A Little Maryland Garden {89 
The double ones have deteriorated, the 
flowers becoming smaller, but they grow like 
weeds. Some double dark red ones, and 
some pure white, are very pretty. But 
those which were handsomest at the start, a 
curious reddish magenta flaked with pink, 
have become a dirty pink and white. Last 
fall I thought I had moved all of those 
bordering the rose bed, but this spring they 
have come up as thick as ever, and I am 
confronted with the always painful problem 
of what to do with a willing, ambitious 
flower that I really don’t like. My only 
resource is to turn them out into the field, 
to take care of themselves. 
The secret of effective planting has been 
emphasised for me this spring by the May 
tulips. It is, to have plenty of one thing at a 
time, and the question is how to compass this 
in a small garden. The great colour effects 
given by massed daffodils, the purple wave 
that flows over the garden when the iris 
bloom, and the lovely rose and flame of 
May tulips, are not only the pride of the 
