MAY TIME 
105 
We already have a small quantity of phlox 
Drummond!, it being one of the annuals Joseph 
sowed In the seed-bed. The plants that we have 
raised, however, are very meagre In comparison to 
those at Miss Wiseman’s. Yet I am glad our 
plants are white or yellow, instead of magenta. 
Since Joseph and I have learned a little about 
raising flowers, we have developed a gift for crit- 
icising gardens that are old and highly cultivated. 
Already I have whispered tO' Joseph that I do not 
think Miss Wiseman Is very sensitive concerning 
the colours in her garden. I should never be con- 
tent to have the magenta phlox Drummond! border- 
ing beds of pink azaleas, nor should I plant it in 
front of red columbines. In fact, there are not 
many places In a garden where bright magenta 
would please me at all. 
I notice but few border plants of yellow In our 
friends’ gardens, and, therefore, if our seedlings of 
yellow phlox Drummondl turn out a success, I shall 
urge Joseph to keep to that colour to the exclusion 
of white, magenta or dark red. At Nestly Heights 
this phlox Is showing magenta the same as at Miss 
Wiseman’s. No doubt fashionable gardeners like 
the brilliancy of this colour. 
Mr. Percy has been home for over Sunday. I 
was telling him how beautifully I thought this little 
annual phlox spread itself about the garden beds 
like bands of ribbon. 
