THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



Pfitzerii, the old-time monarda or bee balm, 

 Pentstemon harhatus Torreyii about which 

 many continually ask, " What is that beauti- 

 ful flower?" scarlet Phlox Drummondi, the 

 scarlet Gladiolus Brenchleyensis, salvia Bon- 

 fire, and cannas, and geraniums which may 

 be added to carry out the color scheme. 



There are, of course, many other beauti- 

 ful flowers in these four colors; but, after 

 several years of experiment, these lists have 

 been found to comprise the most satisfactory 

 plants in simplicity of culture and the amount 

 of flowers they yield for use in the one-color 

 border. As such borders are for effect, flow- 

 ers can be gathered from them but sparingly; 

 elsewhere in the garden should be grown 

 both perennials and annuals in rows like veg- 

 etables, to supply flowers for cutting. 



Stocks, both white and pink, gladioli in 

 the same two colors, snapdragons, Lilium 

 ruhellum and L. spedosum magnificum, can 

 be successfully planted together, and if the 



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