white Platycodons tall and dwarf (Mareisi) and 

 as a finishing edge a double row of Carpathian 

 Harebells blue and the white, with small masses 

 of Violas in all the bare spaces in and about the 

 edging. 



In late August when the Moerheimi Delphin- 

 iums are producing new flowering stalks, but 

 shorter, due to the continual cutting down of the 

 fading flower sprays to the base, the tall effect is 

 now given by the white Campanulas Pyramidalis 

 over five feet high and just coming into flower, 

 when you need them. The Madonna lilies have 

 departed, but are nobly replaced by the imperious 

 Auratum lilies. The Golden Day lilies are 

 abloom and will continue to bloom, held aloft on 

 their slender stems. The interesting Platycodons 

 will replace the Columbines, while the Maiden- 

 hair Ferns will be graceful neighbors. Lilium 

 Speciosum Album now commences to bloom. Oh, 

 how exquisite they are ! The first heavy frost will 



