made with pink Hollyhocks, Yellow Fox- 

 gloves, Peonies, Canterbury Bells, German 

 Iris and pink Sweet William, all of which 

 bloomed at the same time and "rested" all 

 together at the same time, you will under- 

 stand why it looked "bereft" during the re- 

 mainder of Summer and Autumn. Simply 

 nothing at all had been assembled with those 

 early Summer-flowering plants to continue a 

 display of beauty and color. This is a mistake 

 that has been made so long and so often, 

 though I cannot understand why. 



Right here I am going to give a list of 

 early, later, much later and the latest of our 

 most charming as well as plants for height, 

 for color, for form, for excellence of habit and 

 generosity of blooms: 



Pink and buff Hollyhocks and tall blue and 

 white Delphiniums. 



I hear you ask what is to replace these tall 

 early blooming herbaceous plants? Why, here 

 is the rarely beautiful pale blue Aconitum 



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