The sun., 1919-05-18

Sometimes when gardeners want to
do something unusual they make
gardens in which all the flowers are
of a single color. In other words, they
arrange for a blue garden, or a red
one, Just as one may decorate a red
or a blue room. This is going to ex-
tremes, however, and circumscribes
ones garden ambitions, unless It is
possible to have several distinct gar
dens, as on large estates. There Is
no reason, though, why even the anna
teur should not plant masses of flow
ers in different beds. so as to produce
fine splashing spots Of color. 1t is
possible to accomplish this result with
perennials. of course, but many OF the
ANIMALS lend themselves particularly
well TO the production Of color effects.
and are to be valued because of the
quick results. Indeed. the renter or
others who are likely to stay in one
place for only a short time must nee
essarily depend to a large extent upon
ANIMALS for all their garden work.
The seeds are cheap, and II Is not
necessary to have as rich soil as when
hardy. herbaceous plants are being
grown.
Perhaps your taste runs TO yellow
In that event you will find a fairly
long list OF yellow POWERED animals
to choose from, among them the mari
Colds, zinnias. pot marigolds, Cali
fornia peoples, sweet sultans, calliop.
excellent window box trailer called
thunbergia. OF course you must take
catalogue and spend some time in
selecting varieties. for several of these
flowers also appear in other colors.
Among the zinnias choose canary.
and you will have a clear yellow
flower. Several OF the pot marigolds,
which are catalogued under calendula,
carry a good shade of yellow, meteor
and double sulphur being excellent ex-
amples.
Calliopsis is the name often applied
to the annual form Of the coreopsis.
and coronata Is a good variety. having
pure yellow flowers This is a fine
annual to use in order to produce
striking mass effect. AS a matter Of
fact the perennial coreopsis is easily
grown as an annual and is best for
being renewed every year or two, as
1t speedily exhausts itself az a re-
suit OF heavy Towering. The fine yell
low Of the coreopsis lanceolata COM
mends itself to the flower lovers every
where
The California poppy. which Is cata-
logued under the name of Eschscholt-
zia, is one OF the most popular of
yellow flowers and often seeds itself
Although good for massing effects, II
Is a fact that this poppy seldom
clashes even when used with flowers
OF other colors. The hunnemannia
looks very much like the California
poppy but has somewhat different
foliage. It Is less often grown than
It's merits warrant and is well worth
getting acquainted with. II was named
Tor an Englishman, John Zimmerman.
but In some sections is often called
the Lexington tulip poppy. While a
perennial in warm localities. "a I'm
California, where 1t comes IN and
flowers for several years, Il is treated
rs an annual In the Eastern states
IL the seed is sown by the middle of
Dt IN the
garden in July. and the flowers will
Keep on coming until frost. They stand
up much like tulips, and are conad-
cred much better for cutting than
ordinary peoples.
Blue beds and ever blue gardens are
popular with many amateurs. In
deed. blue seems to be the fayorite
garden color with hosts Of people. The
list OF good blue ANNALS, though. Is
not very long. Probably the best
known is the centaurea, called by seme
the cornfiower and by others bachelor
button. For a time this annual was
somewhat In disrepute. as it was re-
ported to be the favorite color of the
German Kaiser. but that prejudice ia
not likely 10 persist for long. The
cornfiower is too good a plant to be
missed from the garden. The small
blue flowers are among the best OF
the gardens offerings for buttonhole
bouquets, and many men grow them In
order that they may be used for that
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