HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, 1914 
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bine ( aquilegia ) ; the short-spurred variety make large plants 
and do not die out, like the long-spurred. White foxgloves 
( digitalis ), with purple and white Canterbury bells, come next, 
and then the colors change to blue, yellow and white, with the 
gorgeous delphiniums, Drop- 
more anchusa, veronicas 
(longifolia and longifolia sub- 
sessilis), Candidum lilies, the 
early white phlox, Miss Lin- 
gard, the pearl achillea and the 
pale, lemon-yellow calendulas 
and anthemis. 
Annual s—s t o c k, snap¬ 
dragons ( antirrhinum ), phlox 
Drummondi, arctotis and asters 
—are planted in the place of 
the bulbs and Canterbury bells, 
and these flower until frost. 
July brings the wonderful 
phloxes—the salmon pink 
Elizabeth Campbell being one 
of the best—and the white 
platycodons; and in a shady 
corner, red monardo, with 
ferns and meadow rue, does 
well. In late August the phyostegia and Boltonia asteroides 
bloom; the latter may be kept down to four feet by pinching off 
the tops several times during the summer. In September the 
dahlias, pyre thrum uliginosnm, artemisia pactidora, actia ja- 
ponica and blue salvia (azure a 
grand id or a) keep the border 
gay. October adds the lovely 
w h i t e anemones ( japonica, 
whirlwind) and chrysanthe¬ 
mums, and the border is full 
until Jack Frost turns it black 
and puts it to sleep for the win¬ 
ter. 
The charm of gardening 
lies in “finding out for oneself." 
The Perfect Gardener, if there 
is one, will seek to express him¬ 
self not by the reading or mak¬ 
ing of books, but in living, 
growing trees and flowers. All 
this the amateur realizes ever 
more fully as he watches the 
border wake from sleep to life, 
live intensely for a while — and 
then to sleep again! 
Realizing the importance of proportion, we departed from the old order of largi 
plants in back, short ones in front 
The interest of a garden is increased when it commands a view. This one is so laid out that the landscape lying below it, where the river stretches, may be fully 
appreciated 
