The Garden 

 that We Made 



Petunia 

 d en dr 

 among 



s and Rhodo- 

 ons growing 

 the stones. 



the annuals ought not to be excluded. It would be a 

 pity not to have a splash of portulacas, for instance, 

 in the rockery. Once having seen them in their multi- 

 coloured glory, one is determined that^ — come what 

 may — one must have them in one's garden. They open 

 only in the sun — but that is precisely their charm. Day 

 after day, as you go about the garden, you will imagine 

 that you have discovered hitherto unknown shades of 

 colouring in red, yellow, and orange ! There is something 



so fairy-tale like about the 

 portulaca. 



Foxgloves look well 

 among the stones ; so do 

 petunias, low nasturtiums 

 and ageratum. Bartonia 

 aiirea, with yellow blos- 

 soms and of low growth, 

 must be hanging over a 

 grey boulder in order to 

 appear at its best. 



Among the sedums, or 

 stonecrops, there is a tiny 

 annual, Sedum cceriileum, 

 with pale-blue blossoms ; 

 it thrives best if planted 

 between two boulders so 

 that it falls over them 

 like a blue cascade. 



The Modest and Retiring little 

 Flowers must be included. 



The more modest flowers should on no account be 

 omitted, neither the annuals nor the perennials, such as the 

 daisy, the pansy, the Iceland poppy which spreads so 

 generously, the different kinds of primroses, forget-me-not, 

 different kinds of phlox — both the low- stemmed sprino- 

 phlox and the stately autumn varieties, Linaria cymbalaria, 

 that is so often found on the walls of old castles and other 

 buildings both in Sweden and in England, where it is called 



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