THE GARDEN DELL 



August, when the Lupins have lost their chief attractive- 

 ness, the tall spires and white drooping, bell-like flowers 

 of the Hyacinth shall rise above the fading leaves like 

 a new Phoenix from the old ashes. For a ground cover- 

 ing, hiding the soil not only with evergreen leaves, but 

 for a long time with yellow blossom, there is the St. 

 John's Wort (Hypericum calycinum), that will thrive 

 even round about the trunk of a forest tree. A still 

 brighter carpet, but of leaves alone, may be had in a 

 similar spot by planting the variegated Veronica radicans. 

 This has beautiful small green and white leaves that 

 lose neither their colour nor themselves. Or, for those who 

 prefer green to variegated leaves, there is, of course, the 

 green-leaved Veronica (radicans). And is there not Ivy 

 for those who cherish it ? Any of these, together with 

 Woodruff white and Woodruff blue, the broad-leaved Bell- 

 flower (Campanula latifolia), the blue Siberian Columbine 

 (Aquilegia sylvestris), Japanese Primrose, Lilies in variety 

 Orange Lily, Tiger Lily, Japanese Lily (speciosum), 

 Scarlet Martagon Lily (chalcedonicum), and even the 

 white Madonna Lily to say nothing of all the flowers 

 of spring, but chiefly Daffodils, Primroses, Violets, Wood 

 Anemones, Apennine Anemones, Lenten Roses, Blue- 

 bells, and hardy Cyclamens. All should be grouped not 

 singly, but in colonies, in the hollows between the little 

 hills. 



Such things as Foxgloves, Snapdragons, Opium 

 Poppies, and Evening Primroses will seed themselves, 



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