COLOUR IN MY GARDEN 



frank, pure colours, untroubled foliage, and the warm scent 

 is always agreeable. I think a bed of such a satiny salmon- 

 coloured Geranium as Mrs. Lawrence, with an edge of dwarf 

 Ageratum, would be charming. Lavender and white 

 Horned Violets would make pleasant bindings for beds of 

 scarlet, pink, or white Geraniums; and dwarf Snapdragons, 

 Mignonette, Verbenas, Phlox Drummondii, in suitable 

 colours, might also be used. 



No bedding plant is so sweet and reposeful in appearance 

 as Heliotrope. A bed of Heliotrope, or Cherry Pie, as it was 

 once called, edged with white Horned Violets or frilly white 

 Petunias is a delight to the eye and "comforts the spirits" 

 by its rich fragrance all through the summer and early 

 autumn. I have seen such a bed interplanted with pale 

 pink Gladiolus like America, or with the handsome summer 

 Hyacinth (Galtonia), but I like best the simpler arrange- 

 ment. 



The waxen Tuberous Begonias — that "tribe of turbulent 

 fighting-cocks" — need not be altogether scorned as bedders. 

 They are a bit artificial in appearance, yet the colours are 

 very splendid and beds of them make gay breaks in a stone 

 terrace or shine handsomely upon the greensward. They 

 prefer a light, rich loam with some sand. They should be 

 lifted at the first hint of frost and allowed to dry before 

 being packed away in sand in a frost-proof cellar. The 

 dwarf-growing forms of Begonia semperflorens are better 

 for bedding. 



For beds in shady places nothing is more graceful than 

 Fuchsias, with their pendent, warm-coloured flowers — soft 

 crimson and purple, old rose and scarlet. They might be 



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