MARIAN C. COFFIN 



where the border is wide and then they dwindle 

 into a thin ribbon where the border becomes nar- 

 row. It seems, though, that this double effect of 

 Tulips and ground Phlox is not enough, so a third 

 element is added. The Tulips "Clara Butt" are 

 planted in front of the Crabapple, Pyrus flori- 

 bunda, whose pendant branches droop to the 

 ground heavily laden with rose flowers. It is one 

 of the loveliest tree and flower harmonies. There 

 are many opportunities for such arrangements, 

 especially in the spring with all the abundance of 

 Almonds and Cherries, Crab apples and Dogwoods, 

 Amelanchiers and Hawthorns. This is a field of 

 artistic opportunity which we are just beginning 

 to grasp. Farther down the border when the white 

 flowering shrubs begin, there is another charming 

 combination when creamy yellow Iris pumila is 

 massed in front of a bush of Spiraa thunbergii 

 bent with delicate white sprays. 



This white flowering shrubbery helps to make 

 the wood path which has its own little joys in shade- 

 loving flowers. It is particularly lovely when the 

 Foxgloves are out. 



As the house is closed during midsummer and 

 early fall, the garden contents itself with a few 



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