COMPANION CROPS 



leaves from July till frost, and brings warmth and 

 beauty to the garden. 



Time was when I preferred to see the chamo- 

 mile, or anthemis, spread its pale-yellow masses 

 below the blue delphinium spikes; but I now 

 prefer whites, or better still, rich purples or pale 

 lavenders, near, a closer harmony of color. 



One of the most successful plantings for bold- 

 ness of effect is the one beyond the low hedge of the 

 privet ibota; a detail is seen in cut facing page 36. 

 This is of lemon and white hollyhocks, with thick, 

 irregular groups of Lilium candidum upspringing 

 before them. Sufficient room is left between the 

 hedge and the lilies to cultivate and to trim the 

 hedge, which is but two feet high. And when these 

 tall pale flowers open and both the rusty growth 

 of leaves at the base of the hollyhock stalks, and 

 the yellowing leaves of the lily stems, are hidden by 

 the trim dark hedge, the effect from the garden 

 itseK is surprisingly good. Numberless combina- 

 tions of all these flowers, which bloom at the 

 same time, suggest themselves, an infinite variety. 

 Three plants which bloom in mid-July are the 

 necessary and beautiful pink verbena. Beauty of 

 Oxford, and the snapdragons in the fine new tones 

 called pink, carmine-pink, and coral-red; also that 



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