THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



like that of the Forget-me-not, is held well above 

 the flat-lying large green leaves, and is of Ridg- 

 way's color, called Forget-me-not Blue, but much 

 stronger in tone. The color in the French Chart 

 is 212-1, and this plate absolutely represents the 

 hue of the flower. These lovely blue things are 

 blooming in a narrow border with Dicentra eximia, 

 mauve (plants given me by Mrs. Walter Brew- 

 ster, of Lake Forest), while tulip, John Ruskin 

 flowers above them — a very interesting, indeed 

 subtle, combination of color. This morning the 

 terrific frost, which most of us had feared would 

 follow the abnormally warm spring, has caused 

 these tulips to bend over the low flowers — a 

 plaintive sight to the garden's owner. The blue 

 Anchusa seems not to have felt the cold. 



Barr's Alpine Forget-me-not is one of the best 

 blues in all flowers: R. Forget-me-not Blue, French 

 Chart 212-1. It is far finer in color than the 

 Sutton's Myosotis, either Perfection or Royal 

 Blue; for it is true blue, but deeper. I find in the 

 French Chart no plate to correspond with the 

 color of these last-mentioned flowers. In Ridg- 

 way their color is Light Forget-me-not Blue. 



In a little bowl before me are these three blue 

 things, the May-flowering Anchusa and the two 

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