COLOUR IN MY GARDEN 

 A few good arrangements for Lilies are the following: 



Lilium candidum with Papaver rupifragum * 



Lilium croceum " Linum perenne album 



Lilium elegans " Heuchera sanguinea alba 



Lilium tigrinum " Aconitum Napellus 



Lilium Hansoni " self-sown Cornflowers 



Lilium speciosum " Statice latifolia 



Lilium Browni ' Linum perenne 



Lilium canadense " Gypsophila paniculata 



Lilium Henryi " Corydalis cheilanthifolia 



Of course thoughtful staking has much to do with the 

 well-furnished appearance of the borders. No plant should 

 have its slender branches gathered into a stiff bunch and 

 tied tightly to a stake. A flower stem should never be 

 fastened more than half way up its length. In this way the 

 natural curve of the stem will not be diverted. 



In staking plants of many slender stems, several thin 

 pieces of raffia should fasten them lightly to a strong central 

 stake, allowing the whole plant to assume its natural di- 

 rection. For plants of the type of Michaelmas Daisy, 

 spreading pea brush provides the best means for staking as 

 the stems may be spread out naturally over the stiff branches 

 and fastened wherever it is desirable that they should remain. 



It is the proper custom in well-ordered gardens to keep 

 them pretty well cleaned up, not only of weeds but of the 

 gypsy seedlings of authorized dwellers as well. This, of 

 course, in the main, is as it should be. Phlox seedlings and 

 many others become a pest, for they firmly resist eradication 

 and are nearly always inferior to the parent; many Cam- 



*The surest way to get this little Poppy established is to sow the seeds among the Lily 

 tufts early in the spring, letting them come up in patches at will. This is the best course 

 to follow with the Flax also. 



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