COLOR IN THE LITTLE GARDEN 7S 



walk runs into these large beds, to right and left, for a distance of 

 about three feet. This last is a very practical arrangement, as in 

 any wide flower-plantings an open space for use when working 

 among flowers is essential. 



In the two beds forming semi-circles around the central one 

 are these plant subjects: nearest the walk. Phlox divaricata and 

 columbines, with tulips, Le R^ve, to form a picture with the 

 lavender phlox. Back of all these flowers comes Iris florentina 

 alba, mauve, then pyrethrums. In the comers of these rectangles 

 (which have curved inner sides, as I have said) are groups of 

 tulips, Clara Butt and Agneta, with bluish and pale yellow irises 

 to foUow — Mrs. Horace Darwin, Iris pallida dalmatica; Mer- 

 tensia virginica is freely used, also Irises Wyomissing and White 

 Knight. Columns of the tall yellow Thermopsis caroliniana mark 

 the entrances to the garden at both ends; and in the long three- 

 foot borders stu-rounding the whole there is a profusion of hardy 

 plants, with such pretty color-effects noted as, for instance, 

 these: late purple iris, purple colmnbines, yellow pansies, white 

 oriental poppy, with lupines near. Arabis and narcissi edge the 

 walks in spring, and for midsummer a profusion of single gyp- 

 sophila, annual white, gives a light grace to the borders. As 

 the season advances, the rich colors of late summer appear in 

 heleniums and aconites, and asters follow irises, a really fine 

 succession of bloom. 



Here follows a sentence from a letter of this garden's owner, 

 which shows that thrift as well as beauty is a part of her 

 plan: — 



"The sale of my vegetables every year pays the tax on the 

 land on which they are raised, gives us all we need to eat and 

 can; and then the hens help with the fertilizer. The sale of 

 flowers and plants, especially aroimd Memorial Day, helps me to 



