SPRING FLOWER BORDER 



Darwin pink-lavender petals were atop of the 

 straightest, tallest of green shafts, so many, so 

 exquisitely erect, that a memory of Velasquez's 

 great canvas "The Lances" flashed into the mind. 

 Blue and lavender, delicious colors near each 

 other, made this walk a place of beauty for days 

 after the yellow tulip blooms had fled. 



As I have said, this is a beauty of lavender, 

 deep yellow, and pale blue for perhaps two weeks. 

 The early tulip first departs, leaving no void, for 

 the mauve and pale blue then present a picture 

 interesting if more quiet. About the 27th of May 

 tulip petals fall, leaving the myosotis a band of 

 misty blue on either side the walk; and as Ag- 

 neta fades the deep blue-purple Iris Germanica, 

 which has for some days held its shafts of buds 

 closed and ready beside the Darwins, suddenly 

 bursts into great flowers. Unfortunately for my 

 complete satisfaction, there was one of those mis- 

 takes in the identity of roots which must some- 

 times occur in gardens, and only a few of these 

 proved of the variety and the tone required for 

 this setting. 



There is for a week, the first week of June, a 

 lull. Not, however, uninteresting, for the blue- 

 greens of tulip leaves are still fresh, the iris swords 



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