May, 1911 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
371 
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the great diversity of color and markings! 
that we are familiar with in the larger! 
pansies, but for work in solid colors they' 
are excellent. Especially is this true of 
the golden Lutea Splendens and the White 
Perfection. Violas are easily grown from 
seed which should be started early in flats 
or coldframes and planted out before the 
weather becomes hot. Give plenty of water 
during the blooming season and treat in 
all general particulars, like pansies. 
For a permanent edging one could not 
do better than to select one or more of the 
hardy garden pinks of which Pier Majesty 
is the finest white; this variety, however, is 
a June bloomer, but White Reserve, an 
almost equally good form, is a perpetual 
bloomer. The old-fashioned June or 
Cinnamon pink will always be a welcome 
addition to the garden and is lovely when 
covered with its pale pink, delightfully 
scented flowers. All of this class of pinks 
are easily increased by division for wher¬ 
ever the branches touch the ground they 
form roots and can be removed and set out 
elsewhere; so that in a few seasons one can 
produce many feet of edging from a single 
original plant. 
The polyanthus was always a great 
favorite in our grandmothers’ gardens and 
is just as attractive today as then. The 
plants may be raised from seed or pur¬ 
chased from the florist. They require 
dividing each year, as soon as their period 
of bloom is past, so a few original plants 
will soon provide for a considerable ex¬ 
tent. They are perfectly hardy, but the 
flowers will be much finer if some protec¬ 
tion is afforded the plants during winter. 
The Phlox subulata make a beautiful 
edging for beds of hardy perennials, espe¬ 
cially when covered with its wealth of rose- 
colored or of white flowers in early spring. 
It needs some attention, however, as it 
spreads rapidly and the old growth is apt 
to die out and should be removed to pre¬ 
vent an unkempt appearance. For beds of 
Japanese or German Iris there is an at¬ 
tractive dwarf variety of iris — Iris graci- 
lipes, which grows but eight to ten inches 
high and produces quantities of lavender 
flowers, while for the canna beds there is 
nothing more characteristic than the dwarf 
nasturtiums. The dwarf campanula ( C. 
carpatioa ) is an excellent low-growing 
plant for edging beds of taller varieties, 
growing but eight inches high and produc¬ 
ing quantities of blue or white flowers 
from June to October. The plants are 
hardy and easily grown. 
Where the flower beds are inclosed with 
curbing the edging plants may take the 
form of erect growth, but where boards 
must be used to retain the beds it is de¬ 
sirable that they be covered by some form 
of recumbent plant like the Phlox subtle 
lata, hardy garden pinks and the like. Cer¬ 
tain of the dusty millers are useful in this 
connection, as the recurved leaves droop 
and cover the sides of the beds. The 
plants are easily raised from cuttings, as 
it is only necessary to cut twigs of the 
plant into short lengths and stick them in 
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