den Pinks) as a carpet to countless pink Specie- 

 sum Lilies and Tuberoses. 



I saw a lovely screen for hiding the denuded 

 stalks of the Hollyhocks which had had all their 

 leaves stripped off. The first group directly next 

 to the Hollyhocks was the great tall King of Del- 

 phiniums, then Physostegia Virginica, a rare pale 

 pink with feathery plumes (or 

 as I heard some children ex- 

 claim "fairy wands"). "Oh 

 Mother, there's fairy wands in 

 the garden!" 



Groups of Elizabeth Campbell Phlox, peach 

 pink, and Mrs. Paul Dutrie, a mauve-blue orchid 

 shade, with violet blue Platycodon tall and the 

 two dwarf platycodons Maresi Blue, Maresi Alba, 

 and bulbs here and there of Gladiolus-Halley. 

 Each group balanced the other — the finer soften- 

 ing the coarser; since the habit of each is individ- 



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