COLOUR IN MY GARDEN 



sorts as Isaac Buchanan, Sunrise, Golden King, Schwaben, 

 Klondyke, and Easter Bells. These are particularly fine 

 among flowers of deep blue colouring — Veronica spicata, 

 Aconite, Salvia pratensis. 



Good yellow annuals are many. Besides the Marigolds, 

 lemon yellow and burnt orange Zinnias, gay California 

 Poppies, the Calendula — so truly gorgeous in its new 

 forms — there are a few that are not so well known. Of 

 these the yellow Bartonia aurea (or correctly, I believe, 

 Mentzelia Lindleyi) with its glowing cup-shaped flowers 

 so enjoyed by bees. The Mexican Prickly Poppy, too, 

 Argemone mexicana, is a lovely thing with its crinkled 

 yellow "Poppies" and gray foliage. It is a troublesome weed 

 in its own country and might become so here — but both this 

 and the white variety are charming for half-waste places. 



The two annual Erysimums (E. Perofskianum and E. 

 asperum arkansanum) are pretty enough for the best 

 of gardens. They are bright orange and mustard yellow 

 respectively in colour, are very like Wallflowers in form, 

 are sweet scented, and self-sow freely. 



The California Lupine (Lupinus Menziesii) forms a 

 handsome bush with spikes of soft yellow flowers. Two 

 other very pretty Californians are Layia elegans and 

 Limnanthus Douglasi. The former is a delightful sprawling 

 little plant about eight inches in height that bears the 

 quaint name of Tidy Tips. Its yellow flowers are slightly 

 fringed. Limnanthus has little fine-petalled yellow flowers 

 that are delicately scented and much sought by bees. It 

 makes a pretty edging in poor soils and should be sown 

 twice for a succession. 



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