COLOUR IN MY GARDEN 



foliage is good, they are a bit lax in habit to make good 

 subjects for the borders. For other pink flowers at this 

 season we have Sweet Williams and the shining Canterbury 

 Bell, the pretty trailing Soapwort (Saponaria ocymoides), 

 Heucheras, Oriental Poppies, Lupines such as Rosy Gem 

 and Nelly, Dicentra spectabilis and D. eximia, Aquilegias, 

 Pinks, and Thrifts. 



As the summer progresses we have Hollyhocks repre- 

 senting pink in the garden. Where single Hollyhocks seed 

 themselves there are many attractive forms developed, none 

 prettier than those in which pink and amber blend, soft 

 yellow Hollyhocks with warmly flushed centres like those 

 in Plate 15. This pink and yellow association takes place 

 charmingly in many flowers. It is particularly well ac- 

 complished in various China and Tea Roses, in Snap- 

 dragons, Lupines, and Sweet Peas, and while we may not 

 manage it as cleverly as does Nature, still we may bring 

 about some very attractive arrangements. Pink Lupines 

 and yellow Foxgloves are good, groups of Tulips in soft 

 shades of pink and yellow, pale Mulleins with such a Phlox 

 as Peachblow. 



Fine pink annuals are numerous; the ashen pink and 

 salmon pink Zinnias are good perpetual flowering plants 

 for filling in the blanks left by biennials, or for planting 

 among the clumps of steel-blue Sea Hollies, with which they 

 are in pleasant accord. Clarkias and Godetias and of 

 course Poppies have many rosy offerings. Many and 

 beautiful pink varieties have Snapdragons, China Asters, 

 and Stocks and there is a dainty pink annual flower well 

 known to frequenters of the Paris flower markets called 



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