1 14 HERBACEOUS GARDEN 
between 2 and 4 feet in height, and all above 
that belong to the back row or wild garden. 
In a small border one may use a much shorter 
plant for the background than in a larger 
border. In fact, a very tall plant would look 
out of proportion. Some of the best for the 
middle row are among the following : — 
Acanthus (back row for a small border), purplish-mauve ; 
Achillea Ptarmica, white; Agrostemma,rose; An chusa Drop- 
more and Opal (back row in small garden), blue ; Anemone 
japonica, white, pink ; Antirrhinum (tall), all colours ; 
Aquilegia hybrids, red, yellow ; Asters, amellus and acris, 
blue-purple ; Campanulas, lactiflora, latiloba, and persici- 
folia (back row of small borders), mauve, white ; Centaurea 
montana, blue, white ; Cheione Lyonii, pink ; early- 
flowering Chrysanthemums in taller sorts, all colours ; 
Coreopsis grandiflora, yellow ; Delphiniums, Persimmon, 
blue ; Dictamnus, red, white ; Digitalis, white ; Doroni- 
cum, yellow ; Echinops, blue and grey ; Erigeron speciosa, 
mauve ; Eryngium oliverianum, blue, silver-grey ; Funkia 
Sieboldii, mauve ; Gaillardias, yellow, red ; Galega Hartlandi, 
mauve ; Gaura, white, pink ; Geranium pratense, purple- 
blue ; Geums, red, orange ; Gypsophila pan., white ; 
Heliopsis Zinniaefolia, yellow ; Hemerocallis, yellow and 
orange ; Hesperis, white, mauve ; Heuchera (tall variety), 
red, pink ; Iris (tall varieties), all colours 5 Kniphofia 
(Tritoma) corallina, Lemon Queen, red, yellow; Lavender, 
tall, purple ; Lychnis, scarlet ; Monarda, crimson ; Paeonies, 
all colours ; GEnothera fruticosa ; Oriental Poppies, orange, 
scarlet, crimson, pink; Phlox, Mrs Oliver, Mahdi, Tapis 
Blanc, Aurora, pink, purple, white ; Potentilla, red, yellow, 
pink ; Py rethrum, crimson, pink, white ; Rudbeckia 
Newmanii, orange-yellow ; Salvia virgata nemorosa, purple; 
