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House & Garden 
HIGH CLASS OLD PAINTINGS 
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EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FURNITURE 
Exhibition During January of 
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Portrait Medals by THEODORE SPICER-SIMSON 
647 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK CITY 
Paris: 57 Rue La Boetie 
"THE FLUTE LESSON" 
BY DESHAYES 
Garden Advice from an Amateur to Amateurs 
(Continued from page 56) 
ber hills and dug in around the tomatoes 
and egg-plants. We also make a liquid 
solution of it, one-third manure and 
two-thirds water, and pour on the roots, 
taking care not to burn the foliage. 
Paris green is absolutely necessary for 
potato bugs, and for the deadly aphis 
I use a kerosene emulsion as follows: 
Dissolve half a pound of whale oil or 
ivory soap in one gallon of hot water. 
Add two gallons of kerosene and pump 
or churn till a thick cream results. 
Dilute this with ten or fifteen quarts of 
water to one of emulsion. 
This summer I am going to experi¬ 
ment with nitrate of soda as a fertilizer. 
Let us hope that something I have 
written may help some adventurous soul 
just starting in with a garden—a soul 
with plenty of enthusiasm but no ex¬ 
perience! I only hope that gardening 
will prove to them the joy it has for me. 
It is a real adventure to run a good 
garden—there are so many pests lurking 
just around the comer. Remember! I 
don’t claim that your vegetables will be 
cheaper, but I do claim that your spirit 
will be enriched a thousand fold. 
Planning a Gard 
(Continued ft 
into prominence in the fall and over¬ 
hang the shorter plants in front. 
An early flowering plant should have 
a correspondingly late one in front of 
it, which will hide the vacant space 
created when the former dies. But if it 
is of the type whose foliage dies com¬ 
pletely after blooming, like, for instance, 
mertensia or tulips, annuals may be 
planted to take its place. 
It is helpful in visualizing these 
theories and testing the distribution of 
bloom for each season, to lay pieces of 
tracing paper over the plan, one piece 
for each season, and trace in color the 
masses that should be in bloom at that 
particular time. Of course, they may 
not materialize exactly according to the 
plan, for seasons vary and spring 
flowers shade into those of summer, and 
the latter into autumn; but if it is 
impossible to divide the seasons by sharp 
lines, it is both practical and possible 
to have one dominant effect succeed 
another from early spring until frost. 
Succession of Dominant Effects 
For instance: In March and April 
the center walk is banded on each side 
with scillas. They are planted close 
together so that when in bloom they 
form wide, blue ribbons which terminate 
in daring masses of purple crocus. At 
the corners and around the pool are 
small groups of Tulipa Kauftnanniana, 
the early tulip whose general tone of 
creamy white is rendered still more 
attractive by its center of pale primrose 
yellow and the veins of reddish-pink 
bloom on the outside of its petals. 
With this arrangement on the main 
path, the walks on the sides may be 
bordered with large masses of cliiono- 
doxa, forming an irregular balance of 
bloom at the corners nearest the steps. 
They are segregated thus because their 
petals, sky blue shading to white at 
the center, give the scillas a greenish 
tinge if placed too near to them. A 
very few of the early tulips echo this 
effect down the center walk. 
In May, following closely upon the 
heels of these early bulbs, mertensia 
blooms in two long lines just behind 
the scillas, its nodding blue bells, pinkish 
buds and gray-green foliage proving very 
effective in combination with a few 
violas of rich purple. At salient points 
are placed pale yellow narcissus. 
Approaching the pool the mertensia 
gives place to the tall, branching forget- 
me-not, through which, a trifle later, 
spring the stalks of pale yellow May¬ 
flowering tulip, Moonlight. Behind the 
forget-me-not, in order to focus the 
yellow effectively, are four balanced 
clumps of straw-colored iris. 
On the side paths grape hyacinths at 
the near comers gradually give way to 
the forget-me-nots as we approach the 
pool, the only yellow here being a little 
narcissus. A few bulbs of Puschkinia 
or striped squills and a little of creeping 
polemonium give variety to the sides, 
and both are good blues. 
en of True Blue 
■om page 38) 
While the bulbs of early spring are 
confined to the border of the beds, the 
effects of May are noted all over the 
garden. Aside from the grouping 
described in the preceding paragraph, 
the centers of the beds are filled with 
masses of light blue anchusa, accented 
down the center by four well balanced 
clumps of iris Purple King. This 
anchusa is distributed all over the 
garden as well, and may be called the 
dominant flower of the month. In 
minor quantity and of smaller stature, 
but contributing their quota neverthe¬ 
less, are masses of linum or flax grouped 
at all the cross walks. Flax has one 
of the most beautiful blues among 
flowers, and although the individual 
plants are too delicate to dominate, in 
sufficiently large quantity they are 
exquisite. Blue columbine is also em¬ 
ployed in minor groups down the side 
walks. While the individual flowers 
are of a beautiful blue, it is difficult 
to get a uniform color with aquilegias 
because of the variable tendency of the 
seed, so they are likewise relegated to 
the side lines. 
The Summer’s Bloom 
In June comes the larkspur which 
gives the most magnificent effect of the 
year. With its large spikes of intense 
blue, its robust growth and imposing 
height, it fills a large place in each bed. 
It should be planted in large, round 
clumps rather than in long lines, a 
device that conveys a mass- effect in 
pleasant contrast to the scattered, spiky 
appearance so frequently observed. 
Because of their delicate creamy white 
tone, Clematis recta and the pale golden 
tassels of meadow rue are used in some¬ 
what larger quantities than the yellows 
of early spring. One deep note of 
yellow must not, however, be omitted. 
It is contributed by four carefully placed 
bushes of Harrison’s Yellow rose, whose 
showers of pale sulphur-colored blooms 
blend exquisitely with the larkspur. At 
this stage of the season the purple tone 
is carried by four plants of the Clematis 
Jackmanni, which is trained to poles 
at the ends of the garden. 
Now comes July, a period in the 
progress of the garden which is likely 
to be the least interesting of the year. 
The larkspur lasts well into the month, 
but the majority of things in bloom lack 
any striking beauty which would war¬ 
rant giving them the space taken by 
the larkspur or the anchusa. However, 
there is quite a large range of plants 
which may be used so that blue will 
not be lacking in the garden, though it 
will not have the splendor of June or 
the lovely colors of May. Veronica 
longifolia subsessilis has such a deep, 
intense cobalt blue that the four well- 
placed clumps will make up in effect 
what they lack in size, and they last 
about a month. Still more space in the 
central beds is given to the paler Veron¬ 
ica maritima, because this variety lasts 
from July to September. 
