COLOUR IN MY GARDEN 



worn by most of the flowers that will be found to flourish 

 there, unless one is minded to let in the members of the 

 magenta clan, in which case the yellow flowers, all save the 

 palest, are best omitted. A little back from the edge we may 

 have fairy Columbines of all sorts, golden Doronicums, includ- 

 ing the tall D. plantagineum excelsum, as well as the dwarf er 

 sorts, the pretty Double Rocket (Hesperis matronalis fl. pi.), 

 Actaeas or Baneberries with their decorative fruit, Epi- 

 mediums, white and yellow Foxgloves, Geranium ibericum, 

 the yellow Day Lilies (Hemerocallis), and if it is hardy in 

 our locality the curious Welsh Poppy (Meconopsis cam- 

 brica). Farther back in the border may come our tall 

 native Snakeroot (Cimicifuga racemosa) and the Japanese 

 variety C. simplex (Syn. Actaea japonica), Veronica vir- 

 ginica, the tall Campanulas — C. latifolia macrantha, C. 

 lactiflora, C. grandis, C. alliarifolia, and C. pyramidalis — 

 Galega officinalis, and all the Aconites. 



The Aconites, if the different species are planted, may be 

 had in flower from late June, when the deep blue and 

 rather dwarf A. tauricum blooms, through the Napellus 

 group and the yellow A. pyrenaicum (syn. lycoctonum) for 

 July and August, to A. Wilsoni and the lovely blue A. 

 Fischeri in September, and A. chinense (usually sold in this 

 country as A. autumnale) in October. These are all beauti- 

 ful plants that give a fine, graceful effect in the garden but 

 whenever they are grown their poisonous qualities should 

 be remembered. 



Tiger Lilies as a rule thrive robustly in the north border 

 as do many other Lilies, but as soil is a greater factor in 

 their well-being than aspect, some experimenting must be 



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