Rose Pompon semi-double, primrose and pink in May. 

 flushes. Very tall and large flower. Tulip 



Gesneriana rosea^ with a deep blue base. Effects 



Rosalind, with a white base. 



Sweet Nancy ) i i j 



Tr . . r J f. both white with a pink edge. 

 virginalis j 



For dearer ones 



Zomerschoon. 



May queen. 



Mabel. 



Loveliness, etc. 



When after some years the yellow Tulips had to be taken 

 up and divided, the same border was planted with Picotee, 

 Shandon Bells and Rose Pompon, but, lovely as these were, the 

 whole effect was not so good as before. The sea of Buttercups 

 behind had to be taken into account, and we have gone back 

 to the simple yellow arrangement, and are trying the pinks on 

 either side of a straight grass walk leading to the wood through 

 a youthful avenue of Pryus Mains floribunda and P. M. 

 spectabills. These are two of the loveliest of pink blossoming 

 trees and quite unlike each other. The first makes a shower 

 of pink and white, the tips of the boughs soft red with buds ; 

 the second is upright in growth with much larger semi-double 

 pale pink flowers. The Tulips are planted in large clumps 

 but the trouble is that the grass has to be cleared right away 

 as they would never pierce it, and though they look very gay, 

 just topping the waving grass, the delightfully wild effect of 

 the Daffodils can never be attained. 



For reds we have an old-fashioned Tulip splashed with 

 orange which makes a long border under the shade of the Elms, 



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