Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17


lence for the garden is 20 be the variety
selected by the owner OF the Italian Wills
and prophesies that the coming winter this
old fashioned blossom and its many cul-
tvated varieties viii take the place Of the
new popular ehrysanthemum. For a shrub
border the purchaser selects the Ksiserin
AuEuste Victoria, which grows about thirty
inches high and does not require support
Of any kind Il has large, perfectly white
flower OF immense size and flowers until
Thanksgiving. giving Immediate returns
from May planting. This belongs TO the
decorative dahlias. which class differs from
the formal rounded type OF the show class
but does not have the twisted petals Of the
cactus" variety. among which are selected
some three score Of the Pearlhrde, grown
originally for the Philadelphia markets It
has a beautiful blush tint, almost white
Three other attractive dshlias, selected
after much discussion. are the Aurora, soft
pink. the petals slightly tipped white, the
heart brilliant gold; the Ambassador, which
has an extraordinarily long stiff stalk and
a lovely Liberty. a rose carmlne with deep
shading Of amber He adds to these some
OF the variety called La France, which are
more like fun blown peonies in effect
some Mrs. Kentweis which measure seven
inches across and few OF the rare Giants
OF Stuttgart, the largest dahia in exist
ence OF its color today. the double flower
/ being eight Inches in diameter a velvety
red in the center. lighted by a paler tint
at the edge Of the petals These cost 81
apiece.
Lake his predecessor, he secludes himself
7 for a while with pencil and paper and
finally announces that for the expenditure
OF some $50 he win before the end OF The
summer have a selected exhibit which for
opulence Of color and mass, he believes.
will not be duplicated in his immediate
vicinity.
He is followed By q bearded foreigner, who
admits a French parentage the temper
amental effects Of which have been af-
fected by many years residence in New
England We've bought new place"
he confides in an accented enthusiasm,
"and 81 includes garden. I'm going to
plant half an acre, the way we do in Eu-
rope, grasses and flowers mixed To my
way Of thinking, I've never seen anything
prettier than the long, waving meadow
grasses, with poppies rudbackias, fox
gloves. larkspurs, forget me -nots-"
lie is interrupted by the salesman:
Sorry but we don't sell 'em mixed
You'll have TO get 'em separate and mix
'em yourself"
There is deep disappointment on the for
eigner's brow. Never heard of such a
thing; why l might get the wrong proper
tions. In Europe they make specially
They are SO beautifully arranged that they
look as If they grew without any fore
thought at all and the ensemble is
blaze Of color"
sorry" repeats the salesman, as he
pushes the box of seeds, an Annual and
some colored prints toward the inquirer
and turning to a smart looking woman,
repeats Canterbury Bells? Yesm. Right
this way"
The woman's confidence is immediate
You see 1 visited all last summer in
Surrey, England. Oh, the most charming
Elizabethan place with a Georgian front,
and you passed to the front door with its
dear old knocker by a flagged path on
each side Of which grew rows of canter-
bury bells that nodded welcome as you
came along. 1 made up my mind, then,
that just as soon as the old lawsuit was
settled and we got the property that the
lawyers have been fighting over for four
or five years, ia have canterbury bells or
know why-American people don't love
them half as much as the English do and
they grow here equally we'll"
Like all amateur gardeners the speaker
Is too anxious for results to bother with
seeds. "I'll have 10 wait until next summer
If plant the seeds. Oh, / never could do
that Why, l might like something else
next season"
The clerk leads the way TO the hardy
biennial" department and recites the colors
and descriptions on the way. you can
have rose, lavender stripe white. blue
indigo, chamois pink, lilac. violet. You