favored of the gods. Out of six packets started under glass in 
February none bloomed for me either in my Mother's garden 
on the Hudson, nor in my sheltered garden by the sea. They 
grew luxuriantly in both places, entirely covering a tall pergola, 
and in October began to show a few small buds, one belated 
blossom opening in November a muddy rose-color (it may have 
been the frost that killed it). The same complaint comes from 
England this year, and yet the plant which we all saw blooming 
in Mrs. Lloyd's garden came from Sutton's seed. Some think 
that its not having flowered is a matter of the last year's plants 
not having had the right fertilization from Brazilian humming- 
birds. However, it too is worthy the exertion to gain that 
"Capri" blue, and this time I shall try California and French 
seeds and report to you. 
Blue The only dark blue Petunia which comes absolutely 100% 
Petunias true violet blue from seed, is Luther Burbank's (Santa Rosa, 
California) . It is not as velvety as the variety grown by Herman 
Huebler (Groton, Mass.) which is the finest I have ever seen. 
He, however, only sells plants, not seeds, and sees every one in 
bloom before he sends it to you, in this way keeping up his 
reputation for perfect color and texture. 
Richard Diener advertises a blue Petunia, but out of many 
packets grown last year none were that "blackish-violet" No. 59 
M. in Ridgeway's Color Chart. They were all 63 M. and 65 M. 
— two beautiful colors to be sure, velvety and free blooming and 
monstrous in size. Diener 's Flesh-pink frilled No. 9 Petunia 
and No. 12 Appleblossom are perfectly bewitching. Mrs. Myrtle 
Francis of Ventura, California, is working on a blue Petunia 
which in a few years she thinks will outshine them all, mean- 
while her Petunias are well worth getting. 
Personally I am very fond of plain colored Petunias. They 
arrange more beautifully than any flower I know, last for days 
in water, are sweet-smelling and also take beautiful shapes in 
the vases for they grow a little after being picked. 
Mrs. William Lockwood grows a beautiful form of apricot 
hardy Viola. The color is 15' b. in Ridgeway. It comes from 
Sutton. For combination with dark violet Petunias it is 
perfection. Violas do not do well if started in the spring, but 
sown in a shady seed-bed in July they give a good crop of flowers 
in late fall and are superb the following season. 
For-get-me-nots, Myosotis, "beautiful denizens of the forest 
me-nots and mountain and marsh invaluable in our gardens," are both 
biennial and perennial and are often incorrectly named. Those 
in common use are the following and can be gotten at any 
nursery. All are easily raised from seed. 
Myosotis alpestris. (alpine) The usual bedding variety, hardy 
but difficult to keep in health after the first year. Dwarf and 
compact, good for masses and edges of garden walks. Its hybrid 
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