ELIZABETH BOOTES CLARK 



white pole a bird house stands outlined against the 

 sky. In the upper garden the flowers are of pastel 

 shades, in the lower garden the flowers are brighter 

 in key, blues that deepen into purple and the yellows 

 that tone to orange with a touch of pure white. 

 In the early spring the borders of both gardens 

 are fringed with Crocuses in mixed colors and 

 Daffodils and early Tulips. It is not, however, 

 until the later long-stemnied Tulips appear that 

 the gardens show their full color values. Then in 

 the upper garden, many varieties are woven into a 

 delicate color rhythm. There are pure white Tu- 

 lips, "White Queen," and pink striped "Picotee," 

 silvery rose "Gretchen" and lilac rose "Mme. 

 Krelage." There are bright pink Tulips, "Clara 

 Butt," and salmon ones, "Inglescombe Pink." 

 There are golden Tulips, "Bouton d'Or," helio- 

 trope, "Dream," and "The Fawn" which is dove 

 colored. In the lower garden the bright shades 

 of Tulip gesneriana lutea and of "Inglescombe 

 Yellow" offset the quieter tones of "Dream," of 

 the slaty blue "La Tristesse," of the dark plum 

 colored " Philippe de Commines, " and of the red 

 purple "Mrs. Potter Palmer." While the Tulips 

 are blooming the Columbines, scattered through 

 both gardens in mixed colors, are beginning to 



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