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Paonia, var. Marie Lemoine 
Primrose, Evening 
P., var. humei carnea Rosemary 
Pansy Sweet-william 
Phlox paniculata Valerian 
P. divaricata Violet 
FRAGRANT ANNUALS 
Abronia Moonflower 
Alyssum Nasturtium 
Ambrosia artemesiefolia Nicotiana 
Bartonia Nycterinia 
Bean, Flowering Pansy 
Candytuft Petunia (White) 
Cleome pungens Scabious 
Centaurea, var. Imperialis alba Schizapetalon 
Cephalipterum Stevia serrata 
Datura Stock 
Eritrichium Sweet Clover 
Fragrant evening stock Sweet Fern 
Limnanthes Sweet Pea 
Lupinus mutabilis Sweet Sultan 
L. arboreus Verbena 
Mandevilla Verbena, Lemon-scented 
Martynia Wallflower 
Mignonette 
Another matter which does not always receive enough at- 
tention is the use of green in a garden. Green is the natural 
environment of a plant, but we have fallen into a pernicious 
habit of crowding together colored bedding plants so solidly in 
many of our public parks and boulevards, where flowers are 
supposed to have an educational value for the masses, that a 
protest should rise against this false idea of beauty. Properly 
insulated by green, one can use colors near each other that 
would clash if brought immediately together. Take for ex- 
ample a red bed: there are but few pure red flowers; they 
