COLOR HARMONY 



up growing it. Where this does well, the most 

 delicious color combinations should be possible. 



As for Tulipa Kaufmanniana, earliest of all 

 tulips to bloom, it is such a treasure to the lover 

 of spring flowers that the sharp advance in its 

 price made within the last two or three years by 

 the Dutch growers is bad news indeed for the 

 gardener. A tulip of surprising beauty, this, with 

 distinction of form, creamy petals, with a soft 

 daffodil-yellow tone toward the centre, the out- 

 side of the petals nearly covered with a very nice 

 tone of rich reddish-pink. Its appearance when 

 closed is unusually good, and its color really ex- 

 cellent with the blue of the Scillas. 



BLUE AND PURPLE APRIL 



A very daring experiment this was, but one 

 which proved so interesting in rich color that it 

 will be always repeated. It consisted of sheets 

 of Scilla Sibirica planted near and really running 

 into thick colonies of Crocus purpureus, var. 

 grandiflorus. The two strong tones of color are 

 almost those of certain modern stained glass. The 

 brilliancy of April grass provides a fine setting for 

 this bold planting in a shrubbery border. The 

 little bulbs should be set very close, and the 



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