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HERBACEOUS GARDEN 
( Symphytum officinale ), with bold silver and 
creamy-white leaves and hanging bells of soft 
blue, could be used to make a break, and lead 
up to a group of the fine delphiniums, such 
as Belladonna, Captain Scott, Gloire de Nancy 
Wilson, Persimmon, and Mrs Thompson. 
No larkspurs with mauve and pinkish tones 
should be admitted, beautiful though they are, 
as they do not harmonize with clear blues such 
as Persimmon (3 to 4 feet). 
The Caucasian comfrey is worthy of a place. 
The flowers open like a small campanula, and 
are of a delicate blue ; it is 1 2 inches to 18 
inches high. 
In September flower Salvia azurea and Salvia 
azurea grandijlora — tall, graceful stems, with 
fine dark leaves all the way up, and spires of 
blue flowers lasting till October. Plumbago 
larpentce , with azure or cobalt flowers 9 inches 
high set off* by crimson leaves, is much used 
in Italy for bedding and borders. It is 
perhaps the only plant that flowers after its 
leaves have turned from green to red in their 
autumnal tints, and is most effective and easily 
grown. 
The blue and silver of the sea holly or 
Eryngium amethystinum strike a distinct note, 
and would look well near Elymus glaucum 
