September, 1915 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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neglected and uncared for. The broad foliage is 
never troubled by insects or blight and makes 
attractive clumps or borders after its blossoms 
have passed. Many of the newer sorts are as 
fragrant as arbutus. Among the most beautiful 
of the new varieties is the exquisite Wyomissing, 
which I have never seen in bloom in any other 
garden. It is a blending of pink, cream and white, 
pink being the dominant color. 
Coming with the iris and lasting well into July 
are the blossoms of the long-spurred columbine, 
fluttering like pink, white and cream-colored but¬ 
terflies over the heavier blooms, adding the touch 
of lightness, which is so attractive in a garden. 
Another feature is the gypsophila, which one sees 
blooming everywhere. Most gardeners know that 
perennial gypsophila is hard to establish from 
roots, and even when well started the season of 
bloom is short. But this little gardener has the 
dainty flower from early summer till frost, simply 
by scattering seed of the annual variety among 
the perennials and over the bulbs, thus making 
the garden more attractive and furnishing enough 
pink and white lace-like blossoms to combine with 
cut flowers. 
Perhaps the most exquisite show in the garden 
is when the Madonna lilies are in bloom. If a 
fairer, sweeter picture can be made than a hundred 
stalks of this lily in full bloom, waxy-petaled and 
with stamens of gold, I should like to see it. The 
setting here is particularly good. A narrow path 
bordered with hardy garden pinks and pale grey- 
blue ageratum set alternately leads to the bed of 
lilies, whose beauty is further enhanced by a 
nearby planting of pale blue Delphinium Bella¬ 
donna. Blooming simultaneouslv with these lilies 
and delphinium are the hybrid tea roses. These 
are at one side in a bed by themselves, and afford 
so much pleasure for such a long time it is hard 
to conceive how any one can be willing to do with¬ 
out them, especially as many of them are so hardy 
they require but little protection here in the foot¬ 
hills of the Adirondacks, where our winters are 
not only severe but very changeable. 
Who was it who first styled the rose “Queen 
of the flowers'’? If she could only see the 
hybrid teas of to-day she would be sure the title 
was well chosen. There are too many varieties 
grown in this garden to describe all—I will only 
speak of the later additions to the collection. At 
the head of the list this gardener places La Detroit, 
Joseph Hill and Lady Ashtown. The first-men¬ 
tioned is of the largest size, an exquisite blending 
of pink and rose. Joseph Llill is one of those 
strong, vigorous growers always in bloom — and 
such bloom! In the catalog it is described as 
salmon pink, but I would say it was an absolutely 
perfect rose, much the color of, and equally as 
beautiful as, the famous Betty, which is perfection 
itself. Lady Ashtown has very long buds, is 
vigorous, always in bloom, and bears its large, 
lovely flowers of soft rose shaded with pink and 
yellow on long stems excellent for cutting. Another 
prime favorite in this garden is Pharisaar, a white 
pink-shaded bloom of great beauty, whose most 
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The glory of the garden is at its height when the Madonna lilies are in bloom. 
Visualize a hundred stalks, waxy-petaled and with stamens of gold 
Blooming simultaneously with the Madonna lilies and the hj 
foxgloves, set in a narrow bed bordered with hardy pinki 
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Phlox means a flame, and rose, salmon pink and while flame by the border, filling the garden 
with bloom until September brings the Michaelmas daisy and the hardy chrysanthemum 
