THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



Spaeth. A noble combination, this, for a border 

 in which interesting and original color is desired. 

 Tulip President Lincoln I thought a great find. 

 The chart description of it would be this: darkest 

 tone of petal, Violet d'iris No. 2; paler part of 

 petal, Lilas violace No. 2. Let me suggest with 

 every confidence in its value the growing of Presi- 

 dent Lincoln with the two tulips, Mrs. Collier 

 and Doctor Hardy, shown in color on the cover 

 of the Reverend Joseph Jacob's capital book, 

 "Tulips," that book written from "the innate 

 fire of an enthusiast's heart." The Fawn, the 

 well-known Darwin tulip, was grown among two- 

 year-old plants of Hydrangea arborescens. Blanc 

 rose No. 3, in the chart, gives an idea of the 

 tone of the outer petals of this very wonderful 

 flower, but its luminous quality will not be de- 

 scribed. An underlying tone of palest yellow in 

 the tulip made it peculiarly lovely among the 

 leaves of the hydrangea. 



I have come to believe myself among the most 

 impressionable of gardeners; delighted at the 

 least indication of the love of flowers in a casual 

 acquaintance; ever ready to set off at short no- 

 tice to look at gardens; but not always so de- 

 lighted with what I find. And since there is in 



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