COLOUR IN MY GARDEN 



destined for perennials still in seedhood. They were 

 planted respectively with white Arabis and pink Cottage 

 Maid Tulips and Forget-me-nots and early yellow Tulips — 

 such spreads of fresh and sprightly colours! They did not 

 last half long enough for me to look my fill. 



The so-called " early " Tulips seem to lend themselves with 

 particular propriety to bedding. Their shorter stems and 

 crisp, upstanding habit better fit the conventional treatment 

 than do the long, willowy stemmed blooms of the May or 

 Cottage Tulips. The Darwins are of more upright carriage 

 but they linger overlong and make us late with our summer 

 bedding. There are numbers of pretty plants to be used as 

 a ground cover for the Tulips — Arabis, Golden Alyssum, 

 Aubrietia, Violas, Polyanthus Primroses, Forget-me-nots, 

 Pansies, and English Daisies. Wallflowers make lovely 

 spring beds in themselves — brown and russet and gold, but 

 grow rather too tall and bushy to accompany the Tulips. 



All these cover plants should be raised from seed sown 

 in spring in a by-place where they may remain until they 

 are wanted. Then in the autumn when the summer bedders 

 have succumbed these may be cleared away and the nice 

 little tufts of spring promise set in even rows or circles in 

 the beds with Tulips, or if one likes, Hyacinths set between. 

 Perhaps Daffodils are a bit giddy for such conventional 

 treatment, yet they would be lovely shining above purple 

 Pansies or frollicking among Forget-me-nots. A few com- 

 binations for spring beds that might be tried are : 



Aubrietia Dr. Mules and Tulip Chrysolora. 

 Aubrietia Fire King and Tulip White Hawk. 

 Aubrietia Lavender and pink Hyacinth Jacques. 



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