Colour and later against a sheet of golden Buttercups. In April some 

 Grouping early pink Tulips, Rosine, Van Gooyen, and Murillo looked 

 o f Tulips we ^ against the Tris in the same border. But as these pink, 

 semi-double Tulips last till the Darwins open, another year I 

 mean to try the effect of early white ones instead ; to me there 

 is something entrancing about the cool mauve tones of the 

 Darwins alone, and it seems a pity to spoil their unusually chaste 

 and sober colouring. On the other side of the garden, on a 

 stretch of ground partly shadowed by big trees, was another 

 picture in the same scheme of colour but in rather more brilliant 

 tones. The surface was covered with Aubrietia, Alyssum, and 

 double Arabis; through these broke tall heads of the semi- 

 double Tulip, Blue Flag, and the gold and orange-tinted double 

 Yellow Rose. This latter Tulip hangs its head, but the golden 

 flowers rested upon the white Arabis, and looked the more 

 beautiful for the surrounding white sprays. 



The three trailing plants mentioned above all belong to 

 the same order Cruciferse, and are very suitable for growing 

 together. For weeks before the Tulips were out they had 

 spread their sheet of flowers. Wonderfully do they grow on rough 

 hard ground, sapped perhaps by many tree roots ! All three 

 are very easily increased, and once established can be left alone 

 for years. Cuttings should be made of Aubrietia in the spring, 

 or seed, sown at the same time, will make good plants for putting 

 out in the autumn, but the seed is apt to come untrue, and shades 

 of pink and magenta may appear with the mauve. Some of 

 the named new sorts are well worth having, such as PritcharcPs 

 A i, a full violet, which gives a strong touch of colour to the 

 bed. 



Alyssum saxatilc is of a more shrubby, branching growth, 



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