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arborescens; the effect, a severe contrast, was good. 

 The pentstemon is a trifle too near scarlet to be 

 welcome in my garden — it must remain without 

 the gate; but in gayer gardens than mine it should 

 always have place. Lovely it would surely be 

 above mounds of cream- white zinnias in full bloom 

 with a sweet pea like Barbara rising back of the 

 pentstemon. 



Sea-holly! I could sing its praises for pages! 

 Sea-holly has never seemed to me to find its per- 

 fect companion for cutting until, in the trial gar- 

 den, acquaintance was luckily made with the an- 

 nual StcUice sinuata bonduelli. Statice incana has 

 here been known and loved; Statice latifolia, that 

 beautiful violet statice which ladies buy on Edin- 

 burgh streets; but Statice bonduelli, with its deli- 

 cate yellow blooms, became in a day a prime favor- 

 ite. The loveliness of its foot-high branching stems 

 covered with tiny canary-yellow flowers, when 

 cut and held against the bluish sea-holly, can 

 hardly be imagined. Gypsophila paniculata, the 

 double variety, is good with the two, but possibly 

 the pair are best alone. For out-of-door effect 

 the statice should not be overlooked; though its 

 stems are rather sparse, its leaves entirely basal, 

 it is nevertheless a treasure, and a charming result 



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