The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-04-28
The Bicentennial Flower
Gardens Will Be Popular
George Washington Commission
After Complete Survey Makes
Suggestions

While it has always been neces-
sary to make certain gardens use
full, it is possible to allow the
space and time for gardens which
contribute chiefly beauty in this
land of great spaces and un-crow-
ed areas. Fragrance has alawys
been a deciding factor in the
choice of flowers for home gar
dens. The sternest and most
austere have softened before the
incense poured from the heart of
rose or carnation. Indeed it is Of
ten wondered that flower fra
GRANGE had not power equal with
the power of sweet sounds to
soothe the savage breast. Surely it
is to flowers very like the voice to
man wherefore, mayhap it is the
garden choral.
It is in the charm Of the old
garden, as well as its form and
plants, which we are seeking to re-
call when we make a new one like
it; and this charm lies in the an
cient estimate of homely, simple
things at their true high worth.
Old fashioned gardening is not
summed up in the planting of a
flower garden wherein the walks
and beds conform to the lines laid
down in some old design.
Many. gardens, according to the
Division of Information of the
United States George Washington
D;oaofoop;o1 roporo;Sc;oo ,x,;I1
suggest the Colonial influence by
planting flowers including in the
following list:
Aneone coronaria; anemone;
many colors and mistures of red,
blue and white. Anemone hor-
tensis; Spanish and marigold; red,
rosepurple, whitish. Anemone full
gems; Scarlet and John, Robin
Hood; vivid scarlet, black stamens.
Anthems cotula; dog fennel, may
wed, white. Anthems nobilis;
double chamoile; white. Anthems
inctoria; yellow starwort; yellow,
brown center. Anthericum Liliage;
st. Demands lily, savoy spider
wort; white.
Centaurea cyannus: Cyanus,
cornflower,, bachelors buttons;
blue, purple, blush, red, white or
mixed. Centaurea moschata; Sui
tan's flower, sweet Sultan; white,
blush to purple, yellow. Centaurea
nigra; great cyanus, Spanish sea
knapweed; blue-purple. Centaurea
splendens: Spanish corflower;
pale purple, blush. Cheiranthus
Cheiri; wall flower or winter gill;
flower; varieties that are great
single, deep gold, great double, red
pale yellow. Chenopodium botrys;
oak of Jerusalem or feather ger
anium; for foliage.
Dianthus plumarius; Scotch,
grass, garden or pheasant's eve
pink: white. light red. purple,
mostly single. some feathered.
Dictamnus albus: fraxinella or
bastard dittany; white. Dictamnus
albus; rubra; rosy purple. Digita-
lis ambigua: foxglove; great vel
low" Digitalis lanata;, yellowish
dun. Digitalis purpurea; white,
purple.
Fritillaria Maleagris: greenish,
white, purplish, yellowish. Fritill-
aira Pyrenaica: dark sullen black
ish green. Fritillaria Verticilfata;
white. not checkered. Gladiolus
Byzantinus: puple. Gladiolus car
dinalis, red or scarlet. Hemerocal-
lis flava: day lily; yellow. Hep
atica triloba; liverleaf; pale pur-
pie. Hepatica angulosa; white,
blue. red. Hesperis matronalis;
rockets, double queens gilliflower,
DANES rocket, damask violet;
white to lilac, pink and purple;
single and double. Hyacinthus;
hyacinths. 49,.
Impatiens Balsamina; female
balsam apple; three shades Of pur-
ple; single or very little doubled.
Lilium pomponium, Pyrenaicum;
yellow. Lilium pomponium, aur-
cum; yellow. Lilium pomonium;
red, spotted. Lilium monodelphum;
yellow, tinged at base and tip with
purple. Lilium bulbiferum; dark
reddish orange spotted. Lilium
croceum; bright orange; common.
Polianthes tuberosa; tuberosa;
white. Primula auricula; bears
ears; white, buff yellow, scarlet
red. Primula vulgaris; primrose;
pale yellow. Scilla Italica; Italian
Suuill: pale blue.