COLOUR IN MY GARDEN 



sphaecrocephalus put in with a broad brush. In this 

 quiet setting may be seen the yellow thistle-like heads 

 of Centaurea macrocephala, the citron-yellow puffs of 

 Thalictrum, Baptisia tinctoria with its creamy papilio- 

 naceous flowers and pallid leafage, tall white and yellow 

 Mulleins (Verbascum Miss Willmott and V. phlomoides), 

 lemon-coloured single Hollyhocks, and masses of the early 

 white Phlox Miss Lingard. All gray and yellow and white 

 save where a single pale spire of Delphinium rises through 

 the Thalictrums and where at the back some clumps of 

 Lythrum Salicaria bring their lovely colour within the same 

 vision scope. This group lasts long in beauty. The Holly- 

 hocks, Mulleins, and Thistles tarry to mingle with the 

 earliest Fall Asters that are set among them, until the cool 

 yellow and white tones give way before the amethysts and 

 purples of the later Michaelmas Daisies and the silver setting 

 has new jewels in its keeping. 



Yellow and white flowers assembled together unfailingly 

 give me pleasure. There is a fresh simplicity in their 

 association that invigorates and refreshes the mind. The 

 white Musk Mallow (Malva moschata alba) is a charming 

 flower with a long period of bloom that I have in association 

 with the yellow Aconite (Aconitum lycoctonum) and the 

 early pink Phlox Nettie Stewart. The dainty white Cranes- 

 bill (Geranium sanguineum alba) is lovely also among the 

 lower growing Evening Primroses and California Poppies 

 with a background of lavender Erigeron speciosus Quakeress. 

 Other fine white flowers of the season for use among the yellow 

 ones are Gypsophila paniculata, Galega officinalis alba, Phlox 

 Miss Lingard, White Hollyhocks, Veronica virginica, Cam- 



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