THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



spurs; Delphinium Chinensis, var. grandifiora, in 

 palest blues and whites; quantities of achillea, 

 valuable but too aggressive as to roots to be alto- 

 gether welcome in a small garden; Heuchera san- 

 guinea, var. Rosamund; heliotrope of a deep pur- 

 ple in the four central beds of the garden nearest 

 the pool, in the centre of each heliotrope bed a 

 clump of the medium tall and early perennial 

 phlox Lord Rayleigh, warm purple (this was an 

 experiment of my own which is most satisfactory 

 in its result); baby rambler roses (Annchen 

 Mueller), and cUmbing roses (the garden gate at 

 the right is covered with Lady Gay). The arch 

 between upper and lower gardens has young 

 plants of Lady Gay also started against its sides. 

 To continue with companion crops: perennial 

 phlox Eugene Danzanvilliers, masses of palest 

 lavender; Physostegia Virginica, var. alha; the 

 lovely lavender-blue Stohesia cyanea, Scabiosa Ja- 

 ponica, sea-lavender {Statice incana, var. Silver 

 Cloud), stocks in whites and deep purples, the 

 annual phloxes Chamois Rose and Lutea — the 

 latter so nice a tone of old-fashioned buff that it 

 is useful as a sort of horticultural hyphen — and 

 a charming double warm-pink poppy, nameless, 

 which raises its fluffy head above its blue-green 



