the steel blue Platycodons and now groups of pale 

 blue, blue and gold Japanese Iris and the two blue 

 shades of Lupines, Salpeglossis of deep indigo 

 and soft old blue and gold. Campanulas, the 

 giant Pyramidalis, Hare Bells and blue Salvia 

 Azurea are massed. Nests of Gladiolus, Blue Jay 

 and Canary Bird here and there, but with ground 

 space left for cultivating and feeding between 

 every group and nest. Canterbury Bells in all 

 the shades but purple and dwarf Delphinium too, 

 with blue flax and Love-in-a-mist — "Miss Jekyll," 

 the ever-blooming Lobelias "Semperflorens" and 

 "Eliza Fourobert," Torenia, blue cream and soft 

 gold, Forget-me-nots of all varieties and shades 

 of blue, and blue Verbena with Pheasant's Eye. 

 A deep edge of dwarf blue Ageratum "Little Blue 

 Star" and a band of pansies and Violas Cornuta, 

 all the shades of blue and gold, with groups of 

 delicate blue and gold, cream and gold Spanish 

 Iris, also French and Irish Anemones. 



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