PINK FAMILY 



grants they wander along the highways and comfort the waste 

 places, but the garden knows them no more. They are a joy by 

 the roadside to the eye that can see and, as is not surprising, 

 objects of contempt to the unseeing. 



There are indications, however, that Lady Betty will ere long 

 come to her own, neither "despised nor misprized." Land- 

 scape architects are beginning to appreciate her value as one who 

 can be relied upon to do what is expected, and even gardeners 

 are comprehending that a cared-for clump of Saponaria is a thing 

 of beauty. 



Lady Betty bears a blossom of exquisite rose-pink when first 

 she opens her petals to the light, but pink is an unstable color in 

 flower tissues and soon fades. However, as the bloom is clustered, 

 the color ranges from rose to flesh. The great fault of the calyx 

 is its weakness; "it is not strong enough to hold fast against the 

 pressure of the petals, and cuts down one side, permitting the petals 

 to fall out. This is the fault of many primitive pinks; the strong 

 calyx is the result of cultivation and selection. Notwithstanding 

 her neglected condition, the plant has developed several clearly 

 defined forms: one with fimbriated petals and another full double, 

 both extremely beautiful. The deeper-colored double form is 

 sold by the florists under the horticultural name of Saponhria 

 caucdsica. 



GYPSOPHILA. BABY'S BREATH 



Gypsdphila paniculata. 



Gypsophila, Greek, loving gypsum; because it prefers calcareous 

 soil. 



A perennial, but succeeding best when treated as an annual; beauti- 

 ful in itself but chiefly cultivated because of its ability to enhance the 

 beauty of other flowers. Southern Europe and western Asia. June 

 to September. 



5tew.— Smooth, erect, one to three feet high, branching; the branches 

 repeatedly forking, finally bearing at the ultimate divisions very deUcate 

 white flowers about three-sixteenths of an inch across. 



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