COLOR HARMONY 



does not, as the heading of this paragraph might 

 suggest, fight with the color of the tulip, which is 

 far above it on the slope and whose purple exterior 

 is beautifully echoed in softer tones of lavender 

 by the hyacinth. 



CREAM- WHITE AND REDDISH ORANGE — JULY 



In early July a wealth of bloom is in every 

 garden, and the decision in favor of any special 

 combination of color is a matter of some difficulty. 

 A very good planting in a border, however, is so 

 readily obtained, and proves so effective, that it 

 shall be noticed here. Some dozen or fifteen 

 large bushes of the common elder stand in an ir- 

 regular, rather oblong group; below the cream- 

 white cluster of its charming bloom are seventy- 

 five to a hundred glowing cups of lAlium elegans, 

 one of the most common flowers of our gardens, 

 and one of those rare Ulies which render their 

 grower absolutely care-free ! Eighteen varieties 

 of this fine lily appear in one English bulb Ust; 

 many of these are rather lower in height than the 

 one I grow, which is L. elegans, var. fulgens. 



Below these Hlies again, that the stems may be 

 well hid, clear tones of orange and yellow blanket 

 flower (gaillardia) appear later in the month, car- 



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