a 

 bloom like a torch of flame. These go in the background 



