GARDEN DESIGN 



begins by a band of purple crocuses behind which 

 iris leaves give a grey background. Bosses of 

 blue hepaticas follow. Then come the crimson 

 and gold of parrot tulips, their own scanty foliage 

 augmented by the growing columbines. The 

 columbines succeed them, and they are barely 

 shabby before the bands of German flags are at 

 their zenith. Iris pallida dalmatica Princess 



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DIAGRAM 80. 



Beatrice, is counted worthy of a position to itself, 

 and is the last of the irises to flower. Madonna 

 lilies and delphiniums complete the year's display. 

 The second runs through a kitchen garden, and 

 is backed by espaliers. The edging consists of the 

 common white pink, far more satisfactory for the 

 purpose than any of the so-called finer sorts, inter- 

 planted are mixed Darwin tulips in a broad band. 

 The blooming of these is an event not to be for- 



