GARDENS OF MANY KINDS 11 
rose garden is bound to show at times. Unless it 
be the curious, but capricious, J. Susiana, reject the 
strange-colored irises. Choose the clear colors and 
not too many of them in one class, if the garden is 
not very large. 
A phlox garden will start to bloom in April and 
so late as November there is likely to be a bit of 
flower color here and there. But all through the 
winter there will be the broad bronzed leaves of 
P. ovata and the lighter green of P. subulata, P. 
amoena and P. divaricata. These are April and 
May phloxes, but not all of them. Later come 
the tall P. suffruticosa and the taller P. paniculata. 
Lilies, both the true and the false; primroses, 
for spring only; speedwells, pinks, bellflowers, 
daisies and mallows are also well adapted for 
named gardens. 
It is less trouble to buy herbs nowadays than 
to grow them. Nevertheless a great many more 
would grow them if they realized the pleasure to be 
derived from an herb garden. This, indeed, may 
be made a most delightful retreat as well as a 
valuable kitchen adjunct. In foliage alone there 
are enough shades of green and gray to contrive 
all manner of pleasing pictures. And it is pleas- 
ant for the clothing to brush against mint, and 
burnet and other savories. 
For flower color the common calendula, which is 
a very old pot herb, will give various yellow shades 
from early summer until well into the autumn. 
The blue of the common sage blossoms is very 
