PROBLEM XI 



A Naturalistic Garden — ^A Study in Flower Color, by 



Marian C. Coffin, Landscape Architect, 



New York City 



This property is located at Flushing, N. Y. Its dimensions 

 are 150 x joo feet 



IN this small place the interest is so concentrated 

 upon the flowers that it seems like one big 

 flower garden. From the back porch we can look 

 down the Peony path to the wide stretched Iris 

 borders and across them to the herbaceous borders 

 that encircle the big lawn. 



On either side of the so-called Peony path is a 

 flower border, five or six feet wide. First a delicate 

 line of Tulips is showing on the outer edge near 

 the grass. These are Picotees, of the cottage 

 type, white with a margin of rose pink. Next 

 a double row of pink Peonies makes a bril- 

 liant showing. Then Pinks are spreading their 

 grayish foliage and pink flowers over the gravel 



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