Amethystina, and Royal Blue. We saw the Oriental Poppy, Mahony, 
used to perfection, and how much more beautiful it is than the more 
commonly seen salmon pink one that, though lovely in itself, vdU swear 
at its neighbors sometiines. I have had a growing distaste for salmon 
pink, for I have been keenly aware of its quarrelsome nature, when it 
finds itself anywhere near a cool pink. 
We have only four dependable garden stand-bys that are uncom- 
promisingly salmon — Oriental Poppy of named varieties, Sweet- 
William Newport pink, Phlox Thor, and the salmon pink Zinnia. The 
last named does not always stay salmon-pink, but often ages into a 
cooler rose, not bad with its own salmon-pink young sisters if they 
are left to themselves, but quite dreadfully out of harmony with its 
own family, if the family is urged on to a greater sahnon-ness by the 
presence of Thor Phlox, for instance. The appropriateness of its 
strange old name "Youth and Old Age" was never so clear to me as 
when I saw it planted with the Thor Phlox. I cannot give up the 
salmon Zinnia, but lovely as I know they are, the other three must go 
from my border, for their presence would exclude from it all that world 
of cool pink, beginning with Darwin TuHps. The mauve Iris that is 
almost pink, the Peonies, Canterbury-bells, Fox -gloves, the delicious 
Scotch Pinks, and that most lovely pink Gladiolus, Pink Perfection, 
would have to go, for I have found it hard to hold that gladiolus back 
to bloom in October, as I do T^dth such success 'with my other two 
favorites — Schwaben and Baron Etdot. 
Every one should plant at least one of the Hydrangea petiolaris, 
not because it is a new vine, but because it is the best vine. As hardy 
as the Boston Ivy, it grows in much the same way, with its aerial root- 
lets clinging to the rough surface of brick or plaster. If grown on 
wood, it must have some lattice support. We saw it used in such 
different ways in the east, over the terrace at Mrs. Denegre's, over 
the rocks at Mrs. Moore's, and blooming to the roof of the Adminis- 
tration Building at the Arboretum. 
Louise S. Hubbard. 
The St. Martin Strawberry previously described in this depart- 
ment may be obtained from the originator, Louis Graton, \\Tiit- 
man, Mass. 
With every prospect of high food prices continuing throughout GARDEN 
the year, aU earnest gardeners as well as thrifty house^dves, should PesTS ANT 
take much interest in the vegetable gardens, both for summer use and Remedies 
for production of winter storage crops. 
The following practical suggestions may be found helpful: 
Light soil is improved by rich manure, while heavy soil must be 
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