"There will be plenty
of others for the yellow bed."
"We want yellow honeysuckle climbing on the high wire," declared Roger.
"Assisted by yellow jessamine?" asked Margaret.
"And canary bird vine," contributed Ethel Blue.
"And golden glow to cover the fence," added Ethel Brown.
"The California poppy is a gorgeous blossom for an edge," said Ethel
Blue, "and there are other kinds of poppies that are yellow."
"Don't forget the yellow columbines," Dorothy reminded them, "and the
yellow snapdragons."
"There's a yellow cockscomb as well as a red."
"And a yellow verbena."
"Being a doctor's son I happen to remember that calendula, which takes
the pain out of a cut finger most amazingly, has a yellow flower."
"Don't forget stocks and marigolds."
"And black-eyed-Susans--rudbeckia--grow very large when they're
cultivated."
"That ought to go in the wild garden," said Helen.
"We'll let you have it," responded Roger generously, "We can put the
African daisy in the yellow bed instead."
"Calliopsis or coreopsis is one of the yellow plants that the
Department of Agriculture Bulletin mentions," said Dorothy. "It tells
you just how to plant it and we put in the seeds early on that account."
"Gaillardia always reminds me of it a bit--the lemon color," said Ethel
Brown.
"Only that's stiffer. If you want really, truly prim things try
zinnias--old maids.
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