COLOR IN THE LITTLE GARDEN 63 



the shrubbery-belt? So much to consider; and the seasons hurry 

 past. 



The principles hold good with flower-grouping, and lead us 

 now to discuss the latter, a subject than which there is none 

 more entirely fascinating in the world of floriculture — I had al- 

 most said, of art. The questions now before us, in a large way, are : 

 do you prefer in a little garden as much variety in form and color 

 of flowers as can be got into the space at hand? Do you aim at 

 special color-effects in flowers at one of the three seasons, spring, 

 summer, autumn? Is your taste all for brilliant color, or are you 

 for a certain subtle deHcacy of hue in the harmonies of yoiu- bor- 

 ders or beds? Or, again, you may like best a so-caUed garden of 

 one color, where, for instance, yellow is the prevailing hue — yel- 

 low in aU its dazzling range? It is a practically foregone con- 

 clusion, and but human, to want the most we can get in our small 

 spaces; therefore succession and harmony of color in the little 

 garden Shall be our subjects here. 



Welcome the spring, then, with a few snow-drops or crocuses; 

 in the former, Galantkus Elwesii is wonderfully fijie; in the latter 

 may I suggest some of the newer florists' types as they are called, 

 and never, never a mixture. To keep one's garden choice, avoid 

 mixtures. Avoid agents, golden-leaved things, and mixtures. 

 Mixtures have tempting prices. They are excellent to sow broad- 

 cast in the woodlands of some large estate, where the best of them 

 Ttvill take hold and multiply; but, for the tiny garden, they are a 

 leap into the unknown. For crocuses I suggest. Largest Golden 

 Yellow, Purpurea grandiflora. Mikado or Csesar (striped), and 

 Kathleen Parlow, a delicious white. Now comes to mind all that 

 host of beautiful little things that we are forbidden to import 

 at present, by the Federal Horticultural Board — scillas, chion- 

 odoxas, grape hyacinths, those flowers with their sweet blues, 

 rich purples, and interesting flower-forms, with which, running 



