. The beautiful flower garden, its treatment with special regard for the picturesque. Written and embellished with numerous illustrations by F. Schuyler Mathews. With notes on practical floriculture by Fewkes. Floriculture. THE ANNUALS. 97 charm- quite perfect, at least very nearly so, as it inclines only one or two points toward the ultramarine. Let us compare it with the bluest aster obtainable and note ^den"^^^*^^" its superior color tone. Then, too, place it beside a bit of blue gilia, and see how the latter loses all its color value ! Besides blue there are also many ing co
. The beautiful flower garden, its treatment with special regard for the picturesque. Written and embellished with numerous illustrations by F. Schuyler Mathews. With notes on practical floriculture by Fewkes. Floriculture. THE ANNUALS. 97 charm- quite perfect, at least very nearly so, as it inclines only one or two points toward the ultramarine. Let us compare it with the bluest aster obtainable and note ^den"^^^*^^" its superior color tone. Then, too, place it beside a bit of blue gilia, and see how the latter loses all its color value ! Besides blue there are also many ing colors which belong characteristic- ally to the bachelor's button—white with pale pink center, the same with blue and also purple center, pink, palest blue with an edging of deeper blue, deep violet, pale violet, purple, purple with an edging of white, and a number of vari- ations of these colors which are too numerous to describe. The variety called Victoria is dwarfed and compact in growth, of a bright blue color, and flourishes under the same simple conditions as v the commoner sort; but artistically \^ considered, it does not seem to possess any advantage over the tall blue variety— certainly not in point of color. The smallness of the plant, however, recom- mends it for use in set borders, or formal flower beds. I think that bachelor's buttons are seen to the best advantage when they are sown broadcast in a large bed of irregular shape, following the bend of some path. Blue, or blue and white, look better if not mixed with the other colors. I do not wish to be understood to say that the mixed colors do not appear well together ; that is not the. The Kaiser's Favorite. Mixed Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938; Fewkes, A. H. Phil
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