COLOR HARMONIES 



almost hidden by the fine Phlox suhulata, var. 

 lilacina. Long reaches of these three flowers hap- 

 pily planted, or a tiny corner against shrubbery 

 — it matters not one whit which — "and then 

 my heart with pleasure fills !" What a wonderful 

 thing to see below the glowing buds and blossoms 

 of the Japanese quince clusters of tulip La Mer- 

 veille or — but not and — tulip Couleur Cardinal. 

 La Merveille, with its tremendously telling orange- 

 red hues, puts dash into the picture; Couleur Car- 

 dinal, sombreness, richness. No one could think 

 for one moment of allowing these tulips to appear 

 near each other. Crocus and early-flowering 

 things below and among the shrubs, to bloom 

 when the quince is leafless; tulips toward the 

 grass, to show when tiny points of green and the 

 red quince blossoms make a fiery mist above them. 

 The lucky householder or gardener who has 

 sometime placed a group of the glorious shrub, 

 Mahonia, on his ground, may like a planting 

 which has seemed good to me against the shining 

 dark-green of its low branches. Narcissus poetaz, 

 var. Elvira, to bloom with the lavender hyacinth 

 Lord Derby or Holbein; with the gay tulip Ver- 

 milion Brilliant near by, and some groups or col- 

 onies of tulip Couleur Cardinal associated with 



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