OUR COUNTRY LIFE 



heliopsis, with the calliopsis and marigolds — both Afri- 

 can and French — and sanvitalia for borders, with 

 calendula and California poppies, with the Oenothera 

 from Missouri, and nasturtiums to fill in each empty 

 corner, this open, sunny, happy garden must be a favor- 

 ite refuge until frost. 



Imagine an oblong space entirely surrounded with 

 bridal wreath, our May garden, and clumps of gay 

 peonies in every hue in front of them; what a fragrant, 

 exquisite hiding place it would be! This could also 

 be a September garden with Japanese clematis trained 

 on the walls and allowed to run riot over the spirea 

 bushes; and lilies, the Japanese, the pink speciosum, 

 and the white rising above the peony leaves. Again a 

 bower of beauty, yet nothing could he more different. 



Think of a garden all blue and white flowers ! A tan- 

 gle of Japanese morning-glory and Jackmani clematis 

 over the walls, white hollyhocks behind the varied blues 

 of larkspur, bachelor's buttons with white double bal- 

 sams, and giant hyacinths in the corners ; blue flag about 

 the pool, and later candytuft, lobelia and sweet alyssum 



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