COLOUR IN MY GARDEN 



creamy pendent bells, double and single Hepaticas, and the 

 Wood Anemones (both our native sorts, and such lovely 

 foreigners as A. apennina, the blue Windflower of the Apen- 

 nine Mountains), A. nemorosa the British Windflower, with 

 its fine variety Robinsoniana, and the frail-looking but 

 hardy Snowdrop Anemone (A. sylvestris). 



If there are stones along the edge of the border, little 

 alpine Campanulas such as C. pusilla, C. Portenschl- 

 agiana, and C. caespitosa may be tucked in the crevices, 

 and the pretty Yellow Fumatory will soon create fernlike 

 colonies of itself wherever it can commandeer a bit of space. 

 Campanula carpatica and all the creeping Phloxes are 

 grateful for a position where the sun reaches them for but 

 a part of the day, and the delightful mosslike Sandwort 

 (Arenaria balearica) will creep about and cover the cool 

 sides of the stones with velvet verdure. A particularly fine 

 plant for near the edge of such a border is the Fern-leaved 

 Fumatory (Corydalis cheilanthefolia), a plant with most 

 beautiful dark green leafage that remains in fine condition 

 throughout the season. Its delicate sulphur-coloured flower 

 spikes are born early in the spring. 



Many bulbs will thrive in our shady border, but es- 

 pecially grateful for the cool aspect are the lovely Scillas, 

 Snowdrops, the quaint Checker Lilies (Fritillaria melea- 

 gris), and the white Daffodils, such as N. albicans, White 

 Lady, Mrs. Thomson, and the fair Musk Daffodil of the 

 Pyrenees (N. moschatus). The Dutch call N. albicans the 

 Musk Daffodil. 



One may safely choose a yellow-and-white-and-blue 

 colour scheme for the north border, for these are the hues 



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