. 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. WILD GARDEN, ROCKERY, VINES, AND AQUATICS. 155 book entitled "All About Sweet Peas," has been pub- lished by W. Atlee Burpee & Co. recently, that there is nothing left for me to say about the flower, unless I confine myself to a description of its extraordinary colors. My own method of arranging sweet pea vines is confined to a fence or hedge row, which I
. 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. WILD GARDEN, ROCKERY, VINES, AND AQUATICS. 155 book entitled "All About Sweet Peas," has been pub- lished by W. Atlee Burpee & Co. recently, that there is nothing left for me to say about the flower, unless I confine myself to a description of its extraordinary colors. My own method of arranging sweet pea vines is confined to a fence or hedge row, which I create out of chicken-yard wire and rustic posts. This fence serves the double purpose of a thing of beauty, and a barrier against the roaming cow, who, by the way, frequently takes toll in the shape of a fine bunch of my favorite Boreattons. The varieties which are most attractive in color are :— Boreatton, red-purple and violet, Mrs. Sanky, white, Lottie Eckford, white blue-edged, Orange Prince, scarlet pink and rose pink, Blanche Ferry, pink and white, Cardinal, red-crimson and red-scarlet, Grand Blue, ultramarine-purple and purple-crimson, Primrose, cream-yellow. There are many other varieties with charming colors, but the above selec- tion is most satisfactory to me from the artistic point of view. Lottie Eckford is very delicate in color, and I should choose Primrose for its companion. The crimson and ultramarine blue varieties are also companionable, but intervening white is an advantage. Orange Prince is excellent beside Primrose, or Lottie Eckford. With all deference to a perfect harmony of color, I may add that there is really very little discgrd. Lottie Eckford, Sweet 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. Philad
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