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among the Irises. For later flowering I have 
used, with pleasing results, delicate shades of 
pink Antirrhinum, but the last two summers I 
have relied on successive plantings of Gladiolus 
and have been perhaps better satisfied, as 
Gladiolus and Iris foliage associate extremely 
well. 
On the other side of the walk the planting 
is similar except that white Oriental Poppies 
were used instead of pink. Also the back- 
ground is heavier, as this border and one 
fronting the lawn come together on the line. 
Flowering shrubs are set at intervals behind a 
double row of Delphiniums. Hollyhocks are 
at present omitted from the scheme of things, 
though I think I shall make space for them by 
curtailing the liberty of the Bocconias — one 
may have too much of even 
a good thing! 
Another very pretty and 
satisfactory border that is 
planted for succession has 
an early spring show of 
Cashmire Primroses (var. 
Rubin), followed by Bar- 
onne de la Tonnaye Tulips. 
Clumps of Oriental Poppies, 
a clear and brilliant red sev- 
eral shades deeper than the 
scarlet of the type, give 
pleasing masses of color in 
May and early June. Often- 
times they are still flower- 
ing when the Siberian Irises 
and white Heuchera con- 
vallaria begin. I he result- 
ant effect is strikingly 
beautiful — and very patrio- 
tic! I he glowing scarlet of 
the Poppies would be sorely 
missed on their passing were 
it not for the beautiful shad- 
ing of blues which follow in 
Delphinium Brunonianum, 
D. caucasicum, D. cash- 
merianum, Barlow’s Delph- 
inium, and the taller Eng- 
lish Hybrids in the back- 
ground. Among and in 
front of the dwarfer Lark- 
spurs are planted blue and 
white Peachbells (single and 
the new double varieties, 
Campanula persicifolia gi- 
gantea Pfitzerii and ditto 
Moerheimi), while the 
“Lily-of-the-valley” Heu- 
cheras before mentioned 
border the bed with their 
graceful sprays. Medium 
and late Phloxes in shades 
of pink and delicate sal- 
mon, with pink and salmon 
Hollyhocks carry on the bloom until the 
second flowering of the Larkspurs. A few 
clumps of late white Phloxes, followed by 
silver-pink Chrysanthemums end the season. 
A planting of Japanese Anemones (var. 
Queen Charlotte and Whirlwind), for late fall 
flowering added much to the autumnal charm 
of this border, but they withstood Massa- 
chusetts winters so badly that, after a few 
years of annual replanting, I regretfully 
resigned their effect. 
A short border, twenty by six feet is planted 
as follows: 
For May and early June bloom: Oriental 
Poppies, the type, with undergrowth of For- 
get-me-nots, the old palustris and the newer 
double Forget-me-not (which, by the way, is 
only semi-double), but of erect growth and 
great beauty. In late June and during July: 
Miss Lingard Phlox and Delphinium formo- 
sum grandiflorum, supply color. These are 
succeeded in August by Rose Loosestrife and 
Phloxes of harmonious colors. 
Curiously, the least satisfactory of my 
plantings for succession has been the one that 
has cost me the most in time, forethought, 
and, also, money. 
Its spring effect, however, is very pleasant. 
^ ellow and white Primroses; Emperor, Mme. 
de Graaff, and Barri conspicuus Narcissus are 
followed by 1 ulips in colonies of twenty-five 
(W bite Lady, Baronne de la Tonnaye, Gretchen 
and Clara Butt). These bloom with the Bleed- 
ing-hearts and Spireas scattered through the 
border. Under a group of trees Poet’s 
Narcissus, vitellina Tulips, and the yellow 
and white fringed Primroses bloom together. 
Close by, Darwin Tulips Dream and Mrs. 
Potter Palmer group pleasingly with masses 
of purple and white Sweet Rocket, Siberian 
Irises, and a few tufts of Arabis albida 
Rhododendrons in white flesh and rose are 
grouped with rose and pink Tulips and Die- 
lytras. Bluebells and Aquilegias in many 
varieties follow throughout the border, which, 
for a few weeks afterward, is pleasantly 
pretty with masses here and there of rose- 
colored Balm, Monarda didyma rosea. But 
beauty truly reigns here during the supremacy 
of the Foxgloves which stray along the border’s 
curves and are masses under the trees. With 
the Foxgloves’ passing, the glory of the border 
declines. I have not been able to achieve any 
subsequent color effect of distinction. Some 
little tone is obtained by Phloxes in white 
and varying shades of rose and lavender, and a 
few Larkspurs have been interplanted with 
good effect. 
In September the border takes heart of 
hope again for a brief space with the coming 
of the hardy Asters, Aconites, and Golden 
Rod. The Japanese Toad Lily thrives here, 
but it is an exceedingly late bloomer and not 
especially showy. 
For two years I achieved a beautiful August 
effect by scattering auratum and longiflorum 
Lilies throughout the border, but the third 
years the bulbs deteriorated. Interplantings i 
of the Dwarf Harebell, Campanula punctata, i 
along the edge of the grass proved charming in 
June and July and their 
season of bloom was pro- 
longed by constant nipping 
of seed-pods. Hemerocallis 
kwanso does well here, also 
the pretty Clematis Davi- 
diana and superbum Lilies. 
Still, from August on, the 
bloom is so scattering that 
I cannot count the autumn 
arrangement as one of my 
garden successes. The 
border is, however, still in 
evolution, and I am hoping 
that it may eventually work 
out its own salvation. 
One of the really pretty 
and showy plants that its 
autumn flowering can boast 
of is a new Hardy Aster 
novae-angliae var. praecox 
rosea. As its name would 
indicate, it is a clear bril- 
liant rose, the ray florets 
very silky, like those of 
Boltonias. It is a tall, 
erect grower, each stalk 
branching luxuriantly at the 
top and breaking into a 
mass of brilliant bloom in 
September — October. It is 
by all odds the showiest 
Hardy Aster I have seen 
and I think if I only had 
enough of it my “bit of 
woodland” might be trans- 
formed by its magic into 
the fall border of my 
dreams. There is also a 
blue form of this Aster, it- 
self very beautiful, but nei- 
ther so sturdy nor so flori- 
ferous. The individual 
blossoms, while somewhat 
resembling those of the Bol- 
tonia, are much larger and, 
especially in the rose-colored variety, show a 
distinct tendency to come semi-double. 
The interplantings described are only a few 
of the many that may be happily worked out, 
affording constant change of garden aspect 
with only the initial labor and expense. 
“What,” said a neighbor friend to me, one day, 
“is the magic of your garden. One day it is 
all pale yellows and blues, almost the next it 
has flushed rose. 
One reads much of the “pink garden,” the 
“blue garden,” and the “white garden,” but I 
think I should tire of a garden that was always 
one color, however beautiful. The owner of 
the perennial garden can, however, approxi- 
mate the general effect of any one of these for 
a little space by carefully studied interplant- 
ing. And a most fascinating study it is. 
The spring effect is dominated by the Daffodils and Tulips with Primroses. Later the Larkspurs succeed 
and they in turn give way to other perennials 
