A Blue and Yellow Border 
At back plant tall Marigolds with all shades of yellow, orange and 
"apricot" Dahlias with here and there clumps of Helenium (Riverton 
Gem). In front of these plant yellow, orange and flesh colored 
Zinnias, and Anthemis, alternating these with purple, lavender and 
lavender blue annual Asters, Belladonna and Lizzie Delphiniums, here 
and there Michaelmas Daisies in various shades of blue and purple, 
not omitting to use now and again, the beautiful Statice Latifolia, 
which gives the whole border a soft "misty" appearance. Then in 
front of these, deep yellow or "gold" Portulaca and all shades of 
yellow, purple, blue and lavender Pansies, Plumbago, Forget-me-nots 
and Torenia (a very pretty blue annual about four inches high). 
YeUow Alyssum could be substituted for the Portulaca, if preferred. 
In this border there would be a continuous bloom the greater part 
of the season. 
The Ulster Garden Club, 
Kingston, N. Y. 
A successful semi-neglected border consists of the following, be- 
ginning at the outer edge and going back: 
Primula veris superba, 
Early and late Peonies, 
Fall sown annual stock-flowered Larkspur, 
Phlox, 
Valerian 
Hollyhocks 
Dahlias, 
Boltonia, 
Lilacs. 
Elizabeth C. Ritchie, 
Amateur Gardeners of Baltimore. 
Book Reviews 
A History of Gardening in England, by The Hon. Mrs. Evelyn Celcil. 
John Murray, London, 1910. 
Although somewhat of a retrospective review, a book of so much 
value must not go unmentioned in The Bulletin. When you have 
read it you will know all you really need to know of gardening in 
England, but your desire for knowledge is so stimulated, your interest 
so roused, that the exhaustive bibliography appended is as eagerly 
studied as the body of the book. The story of English gardens, 
