THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



acre and Pulcherrima. First to enliven the bor- 

 ders with color is the myosotis, a peculiarly pretty 

 effect occurring in the leading up, at either end of 

 the walk, of the irregular edge-groups of pale blue 

 to low masses of the old-fashioned Harison's Yellow 

 and Persian Yellow rose. Late forget-me-not is 

 never lovelier than when used in connection with 

 this rose. The combination reminds me of the 

 delicate colors of the flower-boxes below each win- 

 dow of Paquin's great establishment in the Rue 

 de la Paix, as it may be seen every May. Fol- 

 lowing the myosotis and yellow roses come masses 

 of the scented white pinks, while by this time the 

 hardy asters have developed into handsome dark- 

 green groups of leaves and give all through the 

 summer a rich green contrasting well with the 

 gray mounds of dianthus foliage, and finally, in 

 September, rising suddenly into sprays of tall, fine 

 lavender bloom. 



^ No succession crop of spring and early summer 

 that I have happened upon seems to work bet- 

 ter than that of tulip Yellow Rose planted in 

 small spaces between common and named varie- 

 ties of Oriental Poppy. The tuKp, in itself of 

 gorgeous beauty, very rich yellow and extremely 

 double, absolutely lacks backbone, and the first 



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