68 THE LITTLE GARDEN 



African marigold. Lupine Hartwegii, Lamarck's evening prim- 

 rose, mignonette, blue lobelia (tall and dwarf), French marigolds. 

 Coreopsis Drummondii, calendula, red hollyhock, orange African 

 marigold, dwarf French marigold again, Malope grandiflora, 

 crimson snapdragon, mignonette, pink snapdragon, pink holly- 

 hocks, China aster (tall white), dwarf ageratum, white holly- 

 hocks, Lavatera trimestris, scabiosa (azure variety), godetia 

 (double rose), Koeniga and CoUinsia bicolor. Koeniga is an an- 

 nual, imknown to me; so is CoUinsia; and where the word 

 Tropccolum occurs, I have substituted yellow nasturtium. 

 The lupine used here, Hartwegii, has so-called blue-and-white 

 flowers and is said to be very superior to the ordinary lupine. 

 The position of the flowers in such a border as this may be 

 decided by their height as given on the seed-packet. Holly- 

 hocks, of course, stand at the back of such a border, while mi- 

 gnonette, calendula, lobelia, very low-growing plants, occupy 

 space at the front, cornflowers and lavatera, or mallow, coming 

 midway between back and front. While this list may not be in 

 its entirety suited to our gardens, it is one of the best possible to 

 work from. It gives a delightful flower-grouping, which may be 

 easily worked out in the first season of a border, and may be 

 varied to suit the taste of the individual, always keeping, how- 

 ever, to the general color arrangement. 



And now suppose gardens of one color are wanted: lists of 

 flowers of one color — or nearly of one color, for, truth to tell, 

 we are now skating on thin ice; here are airholes in the way of 

 varying opinions as to what is blue, what is pink, and what is 

 mauve; in fact, very few see eye to eye in these things. For my 

 own opinion — I have seen not more than eight or ten blue 

 flowers anywhere, and have myself often been deceived about 

 this hue. The imdeceiving agency is a good color chart. A chart 

 like Dr. Robert Ridgway's quickly shows the lover of color 



