THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



sior; tulip Rose a Merveille, Campernelle jonquil, 

 Narcissus Barri, var. Flora Wilson; Narcissus 

 Poetaz, var. Louisa; Tulipa Greigi, Iris pumila, 

 var. cyanea (a lovely variety, the blue of the sky), 

 Phlox divaricata, var. Canadensis (the new variety 

 of this, Laphami, is both larger and finer), so 

 beautiful back of masses of Alyssum saxatile, or 

 rock cress, both single and double, and Iberis 

 Gibraltarica. 



On the Sunday one week earlier, there were in 

 full bloom last spring, tulips Chrysolora, Count of 

 Leicester (the best double in tawny yellows), Cou- 

 leur Cardinal, Thomas Moore, Leonardo da Vinci, 

 narcissus Queen of Spain and Flora Wilson, Louisa, 

 poet's narcissus, Iris pumila (the common purple), 

 and tulips Vermilion Brilliant, Queen of Holland, 

 Clusiana, Greigi, Brunhilde, Cerise Gris de Lin 

 (another of the faded pinks in this case, however, 

 so extreme that many gardeners would reject it), 

 Gris de Lin, an enchanting if cold pink; Jaune 

 a-platie, violas and arabis, a bank of Munstead 

 primroses (certainly the apotheosis of the English 

 primrose, if so imposing a word may be used for 

 so shy a flower) . The arabis appears (facing page 

 28) with Campernelle jonquils in the near part, 

 the darling tulip Cottage Maid blooming brightly 



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