March, 1911 
garden pinks, sky- 
blue delphiniums 
ind spiderwort, 
dark purple canter- 
bury bells, scarlet 
lychnis, tender blue 
bells, white achil- 
leas, sweet rockets, 
aniebeelates, deep 
yellow columbines, 
carried light into 
every part of the 
garden. 
July scattered 
against the pictur- 
esque green vined 
pergola, wonderful 
blossoms of purple 
and white clematis, 
and sweet scented 
honeysuckles. Tall 
hollyhocks lifted 
high their many hued blossoms, while white Shasta daisies, 
early monkshood, feathery campion, penstemon, coreopsis, 
and cornflower asters, vied together for supremacy. 
August brought the 
deep orange and yellow 
of golden-glow, coreopsis, 
and gaillardia, the blue of 
veronica, the white of the 
day lily, and the countless 
shades of perennial phlox, 
while the perogla glowed 
scarlet and purple and yel- 
low with bright blossoms 
of nasturtiums and morn- 
ing glory vines. 
The autumn wove gar- 
lands of starry-eyed as- 
ters and golden rod, while 
hibiscus, oxeyed daisies, 
armerias, crimson _lobe- 
lias, tall monkshood and 
larkspurs, and sweet Jap- 
anese anemone’s _ blos- 
somed luxuriantly, giving 
no sign that winter was 
near. 
Now the warm sunshine had begun to coax the peren- 
aials from their hiding places, for here and there over 
the garden could be seen green shoots pushing their way 
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The rear yard before the barn was moved from it 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
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The new garden occupying the old site of the barn 
Garden Calendar 
Hepaticas, Blood-root. 
June 
July 
Sie ie at 
August 
September 
October 
Primroses, Arabiss albida, Wild phlox, Dutchmans- 
breeches, Jacobs-ladder, Shooting-stars. 
Iceland poppies, Peonies, Lemon lilies, For-get-me- 
nots, Pyrethrums, Bleeding-hearts, Heliotrope, Co- 
lumbines, Violets, Irises, Lilies-of-the-Valley. 
Oriental poppies, Miss Lingard phlox, Fox-gloves, 
Sweet-William, Pinks, 
bells, Late yellow columbines. 
Delphiniums, 
Lychnis, Blue-bells, Achillea, Rocket, Canterbury- 
Hollyhocks, Shasta-daisies, Campion, Penstemon, 
Spider-wort, 
Monkshood, Cornsflower-asters, Monarda, Coreopsis. 
Gaillardia, Golden-glow, Coreopsis, Veronica, Day- 
lily, Perennial phlox, Agrostemma. 
Hardy asters, Golden-rod, Hybiseus, Oxeyed-daisies, 
Liatris, Lobelias, Monkshood, Larkspurs, Japanese 
Anemones. 
Gaillardias, Coreopsis, Delphiniums, Monkshood, 
Japanese Anemones, Chrysanthemums. 
beauty. 
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through their cover- 
ing of leaves. 
My — enthusiasm 
was boundless, and 
yet, standing there 
at the very thresh- 
old of spring, I 
was torn with con- 
flicting | emotions: 
The time was just 
at hand when I 
should know for a 
certainty the success 
or failure of my 
whole venture. The 
plants had reached 
a fair maturity, they 
were now two years 
old, results were to 
be expected. Was 
I after all to be dis- 
appointed ? 
One day in late March, as though to silence my ques- 
tionings, the hepaticas, scattered along the garden paths, 
suddenly burst into glorious pink, blue and white blossoms, 
and following.closely the 
blood-root with white 
petals clothing the bare 
garden with beauty. 
Now, falling April 
showers called every grow- 
ing thing to life and 
energy, and one after an- 
other of the familiar 
plants rose in their places, 
stronger and thriftier than 
before. 
March flowers gave 
place to April blossoms, 
hardy primroses changing 
the garden to tints of 
crimson, yellow, rose, and 
saffron. Snow white al- 
bida, lavender sweet Will- 
iams, quaint Dutchman- 
breeches, Jacob’s-ladder, 
and delicate shooting-star, 
passed on, in quick suc- 
cession, each blossom bringing its own special message of 
Iceland poppies ushered in the month of May, and 
pure lilies of the valley breathed out their sweet perfume. 
Pink, white and purple foxgloves, sweet Williams and garden pinks 
