Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-12
crazy-a gyarden of blue weeds; gee

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whizz!"
| Just then the chauffeur announced
that the machine was in order again
so the city girl to whom the farmer
had been confiding his Impressions of
his rich neighbours blue garden" had
to bid him a half reluctant farewell.
She confessed that she would have lis
tened cheerfully to further remarks
from this native who had seen the
famous blue garden toward which she
herself was travelling. When she
reached the home of her friend, the
owner of the blue garden, she made
straight for it, and this is what she
found: a riotous mass of blue, shading
INTO all the tints of lilac and deep
purple. Some were indeed weeds !"
developed by the horticulturist into
blossoms of SURPRISING beauty others
were well known garden flowers,
inassed effectively in great patches
which gave them splendor unsus-
pected by those who had previously
seen only single, lonely little plants
one thing above all others the modern
gardener has learned is to mass his
eofors. Some of the blue blossoms
belonged to old-fashoned YARDS" as
the farmers say, which filled the air
With spicy fragrance which will AL
ways be associated in the VISITORS
nina with the lovely blue garden.
Inc hostess confessed that the in
splfation came from seeing Queen
Margherltas famous garden of the
same color, and that when she came
BACK from her European trip she de-
termlhed to have one like it. which
should be a unique feature of her
country place-one to attract interest
ing personages and make hers tho
most talked of place in the COLONY
ilst OF the flowers in that garden
vas surprise even to the girl. who
vas ah aFoWed lover of things that
piooih. She declared she never couId
nave believed there were so MANY bIno
blossoms In existence. They hloopoa
III that garden in rotation from aarI,,
spring until fall, beginning with tho
pretty spicy scilla, to which Ionc,
island air seems especially benefciaI
DIS IL SHOWS there very rich hue Just
tiliie later comes the Crane hva-
otith' which is another glorious hIue
ana olteh grows wild, though ar fret
always escaped from the garden j.,
Qua feature of this plant is that the
oiue TINT 4fushes" into leaf and sto,,
at the time of full bloom
The wild hepatiea can be mod .
Di0seohl IN captivity if one uses skin
IA .ransplanting it. It's companions
m the early spring are the Japanese
rs the heur- de-lys and violets. also
pdhsles and ladies' delights N,n,s.
mower or innocence does well in a bor
aef IL transplanted in the field sod ana
the blue columbine is effective &c
background. Flax is a superh hl,,a.
Sdipisiosses, which is of the net,,nia
id'hily ana has faint nerf,,,,o
olooins beside Canterbury bells earn.
palola' balloon flower or the Jananaea
oeli hover. and Iarkspur. In Addition
.Here are bachelors buttons bIuehou
harebell, succory or chieorv ,,,.,,,..1
hooa (Which blooms until FROSTY for
mel not, lobelta. ageratum, Ipuinc.
eyed grass, tufted vetch. bIue
iiiaIsh nag and the vipers buelose
when is like the cardinal flower only
heavenly blue; prunella. Jacobs lad.
aef' thyme sage. mint. basil ma iora y,
eiefhatls, wistaria. passion flower and
the Chinese larkspur. OF Iarksnur
tnefe are almost a hundred varieties
ne Wild asters are in blue and nur.
PIE and the fringed gentian is a atruo
oiue. Myrtle and some small blue
oalsies are good for borders. and there
are many blue hyacinths and crocueas
iof the bulb bed The blue african
my is charming in clumps. as are also
que ahemones. The Indian uuamash
mas large blue flowers and will suit
partly shady places The cultivated
hepatlca blooms very freely. as doc
heiiotrope when the ground suits then,
out Doth are tiinicky. The hardy nv.
ufahgea Is always sure to be eovered
Win masses of blue bloom. Even with
'nis long list given by the blue gar.
ueh mistress, there are other nIan+s
she mas still to get. OF these she
mentioned indigo, glechoma. the
aJuga reptans rubra, lungwort. hard,
eNeriastlng and speedwell.
oooly enough" she concluded
'here are no shrubs bearing hlua
movers, but there is a blue lowered
climoing hydrangea that is lovely and
/ mean to have it soon."-New yorlT
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