THE SMALL PLACE 



late autumn effects and a slight winter interest, 

 so that all the attention can be centered upon the 

 spring and early summer bloom. In the main 

 garden the late Tulips make the first big showing, 

 and a marvelous one it is with the complementary 

 flowers of trees and shrubs and perennials, but the 

 early spring is not forgotten. It is well taken care 

 of in a place all its own, in the woodsy bulb bor- 

 der on the side of the house. There, Snowdrops 

 and Winter Aconite, Iris histrioides, Chionodoxa, 

 Grape-Hyacinth, Scillas, and the lovely lavender 

 Anemone blanda are used in goodly masses, each 

 group running into and mingling with the next. 

 The first real height of bloom comes, however, with 

 the crocuses when hundreds upon hundreds of them 

 are planted not in solid stiff masses but in broad 

 drifts that meander in graceful long easy curves 

 through the border. A little later come the single 

 star Daffodils planted in bolder streamerlike drifts. 

 Later still, about the middle of May, the Mertensia 

 virginica, the Virginia Cowslip, makes up the bor- 

 der's interest. This charming native has spires of 

 nodding bell-like flowers that are delicate lilac blue 

 that fades to soft pink. 



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