MISCELLANEOUS GARDENING ADVICE 



remains to be seen whether the gardening public will 

 adopt it. Mrs. Francis King, who has gone so deeply 

 into the color question, as shown in her delightful 

 book, "A Well-Considered Garden," writes as follows: 

 "If such a color standard could be adopted gener- 

 ally, there would soon dawn a new era in the ques- 

 tion of correct color naming in this country." At 

 present our color descriptions are sadly misleading. 



PEONIES IN MASS 



In the charmingly planned garden, shown in the 

 upper illustration Plate XVI, suppose the four large 

 beds bordering the central paths were filled with Pe- 

 onies. It is a great temptation to have a mass of 

 this bloom for the beautiful effect in early June: but 

 let us remember that afterward only the edges of 

 such a bed can be counted on to provide blossoms 

 for the remainder of the season. This plan is there- 

 fore not feasible for a garden of continuous bloom, 

 wherein even the largest beds (20 square feet or more) 

 should not contain over four or five of these bushy 

 plants. It is necessary that the remaining space in 

 the bed be given to the other flowering periods, the 

 plants of which are almost as effective and occupy 

 less room. 



POPPIES IN MASS 



Every one wants Shirley Poppies, and the Bar Harbor 

 picture in Plate XVI is an argument in their behalf, 



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