98 BOOK OF GARDEN PLANS 
the large fine flowers of the up-to-date seedsman. You will be able to 
save a part of your seed each year, if you know the failings of home- 
grown seed. The bulbs and tubers are not absolutely necessary for a full 
effect; some of the showy annuals may be used in their place; but they 
give strength to the garden and fill the beds when the early annuals 
shall have died down. If dug and stored in winter their expense is not 
repeated, and they will increase yearly in numbers. A few only might be 
bought at first; a few more yearly with the natural increase would soon 
give the suggested quantity. The named sorts will be more satisfactory 
than mixtures in a thought-out planting like this. I would advise get- 
ting the Cannas for the centre the first year. 
No garden whose season is of but one summer only and the cost very 
slight can give more of a blaze of color than this. The arrangement of 
the plants is so planned as to give definite color, height, and seasonal 
effects. Color contrasts are particularly well worked out, as these an- 
nuals have a long period of bloom. Such a scheme as this is far different 
from the usual unplanned arrangement. 
On the south side the plants are not of very tall growth and the 
colors are blue and yellow in the main. The north side has tall Sun- 
flowers and Dahlias with the scarlet of Poppies and Sage in front. The 
west end rises in successive heights of orange and yellow Composites, 
from French Marigold, Calendula, and Blanket Flower, to Zinnia, Afri- 
can Marigold, and Sunflowers; while a hedge of Castor Oil Bean divides 
flowers from vegetables. The east end is for the evening: Morning 
Glories on the lattice fence, with Four-o’clocks to keep them company, 
and white flowers to shine at night make us linger on the seats after dark. 
The cross panels at the eastern end are devoted to annuals with blue 
or lavender flowers, while the bulbs that accompany them bloom in white 
or pink. The centre panel flares in the scarlet and crimson of Gladioli 
and Cannas, with such plants growing beneath them as will best cover 
the soil. Red California Poppy seems appropriate edging for the main 
cross-walk, and white Alyssum for the centre walk. Dwarf Nasturtiums 
harmonize with the orange and yellow of the west end, and white Candy- 
tuft best borders the walk at the east. All the paths may have edging 
plants, but the tall fellows in most of the beds will at length smother them. 
The whole garden may be planted at one time, with no provision 
for succession of bloom, for as each early blooming plant has passed its 
prime it should be removed to make room for the bulbs to develop. 
After mid-June this garden will glow with color until cut down by the 
frosts of September. 
