HOUSE AND GARDEN 
June, 1910 
plants, literally blue with their beautiful harvest of bloom. 
Stately Foxgloves usher in the month of June and remain 
in flower during the four weeks following. The blossoming 
season is prolonged at least two weeks by cutting the main 
stalk immediately after its beauty has faded, thus forcing the 
strength of the plant into the side shoots, and inducing con¬ 
tinued bloom. Masses of blossoming Foxgloves always create 
a striking display, but when their stately spires are raised within 
the vine-clad pergola, accenting the very spirit of its formal out¬ 
lines, they seem an inseparable part of their surroundings. 
During the heat and drought of July, the border is refreshed 
by quantities of 
white flowers borne 
by Achillea (the 
Pearl) and the 
graceful Campion — 
another invaluable 
plant from the 
woods. At the com¬ 
ing of August, these 
flowers are gradu¬ 
ally supplanted by 
gorgeous Auratum 
Lilies and sweet- 
scented Nicotianas, 
while they, in turn, 
make way for starry- 
eyed hardy Asters 
that throng the bor¬ 
der until frost. 
The planting within the pergola is much more effective with 
the flowering scheme the same on both sides of the walk, and 
varieties of a kind planted in rows the entire length of the struct¬ 
It seems best to arrange the planting in rows, 
with the low ones towards the walk as in¬ 
dicated 
ure. While, at 
first thought, 
massed plant¬ 
ing would 
seem less stiff 
and artificial, 
on considering 
the narrow 
space available 
for the flowers, 
and the severe 
style of the 
pergola, it will 
be recognized 
that formal 
planting is the 
most attractive 
for the pur¬ 
pose. 
The plant¬ 
ing formed of 
the foregoing 
varieties is a 
permanent one, 
for all of the 
plants are har¬ 
dy, with the 
exception of 
the Foxglove, 
which is a bi¬ 
ennial, and the 
annual Nicotiana, 
pear in their accustomed places from year to year. 
The author’s pergola, where the lines and border 
planting harmonize with the rustic structure 
but as both varieties self-sow, they, too, ap- 
In the author’s pergola the corner serves as an outdoor sitting-room, 
furnished with a table and chairs 
A rustic pergola that shows an interesting treatment of horizontal 
outside members and corner braces inside 
