COLOUR IN MY GARDEN 



delicate and filmy in its close-set rosy bloom that it always 

 makes me think of the dainty trappings of a baby. Mauve 

 Tulips stream away beneath the crooked branches of the 

 Judas Tree repeating its singular colour among patches of 

 silvery creeping Phlox and the sober ornamentation of Vel- 

 vet Stachys (S. lanata). 



The Tulips belonging to this colour scale are a most fas- 

 cinating group. They run from pearl-gray with a slight 

 flush to warm plum and dusky prune colour, some inclining 

 toward the pinkish tones, others having more blue or slate in 

 their composition. There are two old colour names, now 

 quite laid aside but to me richly suggestive, that I always 

 think of when looking at these deep-hued Darwin Tulips; 

 they are puce and murrey. They still have a place between 

 the pages of the dictionary but we do not hear or see them 

 used and Dr. Ridgeway has not made use of them in his 

 Colour Chart. What could be more descriptive of such a 

 Tulip as Zulu than "murrey velvet"? or more expressive of 

 the pinky-brown and purple richness of Frans Hals than 

 "puce"? 



Very pale Tulips in this class are : Electra, Pearl, and Mauve 

 Clair; deeper in tone are Euterpe, Nora Ware, Rev. H. 

 Eubank, Crepuscule, Bleu Celeste, and Lantern. Melicette 

 has a decided pink flush, as has Ed. Andre. Erguste is a 

 fine deep heliotrope, Bleu Aimable is bluish heliotrope and 

 very late, and La Tristesse is a tall slaty-blue sort with a 

 gray rim. 



In darker shades that incline toward blue we have 

 Bleu Celeste, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Sweet Lavender, and 

 Valentine. Reddish sorts are Morales and Frans Hals. 



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