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pansies under. 3. Pranz Hals, creamy white: creamy pansies imder. 4. Golden 

 Queen, golden yellow: yellow pansies under. 



Pink and Purple. — Bed entirely with white arabis tor softening effect. Note 

 that the vivid cerise and violet are at the two ends of the scale with soft inter- 

 mediate tones. Medium to late bloom. 1. Queen of the Violets, dear magenta 

 violet, i. La Triomphante, white with faint edge of pale pink. 3. Queen of the 

 Netherlands, soft pale rose flushed white. 4. Drapeau Rouge, bright cerise red. 



Tones of Pink. — Shading from darkest on the outside to a light centre. Pinfc 

 English daisies and forget-me-nots for planting between the bulbs. Blooming 

 latest of the early tulips listed. 1. Rose luisante, brilliant deep rose pink. 8. 

 Rosa Mundi Huyckman, bright rose pink, with broad white stripe. 3. Cerise 

 Gris-de-Lin, soft carmine-rose shaded fawn and margined creamy white. 4. White 

 Swan, pure white. Bed this one with yellow pansies to carry out the idea of the 

 centre of a flower. 



Yellow. — Shading from the palest on the outside to a deep centre. These are 

 the earliest listed, all coming together. Bed with blue forget-me-not. 1. Franz 

 Hals, creamy white. 2. Goldfinch, chrome yellow. 3. Golden Queen, golden yel- 

 low. 4. Rising Sun, very deep golden yellow. 



FOTIR COMBINATIGNS OF LaTE TuUPS 



Purple and Yellow. — Early varieties of the late tulips. Plant piffple pansies 

 under the bulbs. 1. Reverend Ewbank, soft lavender violet. 2. Fvlgens Iviea 

 pallida, a pale sulphur yellow. 3. Moonlight, soft luminous canary yellow. 4. 

 Lion d'Orange, orange with yellow base, deepest color for centre. 



Pink and Purple. — Medium in time of bloom. Bed with arabis. A particu- 

 larly delicate combination. 1. Erguste, dull lavender. 2. Edm^e, cherry rose. 



3. Madam Krelage, soft rose. 4. The Fawn, rosy fawn changing to cream flushed 

 blush-rose. 



Tones of Pink. — The lightest on the outside, deeper toward the centre. 

 Medium to late in time to bloom. Bed with lavender and purple pansies, darker 

 toward the outside. 1. Clara Butt, dear pink-flushed salmon-rose. 2. Inglescombe 

 Pink, soft rosy pink. 3. Baron de la Tonnaye, bright rose-margined blush-rose. 



4. Pride of Haarlem, brilliant carmine. 



Yellow. — Deepest tones toward the centre, coming late among the late 

 tulips — blooming together. Bed with blue forget-me-nots or purple pansies. 

 1. Primrose Beauty, pale primrose changing to cream. 2. Miss WiUmott, soft 

 primrose yellow, turning darker with age. 3. Mrs. Moon, rich golden yellow. 

 4. Orange King, deep orange-shaded rose. 



GBOtTPiNa OF Shrubs, BtrtBS, etc. 



For an informal effect in a six-foot border. If the border is long there can be a 

 more elaborate combination of color. 

 Numbers on the plan refer to index. Individual bulbs represented by dots. 

 Shrubs, etc. 1. Purple lilac. 2. Pink flowering almond. 3. Deutzia Lemoinei. 



