Milford chronicle., 1932-04-29
BICENTENNIAL FLOWER
GARDENS
Every Home Should Have A Garden
Of Flowers

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 contri-
butte chiefly beauty in this land oi
| great open spaces and un-crOwdeC
| areas. Fragrance has always beer
a deciding factor in the choice Oi
flowers for home gardens. The ster-
nest and most austere, have softened
before the incense poured from the
heart of rose or carnatiOn. Indeed it
is often wondered that flower frag-
rance 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 where
fore, mayhap it is the garden Choir
al.
It is in the charm of the old gar
den, as well as it's form and plants,
which we are seeking to recall when
we make a new one like it; and this
charm lies in the ancient estimate of
hOmely simple things at their true
high worth. Old fashioned garden
ing is not summed up in the plant
ing 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 Uni
ted States George Washington BIZ
centennial Commission, will suggest
the Colonial influence by planting
flowers included in the following
list:
Anemone coronaria; anemOne;
many colors and mixtures of REQ.
blue, and white. AnemOne hortensis;
Spanish and marigOld; red, rOsepur-
pie, whitish. Anemone fulgens;
Scarlet and John, Robin Hood; vivid
scarlet, black stamens. Anthems CO.
tula; dog fennel, mayweed, white.
Anthems nobilis; double chamoile;
white. Anthems tinctoria; yellow
starwort; yellow, brown center An
thericum Liliago; st. Bernard's lily,
Savoy spiderwort; white.
Centaurea cyannus; Cyanus, corn
flower, bachelors buttons; blue, pur-
pie, blush, red, white or mixed Cen
taurea moschata; Sultan's flower,
sweet Sultan; white, blush to pur-
pie, yellow. Centaurea nigra; great !
cyanus, Spanish sea knapweed; blue |
purple. Centaurea splendens; Span |
lsh cornflower; pale purple, blush. |
Cheiri; wall flower or
winter gilliflower; carieties that are
great single, deep gold. great dou-
BILE, red, pale yellow" Chenopodium
botrys; oak of Jerusalem or feather
for foliage.
Dianthus plumarius; Scotch,
grass, garden or pheasant's-eye
pink; white, light red, purple
mostly single, some feathered."
albus; fraxinella or bas-
ard dittany; white. Dictamnus al
)us; rubra; rosy purple Digitals
foxglove; great yellow"
Oigitalis lanata; "yellowish dun"
)igitalis purphrea; white, purple.
Fritillaria Maleagris; greenish,
White, purplish, yellowish. Fritil-
aria Pyrenaica; dark sullen black
sh green" Fritillaria Verticillata;
White, not checkered. Gladiolus By
antinus; purple. Gladiolus cardinal
s; red or scarlet. Hemerocallis
lava; day lily; yellow. Hepatica
riloba; liverleaf; pale purple. Hep
tica angulosa; white, blue, red.
Iesperis matronalis; rockets, dou-
lie queens gillifower, DANES rock
/, damask violet; white to lilac,
ink and purple; single and double.
Iyacinthus; hyacinths.
Impatiens Balsamina; female
alsam APPLE" three shades of pur-
le; single or very little doubled.
ilium pomponium, Pyrenaicum;
elbow. Lilium pomponium, aureum;
elbow. Lilium poponium; red, spot
ID. Lilium monadelphum; yellow,
nged at base and tip with purple.
ilium bulbiferum; dark reddish
'ange, spotted. Lilium croceum;
right orange; common. Polianthes
Iberosa; tuberose; white. Primula
lricula; bears ears; white, buff
,llow, scarlet red. Primula vulgar
l.