THE GARDEN AT HOME 



flowers, is hopelessly out of date ; so, too, is the 

 magenta-coloured Snapdragon. They are not worth 

 growing when one may have crimson and scarlet 

 and salmon and rose Sweet Williams, the colours true 

 and clear, and Snapdragons in yellow, lemon, pink, 

 orange-red, and many other most bewitching colour 

 shades. And if they do cost a little more, what does 

 it all amount to? Merely a penny or two on a 

 packet, for, of course, they are grown from seed. 



Why grow the old red Bee Balm (Monarda didyma), 

 when the new variety called Cambridge Scarlet, while 

 preserving the charm of fragrant foliage, has brighter 

 and finer flowers ? There is no reason why one should. 

 The stiff florist's Asters are altogether lacking in the 

 freedom and joyousness of the Ostrich Plume and Comet 

 varieties, with large, loose-petalled flowers that are a 

 delight to possess. It is merely a matter of choosing 

 the right seeds. The common blue and white Lupins 

 are ubiquitous, and, beautiful though they are, that is 

 no reason why one should not grow the lovely rose-coloured 

 Moerheimi or the yellow one called Somerset. 



What a galaxy of colouring is now found among the 

 perennial Poppies ! No longer need one's collection include 

 the dingy colours of which there are plenty to be had, especi- 

 ally by those who buy cheap seed or cheap seedlings. Such 

 exquisite varieties as Mrs. Perry, orange apricot, Princess 

 Ena, orange salmon, Goliath, scarlet, Lady Roscoe, salmon, 

 and Oriental King, crimson, are but a few of the many 



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