EPOCHS OF THE FORMAL GARDEN 



in color and shade into wonderful tones. I had the 

 curiosity one year to ascertain the actual number of 

 blossoms in this bed on the eighth day of October. I 

 acknowledge that the plants had thriven remarkably, 

 covering the ground well, and I was delighted to find 

 over eight hundred flowers with as many buds gracing 

 an area eighteen feet, ten inches by ten feet with a 

 corner taken out. 



For the last two years we have had one bed of 

 tuberous begonias (Sutton's single pink), and if planted 

 thick enough they are really splendid. The rich shin- 

 ing leaf and delicate pink flower remain in apparently 

 the same condition all summer long, only doubling in 

 growth. A little weeding now and then, with plenty 

 of water, is all that they ask. 



I did so want one yellow bed, for I am afraid I must 

 confess that is my favorite color, and this seemed a 

 reasonable request. There are so many yellow flowers. 

 For two years we had the "golden ball" chrysanthe- 

 mums, which at their best are luminous with color; but 

 they go off not later than the middle of August, and 



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