MARIAN C. COFFIN 



and fast color subdivision. In the so-called red 

 border, there are not only red and scarlet flowers 

 but those of orange and bronze shades. In the 

 pink border, too, there are not only pink flowers 

 but rose and maroon ones and even a, few white 

 ones. The red border is divided from the purple 

 and yellow one by a strip of grass and so is the 

 blue border divided from the pink one, but not 

 into hard and distinct sections, for in looking 

 over the whole garden area, one color seems to 

 melt into the next color until they are blended 

 and wrought into a rh3rthmic composition. It 

 reminds one of a symphony in which each theme 

 is introduced separately and then developed into 

 complex harmonies. That is the trouble of trying 

 to describe each border separately, we lose the 

 effects of the other borders in so doing and we are 

 apt to forget what an important part the trees and 

 shrubs play. They act as a back drop to the scene, 

 or to adhere to the comparison to the symphony, 

 they are the strong accompaniment to the themes. 

 Take the red border*. Its interest begins 

 with early Tulips. With them are planted a 

 few Crown Imperials, those curious favorites 

 of old cottage gardens. At about the same 

 time a few starry white Magnolias, Magnolia 



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