' "^'l^ow, tliat is wliat I call the most perfect color bleud I have 

 ever seen. I have never seen any foliage on any other bush or 

 vine with such unique characteristics look as these two leaves. 

 They're just like one — the flower-stem comes from heaven knows 

 where!" I turned to see who had made this enthusiastic obser- 

 vation. I was impatient, for the group about the spokesman to 

 "move on," as I wanted to see this wonder, and Amateur Gar- 

 deners, it was wonderful. It was onl}- a honeysuckle, none other, 

 than that marvel of the famih, Lonicera Heckrottii, the ever- 

 blooming Honeysuckle of "unique" loveliness. The vine was 

 :about four feet wide at the base, and perhaps four or five feet 

 high ; it Avas growing on a wire screen. Its silver-green foliage is 

 without any shine, and it grows full and broad from its very base. 

 The long flower sprays grow through two leaves that are as one, 

 inasmuch as there is no separation, perhaps I can illustrate it this 

 way : it is just as if a single flower spray grew through the center 

 of a lily-pad, that is the effect. The flower clusters are held 

 proudly on wiry, pale-green stems, and the many little flute- 

 shaped flowers composing the clusters are of variecl colors, pink, 

 mauve and blue, and a subtle suggestion of crimson and consid- 

 erable of gold. Perhaps jon think there are over-many luies, but 

 when you see the splendid harmony of the rare blending of its 

 tints you will realize and appreciate just what the enthusiast 

 meant when he exclaimed, "Tliat is it — it's the blend!" I caunot 

 describe it. I can only say that the low vine Lonicera Heckrottii 

 is one of the most exquisite treasures we have in the world of 

 flowers, and it happens to be perfectly hardy and can be readily 

 secured from several nurseries, so there is no reason why it should 

 not be one of the treasures to be found in every garden. 



The rhododendrons are planted in f ull sun and have a back- 

 ground of rugged evergreens that suggests a youthful mountain, 

 crowded with the most heavenly ferns and shade-loving small 

 plants and vines. Shade is produced by the overhanging trees — 

 trees that reach over the little mountain but do not shade the 

 Thododendrons ; they were comfortably cool and moist (not wet) 

 Tinder a deep carpet of mould and leaves, which I understand is 



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