The Colours in 
the Flower-Beds 
The Blue 
Flower-Bed. 
Next we come to the 
blue flower-bed with a 
bright splash of veronica 
( spicata ); with some blue 
asters ( bessarabicus ) ; schiz- 
anthus ; campanula {car- 
patica) ; delphinium {cash- 
mirianum ), a less-known 
plant, but pretty and easy 
to cultivate; cornflowers ; 
annual lupins, and so on. 
Cold and 
Grey. 
Then comes the crown 
and glory of them all : the yellow flower-bed — a veritable in the Park, 
sea of gold. There are so many yellow flowers to be had 
that a yellow flower-bed is very easy to design. In order 
to emphasise this patch of shining gold, we put the grey 
flower-bed next to it. “Grey!” I can hear my reader 
exclaim somewhat dubiously. 
But wait ! I can assure you that the grey flower-bed has 
distinct attractions and even charm. On a hot summer’s-day 
it has a cooling effect. 
This flower-bed is my own work, and I have gathered 
together : Ncpeta mussini , the daintiest among little plants, 
with grey foliage and purple flowers ; Ncpeta mac rant ha, 
a corner of the Yeiiow a taller plant of a similar kind, which never tires of 
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blossoming from June to 
September ; Cerastium 
tomentosum , “Snow in 
Summer ” as it is called in 
England, so overstrewn 
is it with white flowers 
that the name is truly 
appropriate ; Stachys lan- 
ata, often known as 
