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crets, so I finally decided to give up for 
the day. Upon returning to the spring 
more than twenty-four hours later I was 
delighted to find my leaves, one of which 
is shown in the illustration, partly reduced 
to network and some of the caddis worms 
clinging to them. Getting down flat on 
the ground and watching closely with a 
magnifying glass I could see them very 
slowly nibbling the green leaf from be¬ 
tween the veins. 
It seems probable that the green leaves, 
which very often fall into a spring, are 
not chosen by the caddis as a most natural 
food supply, but are taken as a substitute 
where water vegetation is scarce, as it is 
apt to be in a cold spring in the woods. 
We may be very glad, however, that he is 
so resourceful and can adapt himself to 
conditions and thus add to his goodly ac¬ 
count one more masterpiece of beauty to 
Nature’s store. 
The Purple and Gold Garden 
(Continued from page 431) 
For the early tulips Yellow Prince, and 
Wauverman, dark violet, were selected. 
For the Darwins, Bouton d’Or, Ellen Wil- 
mot and Mrs. Moon were used for yellow, 
Rev. Ewbank and Erguste for lavender, 
and Negro and La Tulipe Noire for deep 
purple and almost black. A few deep pur¬ 
ple hyacinths are used in these beds and 
clumps of gladioli, Canary bird and Blue 
Jav, whose names speak for themselves. 
It may be asked how all these bulbs are to 
be crowded in. They are placed between 
the perennials, which seem to have the 
most free soil around their roots. After 
blooming, the tops are left until they turn 
yellow and are then cut off. They are not 
dug up and replanted each year, as some 
people suppose. The gladioli can be 
planted between the iris, as their leaves 
will blend nicely and the blossoms come 
at different times. 
In the narrow bed next the house are 
vines and tall flowers. In the spring a 
Forsythia suspense in the corner of the 
house will give early bloom, and its long, 
trailing branches can be trained against 
the house. Borders of primroses and 
deep, yellow daffodils, Trumpet major, 
Trumpet maximus, and the old-fashioned 
double Von Sion will make a change from 
the center beds. 
In May purple wistaria, purple and 
yellow iris and the yellow Azalea mollis 
Anthony Koster will look well together. 
In June the golden Lilium Hansoni will 
have the house for a background, and the 
Flarrison’s yellow rose and the deep purple 
Clematis Jackmanni will be effective as 
well as sw r eet. 
Some gladioli and a little anthemis each 
side of the door will give color in this 
narrow bed until in the fall the purple 
asters and golden heleniums make a tall 
mass against the house. They will need 
to be tied up, no doubt. In each of the 
center beds is one helenium and one aster, 
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