THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



acre and Pulcherrima. First to enliven the bor- 

 ders with color is the myosotis, a peculiarly pretty 

 effect occurring in the leading up, at either end of 

 the walk, of the irregular edge-groups of pale blue 

 to low masses of the old-fashioned Harison's Yellow 

 and Persian Yellow rose. Late forget-me-not is 

 never lovelier than when used in connection with 

 this rose. The combination reminds me of the 

 delicate colors of the flower-boxes below each win- 

 dow of Paquin's great establishment in the Rue 

 de la Paix, as it may be seen every May. Fol- 

 lowing the myosotis and yellow roses come masses 

 of the scented white pinks, while by this time the 

 hardy asters have developed into handsome dark- 

 green groups of leaves and give all through the 

 summer a rich green contrasting well with the 

 gray mounds of dianthus foliage, and finally, in 

 September, rising suddenly into sprays of tall, fine 

 lavender bloom. 



No succession crop of spring and early summer 

 that I have happened upon seems to work bet- 

 ter than that of tulip Yellow Rose planted in 

 small spaces between common and named varie- 

 ties of Oriental Poppy. The tulip, in itself of 

 gorgeous beauty, very rich yellow and extremely 

 double, absolutely lacks backbone, and the first 



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