THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



linus hybrids I have already dwelt; indeed, there 

 is hardly one flower whose beauty it might not 

 enhance. And then — amusing to me who dislike 

 dried flowers for decorative uses — the texture of 

 all these statices is like that of tissue-paper. 

 Draw the finger lightly across their flower clusters 

 when in full bloom and hear the soft rustle of 

 them! Statice bonduelli against brown-seeding 

 gypsophila, the single, with the great orange lily, 

 Lilium swperhum, is exceedingly good in effect 

 because of the yellow-green of the statice and of 

 the lily-buds. The decorative value of seeds ripe, 

 but not too ripe, is seldom dwelt upon, but I can 

 assure the reader that the three things mentioned 

 make together a most lovely planting for early 

 August and are equally beautiful when cut. 



It may be of interest to set down here a brief 

 account of trials of some newer gladioli, only of 

 those which made themselves uncommonly wel- 

 come. In Display, mentioned above as a fine 

 neighbor for the rose-colored poppy, I noticed a 

 fiower of very beautiful form — a broad, well- 

 opened flower of most decided character and good 

 looks; on its outer petals is a suffusion of Rose 

 begonia No. 1, deepening toward the outer edges 

 to Rose vieux No. 2. The anthers bore a dis- 



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