The Colours in 

 the Flo\ver-Beds 



A corner of the Yellow 

 Flower- Bed. 



The Blue 

 Flower-Bed. 



Next we come to the 

 blue flower-bed with a 

 bright splash of veronica 

 {spicatd); with some blue 

 asters [bessarabictis) ; schiz- 

 anthus ; campanula {car- 

 paticd) ; delphinium {cash- 

 miriaimm), a less-known 

 plant, but pretty and easy 

 to cultivate; cornflowers ; 

 annual lupins, and so on. 



Gold and 

 Grey. 



Then comes the crown 

 and glory of them all : the yellow flower-bed — a veritable 

 sea of gold. There are so many yellow flowers to be had 

 that a yellow flower-bed is very easy to design. In order 

 to emphasise this patch of shining gold, we put the grey 

 flower-bed next to it. "Grey!" I can hear my reader 

 exclaim somewhat dubiously. 



But wait ! I can assure you that the grey flower-bed has 

 distinct attractions and even charm. On a hot summer 's-day 

 it has a cooling effect. 



This flower-bed is my own work, and I have gathered 

 together : Nepeta mussini, the daintiest among little plants, 

 with grey foliage and purple flowers ; Nepeta macrantha, 

 a taller plant of a similar kind, which never tires of 



blossoming from June to 

 September ; Cerastium 

 tomentosiun, "Snow in 

 Summer" as it is called in 

 England, so overstrewn 

 is it with white flowers 

 that the name is truly 

 appropriate ; StacJiys lan- 

 ata, often known as 



. glimpse 

 1 the Park. 



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