HARDY BORDER PLANTS 253 



on a colored ground, or one of color on a white ground 

 Planted in groups, with due regard to color harmony, 

 most magnificent effects can be secured by it. The 

 lilacs, mauves and magentas should never be used in 

 combination with the scarlets or crimsons, as they do 

 not harmonize in the least. Planted together, they 

 produce a discordant effect, but when used apart and 

 in combination with the white varieties, all are lovely. 



Coreopsis lanceolata — A low-growing plant with 

 bright yellow flowers. Very hardy and free flowering, 

 and an all-the-season bloomer. Excellent for front 

 rows in the border. 



If Hollyhocks, or other border plants are attacked 

 with what is generally termed "rust," because of the 

 rusty, brown appearance of the foliage, apply Bordeaux 

 mixture, promptly and liberally. Unless something is 

 done to counteract the efifect of this disease — for it is 

 a disease of bacterial nature — the plants attacked by 

 '> will soon be severely injured, or killed outright, and 

 '"t will spread to others until the whole garden 's 

 involved. 



