COLOR ARRANGEMENTS OF FLOWERS 



dark variety, Formosum, behind it, and pale 

 yellow coreopsis and pale yellow calendula in 

 the foreground, make an attractive planting. 



Early one July, my baby grandson was 

 christened in our quaint little church in the 

 country. Larkspur, and candidum lilies, with 

 which I have at last been able to succeed, — - 

 both of which flowers are so exquisite in the 

 garden, and so perishable when gathered that 

 one should always cut them judiciously, — 

 were in their prime in wonderful quantity. 

 And, on this great day, we were able to fill 

 a large clothes-basket with the stalks of the 

 lilies and the branches of the pale blue Del- 

 phinium coelestinum, and take them to make 

 the little church beautiful, without missing 

 any from the garden. 



Since there have been herbaceous borders 

 of only one or two colors in my garden, the 

 effect has been more beautiful and the 

 arrangement simplified; and this plan is 

 likely to be adhered to for some time to come. 

 But one must always keep an eagle eye upon 



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