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The old-fashioned honeysuckle has a place 
in the scheme which none other could 
quite fill 
high, and since it is not especially attractive 
in appearance, can go into some odd cor¬ 
ner. Wallflowers are among the sweetest 
and hardiest of English perennials, but it is 
almost impossible to carry them through 
American winters. We have been denied 
their delightful fragrance until a few years 
ago, when an annual variety was developed 
which is almost as sweet as the perennial 
and very easy to grow from seed. 
Of course, it would not be a real perfume 
garden if there were not some old-fash¬ 
ioned cabbage roses in it, which are not so 
beautiful, perhaps, as their more modern 
cousins, but much hardier and truly rose 
scented. Rose and mint geraniums and 
lemon verbenas are sweet foliage plants 
which must not be forgotten. 
Among the loveliest of evening primroses, 
some of which are native perennials, are the 
white evening primrose ( CEnothera speci- 
osa ) with fine large blossoms and succeed¬ 
ing in dry soil; CE. biennis grandiflora, an 
improvement on the common evening prim¬ 
rose (CE. biennis ) ; another white sort (CE. 
albicaulis) , of low growth, but bearing im¬ 
mense white flowers; and CE. Drummondii, 
which has two varieties, pale yellow and 
pure white, very lovely annuals readily 
grown from seed and developing beautifully. 
Other Plants for Perfume 
Verbena Mayflower, with large clusters 
of pure white or pale pink flowers, is espe¬ 
cially fragrant at night; so, too, are white 
or pink and white petunias. Various pinks, 
including the clove scented grass pinks of 
The white evening primrose ranks among 
the most charming of all sweet scented 
plants 
May; the beautiful pale yellow and white 
Marguerite carnations; double white Sweet 
Williams; ten-weeks stocks, canary, rose, 
May Queen (a pale lilac) and Princess 
Alice (pure white) are in bloom for 
weeks. Mignonette; snapdragons, Giant 
White, Chamois, Golden Queen and lilac; 
three dainty edging plants, Virginia stock, 
sweet woodruff and sweet alyssum; flower¬ 
ing tobacco (Nicotiana affinis ), growing 
about 3' or 4' high, branching with clusters of 
white tubular flowers; night blooming stock 
(Matthiola bicornis ), a low, weak stemmed 
plant with ragged pinkish or white flow- 
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SCONCES WITH A LINEAGE 
A late 18 th Cen¬ 
tury type in gilt 
From the forms of the old originals below can be re¬ 
produced modern sconces adapted to present-day lighting 
methods. For information zvrite the HOUSE &• GARDEN 
Shopping Service, 440 Fourth Avenue, New York. 
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