April, 1909 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



165 



everywhere. China asters, Drummond's 

 phlox, love-in-a-mist, mourning bride, cocks- 

 comb, youth and old age, four o'clock, sweet 

 sultan, none-so-pretty, French marigold, 



snapdragon, larkspur, mignonette, sweet 

 alyssum, balsam, Johnny-jump-up, and 

 opium poppy are all good annuals, some of 

 which bloom earlier than August. The 



FLOWERING PLANTS FOR THE OLD-FASHIONED BORDER, BY SEASON 



Garden Name 



Late April 

 Sweet keys 

 Polyanthus 



Early May 

 Bleeding heart 

 Blue-eyed Susan 



Late May 

 Widow's tears 

 Flower-de-luce 

 Flower-de-luce 

 Columbine 

 Forget-me-not, hardy 

 Sweet William 

 Bachelor's button 



Do. creeping 



June 

 Foxglove 



Trooper's feather 

 Larkspur, oriental 

 Custard lily 

 Canterbury bell 

 Peach bell 

 Featherfew, double 

 London pride 

 Fraxinella 

 Tickseed 

 Rock chamomile 

 Sweet rocket 

 Blanket flower 

 Grass pink 



Late June, July 

 Hollyhock 

 Phlox 



Bellflower, Japanese 

 Oswego tea 

 Bluebell 



July 



Everlasting pea 

 Tiger lily 



August 



False chamomile 

 Giant daisy 



September 



New England aster 

 Japanese windflower 



Late Summer, Early 

 Autumn 

 Dahlia 



October 

 Artemesia 



August 



African marigold 



China aster 



Phlox 



Love-in-a-mist 



Mourning bride 



Cockscomb 



Youth and old age 



Four-o'clock 



Sweet Sultan 



None-so-pretty 



French marigold 



Snapdragon 



Larkspur 



Mignonette 



Sweet alyssum 



Balsam 



Johnny-jump-up 



Poppy 



Sunflower, Soleil d'Or 



Perennials and Biennials 

 Standard Name Height 



Primula vulgaris 

 Primula Polyantha 



Dicentra spcctabilis 

 Polemonium reptans 



Tradescantia Virginica 



Iris Florentina 



Iris Germanica 



A quilegia vulgaris 



Myosotis paluslris, var. semperflorens 



Dianthus barbatus 



Ranunculus acris, var. flore-pleno 



Ranunculus repens, var. flore-pleno 



Digitalis purpurea 



Lythrum roseutn, var. superbum 



Delphinium jormosum 



Hemerocallis flava 



Campanula Medium 



Campanula persicijolia 



Matricaria inodora, var. plenissima 



Lychnis Chalcedonica 



Dictamnus albus, var. rubra 



Coreopsis lanceolata, var. grandiflora 



Anthemis tinctoria 



Hesperis matronalis 



Gaillardia aristata 



Dianthus plumarius 



JElthosa rosea 

 Phlox paniculata 

 Platycodon grandiflorum 

 Monarda didyma 

 Campanula rapunculoides 



I.athyrus latifolius 

 Lilium tigrinum 



Boltonia asteroides 

 Chrysanthemum uliginosum 



Aster Novce-Anglim 

 Anemone Japonica 



Dahlia variabilis 



Color 



Chrysanthemum Indicum 



Tagetes erecta 



Callistephus hortensis 



Phlox Drummondi 



Nigella Damascena 



Scabiosa atropurpurea 



Celosia cristata 



Zinnia vars. 



Mirabilis Jalapa 



Centaurea moschata 



Silene Armeria 



Tagetes patula 



Antirrhinum majus 



Delphinium hybridum 



Reseda odorata 



Alyssum maritimum 



Impatiens Balsamina 



Viola tricolor 



Papaver somnijerum 



Helianthus annuus, var. fl.-pl. 



6-9 in. 



Pale yellow 



6-10 in. 



Various 



1-2 ft. 



Red 



6-8 in. 



Light blue 



i-3 ft- 



Purplish 



\~2 ft. 



Pearl 



i-2 ft. 



Purple 



lJ-2 ft. 



Various 



8 in. 



Blue 



i-il ft. 



Various 



i-3 ft- 



Golden yellow 



\-i ft. 



Yellow 



2-3 ft. 



Purple white 



4-6 ft. 



Rose 



2-3 ft- 



Blue 



3 ft. 



Yellow 



1-4 ft. 



Various 



2-3 ft-. 



Blue, white 



12-18 in. 



White 



2-3 ft- 



Scarlet 



2 ft. 



Red 



1-2 ft. 



Yellow 



2-3 ft- 



Golden yellow 



i-3 ft- 



Purple 



1 1-3 ft- 



Yellow to red 



1 ft. 



Pink, purplish, white 



5-8 ft. 



Various 



2-3i ft. 



Various 



1-3 ft. 



Blue, white 



2 ft. 



Red 



2-3 ft- 



Violet 



4-8 ft. 



Rose 



2-5 ft- 



Orange 



2-8 ft. 



White to purple 



4-5 ft- 



White 



3-7 ft- 



Purple 



2-3 ft. 



Rosy purple 



2-5 ft. 



Various 



3 ft- 



Various 



2 ft. 



Lemon yellow 



6-18 in. 



Various 



6-18 in. 



Various 



1-2 ft. 



White, blue 



2 ft. 



Various 



9 in. 



Various 



1 ft. 



Various 



2-3 ft- 



Various 



2 ft. 



White, yellow, purple 



i-il ft. 



Pink to white 



1 ft. 



Yellow to red 



i-3 ft- 



Various 



3-4 ft- 



Blue, pink, white 



1-2 ft. 



Yellowish white 



Creeping 



White 



2-2 $ ft. 



Various 



6-8 ft. 



Various 



3-4 ft- 



White to purple 



3-12 ft. 



Yellow 



The Sweet WiUiam will give a large range of colors 

 for a month or more 



opium poppy must be planted where it is to 

 stand and thinned out to one plant for a 

 square foot. So far as I am aware the hardy 

 double sunflower, false chamomile, and 

 giant daisy are not old-fashioned flowers, but 

 I see no reason why they should not help 

 August through into September, and for the 

 latter month I would add the New England 

 aster and the Japanese windflower. For 

 the late summer and early autumn also the 

 dahlia, the tubers of which must, of course, 

 be stored in winter, should have a place in 

 the background. Even one plant will fur- 

 nish a bold effect. October's old standby 

 is the "artemesia." The artemesias are 

 usually catalogued (and properly) as hardy 

 pompon chrysanthemums, and the real old- 

 fashioned unnamed varieties that are gath- 

 ered up from old gardens stand the winter 

 best. 



In planting the easiest way is not to let the 

 color scheme worry you any more than it did 

 your grandmother. The chief things to 

 consider are to grade the plants according to 

 height and to so scatter each kind that the 

 bed or border will always show color all 

 over, if only in spots. Avoid straight lines 

 studiously, excepting in a formal design, 

 and put nothing nearer the edge than a 

 foot from the centre of the plant. Finally, 

 do not overcrowd. 



The base of some old. tree makes a good nucleus 

 for the old-fashioned flowers 



