100 MY GROWING GARDEN 



June is an iris month, too. Some of the German 

 iris hang over from May — especially the blue-laced 

 Madame Chereau, along the garden wall. The 

 Spanish iris, loveHest of late-blooming fall-planted 

 bulbs, gives a fine and a different show for 

 little cost. It has some shadings of dull yellow, of 

 smoky salmon, of ''old gold" and light brown, that 

 are singularly attractive, while its blues and whites 

 and lemons are clean and clear. The English iris 

 follow, with mostly blue shades, and the unique 

 and delightful Japanese sorts carry over into July. 

 The earlier-blooming Siberian iris seems rather 

 weedy in this garden. 



Herbaceous plants are in full evidence. The 

 old-time valerian, or "vanilla," rears its stately 

 blooms at the same time that the foxgloves are at 

 their best — and a superb best! A garden without 

 white foxgloves is weak. They stand up against 

 the green of the arborvitses in their old-fashioned 

 way. Nearby a chance combination of Campanula 

 Medium and the low red heuchera is so fine that 

 it must occur again. There are blues in these cam- 

 panulas, and in the beautiful stokesias and ver- 

 onicas, but the delphinium blues are best of all. 



The note of yellow in June is struck by the 

 Oenotheras, the "evening primroses," plants of 

 vigor and beauty that may quickly become weeds. 



