EPILOGUE

(DICTATED)

Woodridge, January 3. In the face of circumstances that prevent my holding the pen in my own hand, I am resolved that the first chronicle of the New Year shall be mine,—for by me it has sent The Garden, You, and I a new member and our own garden a new tree, an oak we hope.

The Infant is exultant at the evident and direct result of her dealings with the fairies, and keeps a plate of astonishing goodies by the nursery hearth fire; these, if the fairies do not feast upon personally, are appreciated by their horses, the mice.

His name is John Bartram Penrose, a good one to conjure with gardenwise, though he is no kin to the original. He has fresh-air lungs, and if he does not wax strong of limb and develop into a naturalist of some sort, he cannot blame his parents or their garden vacation.

MARY PENROSE,

her mark.

Punch ... has a cache under the old syringa bushes.

Name	Tender or Hardy	Colour	Height	Season	Remarks
Aquilegia—Columbine	H.P.*		3 ft.	June	Columbines are among the most graceful and easily raised of hardy plants. They will thrive in open borders, but do better in partial shade, after the habit of our local species, the "Red Bells" of hillsides and rocky wood.
Chrysantha		Golden yellow
Cœrulea		Rich Blue
Glandulosa vera		Blue and white
Canterbury-Bell	H.B.**		2 ft.	June	Old-fashioned plants of decorative value. As with all biennials, the plant dies soon after maturing seed; a new sowing should be made each spring and seedlings transplanted as soon as the old plant dies; this secures strong growth before winter.
Campanula media		Blue, white, pink
Chimney Bell-Flower Campanula pyramadalis	H.P.	Blue	3-4 ft.	Aug. to Oct.	Desirable because of of its late blooming combined with its striking appearance. Should be planted in connection with the tall white hardy phlox.
Coreopsis lanceolata	H.P.	Yellow	1-2 ft.	Summer	A sturdy plant either for massing or as a border to sunny shrubberies. Flowers carried on long stems suitable for cutting.
Candytuft—Iberis	H.P.		1 ft.	Summer	When transplanted from seed bed, plants should be set eight inches apart to make the best effect, given room, they make fine compact bushes. The foliage is evergreen.
Sempervirens		White
Delphinium—Larkspur	H.P. Flowering first year	Blue, all shades	3-7 ft.	June, July, and Oct.	Our most satisfactory blue flower, but like all of this colour should have a setting of white. If plants are cut down to the ground as soon as the blossoms fade, they will give a second crop in October.
D. Grandiflorum Chinensis		White and blue	1-2 ft.	Summer	These flowers have a peculiar brilliancy, and if set in a bed edged by sweet alyssum, are very satisfactory.
Siberian Larkspur
Dianthus plumarius	H.P.		1 ft.	May and June " "	There is nothing more suggestive of the old time gardens of sweet flowers than these fringed pinks. If once established in a well-drained spot, and not harassed, they will sow themselves and last for years. Her Majesty and Lord Lyon are new varieties, and as double as carnations.
Scotch Clove Pink Her Majesty Lord Lyon		Various White Pink		May and June " "
Dianthus Chinensis China Pink	H.P. first year	Var.	6 in.-1 ft.	Summer	Excellent for either bedding or edging. Have an apple fragrance.
Dianthus Heddewigii Japan Pink	H.P. first year	Var.	9 in.-1 ft.	Summer	These summer pinks are not grown in masses as freely as as they deserve. They bloom with all the profusion of annuals without their frailty. For a succession the seed should be sown every year, as the old plants bloom earliest and the new follow them.
Dianthus barbatus Sweet-William	H.P.	Var.	1 ft.	June	An old-time favourite with slightly fragrant blossoms that will keep a week in water when cut. A bed when once established will last a long time if a few of the finest heads of flowers are allowed to go to seed, as with many perennials the younger plants bloom more vigorously than the old.
Digitalis—Foxglove Variety gloxinoides	H.P.	White, pink, purple, light yellow	3 ft.	June	A dignified as well as a poetic flower if given its natural, half-wild surroundings. It will thrive best in partial shade if the soil be good. While if the stalks of seeds are saved and the contents scattered along wild walks or at the edge of woods, surprising results will follow.
Feverfew Chrysanthemum parthenium, double	H.P. first year	White	1-3 ft.	Summer	A very useful, double-flowered white composite, resembling a small chrysanthemum. It should be used freely as a setting for blue, pink, or magenta flowers.
Forget-Me-Not Myosotis alpestris Victoria	H.P.	Blue	1 ft.	Spring and autumn	Well-known flowers that do best in moist borders or places where they can be watered freely. If cut down after first flowering, will bloom again in autumn.
Gaillardia cristata Blanket Flower	H.P. first year	Yellow and red	1 ft.	Until frost	Brilliant and hardy plants for edging shrubbery or in separate beds. Sprawl too much for the mixed border.
Hollyhocks Double and single	H.P.	All colors	4-7 ft.	Summer	Of late years these decorative plants have suffered from a blight that turns the leaves yellow and soon spreads to the stalks. Use great care that the soil be new and well drained, sprinkle powdered sulphur and unslaked lime on surface and dig it in shortly before setting out the seedlings. Also spray young plants well with diluted Bordeaux mixture at intervals before the flowers show colour. A large bed should be given to this flower, with either a wall or hedge as a background, and they should be allowed to seed themselves from the best flowers. Thus a natural and artistic effect is produced unlike the stiff lines of tightly staked plants.
New Hybrid Hollyhock flowers first year from seed		All colors	4 ft.
Honesty Lunaria biennis	H.B.	White to lilac	2 ft.	June	The old English flower of colonial gardens. Should be massed. The silvery moons of its seed vessels make unusual winter bouquets.
Lupins Lupinus polyphyllus	H.P.	Rich blue	3 ft.	June	Good for planting before the white flowering June shrubs. Flowers borne erect upon long spikes. Very difficult to transplant unless the long root is kept intact.
Horsemint Monada didyma-Bee balm or Oswego tea Monada fistulosa	H.P.	Deep red	2-3 ft.	Summer	Sturdy and somewhat coarse plants, their square stems telling the kinship with the familiar mints. Of good decorative effect, should be used as a background in the bed of sweet odours, as especially after a rain they yield the garden a clean fragrance of tonic quality. The bergamot grows wild in many places and is easily transplanted.
Wild Bergamot	H.P.	Lavender	3-6 ft.	Summer
Primula English Field Primrose	H.P.	Primrose yellow	6 in.	May	The beautiful tufted primrose of the English poets. Grows in this country best on moist, grassy banks under high or in partial shade. It has, during the ten years that I have grown it, proved entirely hardy. The seed may be in the ground a year before germinating, but once established the plant cares for itself.
Primula Japonica mixed border	H.P.	Yellows and reds	6 in.-1 ft.	May	The border primrose so freely used in England but rarely seen in everyday gardens here, where I have found it perfectly hardy. Makes a border of rich colour for the May garden. Must be watered freely in hot, dry seasons.
Primula Officinalis Cowslip	H.P.	Yellow	1 ft.	May	The English cowslip, a charming garden flower, but more at home in nooks of grassy banks, like the primrose, or in the open.
Poppy { Iceland poppy { P. nudicale	H.P.	Yellow and white	1 ft.	Early Summer	Poppies are very difficult to transplant, owing to their long, sensitive roots, though it can be done. It is easier, therefore, to sow them thinly where they are to remain and weed them out.
P. orientale	H.P.	Dazzling scarlet	2-3 ft.	June	A gorgeous flower, subject to damping off if heavy rains come when it is in full bloom. Should be used to fill in between white shrubs, as its colour is impossible near any of the pink, purple, or magenta June flowers, and a single plant misplaced will ruin your garden.
Phlox P. paniculata	H.P.	In variety, crimson, purple, salmon, carmine, and white with colored eye	3-4 ft.	July-Oct. Miss Lingard in June	Offshoots of these hardy phloxes may be usually obtained by exchange from some friend, as they increase rapidly. But there is a charm in raising seedlings on the chance of growing a new species. These phloxes are the backbone of the hardy garden from July until frost, while Miss Lingard, a fine white variety, blooms in June to be a setting for the blue larkspurs.
Phlox subulata Moss Pink	H.P.	Pink and white	6 in.		The dwarf phlox that hides its foliage under sheets of pink or white bloom and makes the great mats of colour seen among rock work and on dry banks in parks and public gardens.
Pentstemon European varieties. Mixed	H.P.	Many rich colours	3 ft.	Summer	Very fine border plants, almost as decorative as foxgloves, showing tints of reds through pink, white, blue and white cream, etc.
Pansies in varieties	H.B. flowers first year	Many rich colours	1 ft.	April to Dec.	It is usual to sow pansies in frames during September and October, winter them under cover, and transplant to beds the following spring. If pansies (well soaked previously) are sown in the seed bed in late August or early September, they will be compact little plants by November, when they may be transplanted to their permanent bed or else covered where they stand, protected by leaves between the rows and a few evergreen boughs or a little salt hay over them. If an entire bed is set apart set apart for pansies and only the finest flowers allowed to seed, the bed will keep itself going for several years by merely thinning and adjusting the seedlings.
Day Primrose Œnothera fruticosa	H.P.	Golden yellow	1 ft.	Early summer	A day-flowering member of the evening-primrose family, resembling the golden sundrops of our June meadows. Very fragrant, and if once established, will sow itself.
Evening Primrose Œnothera biennis	H.B.	Yellow	3 ft.	All summer	The exquisitely scented silver-gold flower that unfurls at twilight to give a supper to the hawk moths, upon whom it depends for fertilization. Grows in dry soil and should be used in masses to fill in odd corners.
Violas Tufted Pansy-violets for bedding	H.P.	Purple, yellow, rose, mauve, white	6 in.	April to Oct.	A race of plants closely resembling pansies, that fill an important place in the gardens of Europe, but are as yet little known here, though they are as hardy as the primulas. As a border for shrubs or rose beds they are excellent, but when planted as a bed, should be in partial shade.

* : Hardy Perennial.
** : Hardy Biennial.