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Dog of All the Russias 
(Continued from page 58) 
in Canada was Mr. J. G. Kent, of 
Toronto. 
It is to Mr. Joseph B. Thomas, 
however, that America really owes 
the Borzoi, and fanciers the world 
over are indebted to him for discov¬ 
ering in Russia several strains of 
the true old type, unstained by grey¬ 
hound or Asiatic crosses. Few if any 
of the early exportations were 
hounds of the ancient breed free 
from foreign blood, but Mr. Thomas 
discovered the old type carefully pre¬ 
served in the kennels of the Grand 
Duke Nicholas at Perchina and of 
Mr. Artem Balderoff at Woronzova. 
Since these epoch making importa¬ 
tions the Borzoi has come forward 
rapidly in America. Mr. Thomas 
was joined by such good fancier's as 
Dr. De Mund, Mr. Harry T. Peters, 
Mr. George Ronsse, Mr. Bailey Wil¬ 
son and Dr. Behrend, until to-day 
the United States has more and bet¬ 
ter Borzoi than any other country 
except Russia. Mr. Thomas’ kennels 
were purchased entire last season by 
Mr. M. Mowbray Palmer, a thor¬ 
ough sportsman who evidently in¬ 
tends to maintain the high traditions 
of this famous stud. 
Points and Characteristics 
Russian breeders distinguish the 
pure Borzoi by three distinctive 
points. The Roman profile, in which 
there is a slight but distinct bump 
instead of the greyhound’s stop be¬ 
tween the eyes, is the first of these. 
The correct coat, the second point, 
is rather curly over the shoulders, 
on the back and over the quarters; 
long and straight on the flanks and 
chest; long and wavy on the lower 
end of the tail. The tail should be 
long and the ears very small and 
thin, and finely covered with short 
hair. For the rest, the Borzoi is a 
larger greyhound, with a deeper bris¬ 
ket and flatter ribs. The feet of the 
two breeds are also different, the 
greyhound having small, compact 
“cat feet” and the Borzoi the longer, 
oblong foot of the hare. 
A Strong Dog 
The Borzoi's slender grace mis¬ 
leads many into thinking he is deli¬ 
cate. Such is not the case. Borzois 
stand the cold capitally, as might be 
expected when we remember their 
birthplace, and mature hounds re¬ 
quire no artificial heating in their 
kennels. Young stock is no more 
delicate than other breeds—reason¬ 
able attention to diet, occasional 
treatment for worms, and protection 
from cold and dampness being es¬ 
sential to the successful rearing of 
all puppies. Many Borzoi, and this is 
true of both house and kennel 
hounds, do not get sufficient exer¬ 
cise. They require plenty of road 
work—ten miles a day is not too 
much—and for this reason it is not 
kind to keep them in town. 
Planning a Brown Garden 
(Continued from page 45) 
red some Spircea astilboides has been 
placed near, and the soft yellow of the 
Achillea tomentosa is an effective if 
unusual combination. Other minor 
effects are shown in different parts of 
the garden; tawny day lily, Helenium 
Bolanderi, orange butterfly weed, 
coreopsis, black-eyed Susan, wall¬ 
flowers replaced by salpiglossis, and 
for shrubby accents the Persian 
yellow rose and Azalea mollis. 
We will now put in carefully bal¬ 
anced masses of creamy white, which 
are necessary to lighten the effect. 
These are arabis, Spiraea var. astil¬ 
boides and filipendula, and meadow 
rue. Their time of bloom is shown 
on the list. For the same reason the 
light blue anchusa is used with the 
mottled Rembrandt tulips, whose 
beauty I must emphasize. They are 
like curious old calico, mottled and 
striped in white, chocolate and 
brown, dull violet, and dark red. 
Statice, a greyish cloud of tiny blos¬ 
soms, ends the softening flowers. 
Now the lilies are arranged on the 
plan. The dainty nodding Lilhim can- 
adcnse, both the orange and the yel¬ 
low varieties, can be placed to suc¬ 
ceed the Breeder tulips down the 
center walk and the square around 
the pool. After the tulips are cut 
down the ground between the lilies 
could be covered with orange calen¬ 
dulas. (Let me in passing empha¬ 
size the unusual colors of the Breed¬ 
er tulips, also. They come in won¬ 
derful broken tones of buff, apricot, 
bronze, coffee brown, and yellow, and 
are an essential part of our color 
scheme.) At the lower end of the 
garden a large space is devoted to 
the rich yellow Lilium hansoni, suc¬ 
ceeded by the brown spotted tiger 
lily, with meadow rue to keep the 
ground from appearing bare. 
Gladioli, creamy white mottled 
with dark red, light yellow, and dark 
red, form a phalanx back of the 
pansies. Orange monbretias can be 
put between the primroses and auric¬ 
ulas and will furnish in that space 
a second crop of bloom. 
Now it remains only to see where 
the annuals can be used to fill in 
after certain early plants, and last 
of all to check over the plan bed by 
bed to see that there are no distress¬ 
ing bare spots or color discords in¬ 
advertently obtained. The orange 
and brown might better be kept dis¬ 
tinct from the cream, mauve and 
dark red tones. For instance, flow¬ 
ers inclining to orange and yellow 
and possibly a little coarse or weedy 
could be kept at the lower end of 
the garden, as thej' are more effective 
for mass than for detailed beauty. 
The more delicate and interesting 
flowers could be at the upper end 
where they will have more scrutiny. 
To sum up the use of annuals: 
orange calendulas replace the tulips 
down the center, pansies replace the 
frittillarias, snapdragons come after 
the Sweet William, and salpiglossis 
after the wallflowers. The old-fash¬ 
ioned purple and yellow Johnny- 
jump-up, springing up between the 
stones around the pool, gives a touch 
of irregularity. A few of the brown 
and orange French marigolds can be 
filled in between the borders of ara¬ 
bis and Iris pumila, though this sort 
of over-planting is too crowded un¬ 
less the early perennials can be taken 
up—and this is a great bother. So, 
in order to gain room for some of 
the most interesting annuals we will 
deliberately leave some space for 
them—salpiglossis, with its exquisite 
tones of lavender overlaid with gold, 
purple, violet and sulphur; or the 
scabiosas, dark red, pale yellow, and 
dull blue. There must be dahlias in 
rich tones of salmon, yellow and 
tawny buff, even though to find room 
for them we have to sacrifice some 
of the bocconia. Annual coreopsis 
can replace the Rembrandt tulips, 
where it will tone well with the 
Helenium bolanderi. There must be 
masses of tall orange marigolds and 
some creamy yellow stocks, and if it 
is possible to seed some orange 
eschscholtzia and nasturtiums of 
cream color and dark red where they 
will not be crowded they will add to 
the effect. 
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20Warren St., New York Cily 
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