COLOR ARRANGEMENTS OF FLOWERS 



gether with N. affinis, white; N. Sanderce 

 hybrids of many colors with N. sylvestris, 

 white; red tuberous-rooted begonias with 

 lobeUa, Crystal Palace, deep blue. 



Canna, President Meyer, of a bright red, 

 with bronze foliage, growing four feet high, 

 planted with Impatiens Sultani, surrounding 

 them. 



Draccena indivisa, with Rosy Morn petunia. 



Pennisetum, the purple fountain grass, 

 planted with the orchid-flowered Canna, 

 Wyoming, which bears immense spikes of 

 orange flowers and has bronze foliage. 



The literature in all languages upon gar- 

 dening, and the references to gardens in 

 poetry and prose, both ancient and modern, 

 as cultivated, restful, romantic and beautiful 

 places, is infinite. In the Old Testament 

 many allusions are to be found. We read of 

 " the garden of nuts," " the garden of herbs," 

 and " the garden of cucumbers." 



It is a fancy of many women today to have 

 an herb garden, but the cucumber, in the 



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