12 VARIETY IN THE LITTLE GARDEN 



rattling with seed packets, and is there a better shuttle with 

 which to weave the threads of pleasant intercourse than the 

 packet of flower seed? A harmless — no, a beneficent messenger, 

 and one whose numbers, let us hope, may increase from year 

 to year. I look forward to a time when foreign journals of gar- 

 dening will list our firms as advertisers and vice versa. Such 

 international intercourse will be well worth while. To a very 

 limited extent this is done now; it should be general. 



But we are far afield. That thought of broad waters and of 

 ships carries us dangerously far. Returning to our moutons of 

 American garden borders — let us mention some superb Darwin 

 tulips, which, if grouped, give beauty unparalleled for the month 

 of May. First, a fine picture of violet and bronze to bronzy rose 

 is given by planting in the order set forth: Socrates (Violet 

 Queen), Washington, Marconi, Garibaldi, Melicette. Garibaldi 

 is one of the noblest of the group — a tawny straw-yellow flushed 

 with pinkish lavender. Tulips Solferino, Twilight, and Albion 

 are fine company for each other. Saloman and Mrs. Kerrell — 

 that beautiful rosy Mrs. Kerrell — are delightful neighbors. So 

 are Miss Willmott and Lord Cochran. For more varied group- 

 ings I commend these: Princess Elizabeth, Mr. Groenwegen 

 (a great favorite with me, this last). La Tulipe Noire, and 

 Olifant; or Plutarchus, Don Pedro, Alice. A magnificent array 

 would be Solferino and Garibaldi with Elegans lutea maxima^ 

 Avis Kennicott, Bouton d'Or, and Panorama, palest lavender 

 and straw color through yellow to a bright orange. These 

 should be set in the order given. 



A considered planting of tulips in a certain garden (that of 

 Mr. Sidney M. Colgate of Orange, New Jersey), pictured op- 

 posite this page, shows these flowers below a pink dogwood in 

 full flower; the tulips used were of rose, and dark and pale violet, 

 all harmonizing perfectly with the lovely tree above them. Their 



