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border with a background of white Persian Lilacs and 

 the spreading Judas Tree, where, in association with 

 much gray foliage of Lyme Grass, Artemisia, Nepeta, 

 Lavender Cotton and Woolly Stachys, and clumps of 

 gray-white Florentine Iris, the following lovely Tulips 

 would be charmingly shown: Nora Ware, Kate Greena- 

 way, Dream, Bleu aimable, Rev. H. Ewbank, Electra, 

 Euterpe and Erguste, with such dark kinds as The 

 Bishop, Grand Monarque, and Leonardo da Vinci here 

 and there for accent. 



Such gorgeous orange Cottage Tulips as La Merveille, 

 Orange King, or Orange Beauty are effective grouped 

 with the spraylike growth of sky-blue or white Flax, 

 with a background of Bridal-wreath, or some other 

 white-flowered shrub. Very lovely, too, is a pretty pink 

 Darwin Tulip Gretchen, planted in groups with Floren- 

 tine Iris in the neighbourhood of the scarlet-budded 

 Crab, Pyrus floribunda. Other good associations, before 

 me as I write, are pale yellow Tulip Ellen Willmott with 

 Nepeta Mussini, creamy Leghorn Bonnet with gray 

 Stachys, and tufts of lavender Phlox divaricata. The 

 lovely pink and white Tulip Carnation, with hoary 

 Southernwood and white Tulip Innocence, with tufts of 

 mauve Aubrietia in front of a bush of yellow Kerria. 

 Other good Cottage Tulips are Bouton d'Or, golden 

 yellow; Gesneriana spathulata, ruby-scarlet, Ingles- 

 comb Pink, salmon; John Ruskin, apricot-pink; macro- 

 spila, vibrant scarlet; Miss Jekyll, white with blue 



