THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



these. The fine Darwin tulip Fanny, used with 

 masses of Phlox divaricata and Phlox suhulata, 

 var. lilacina, below it, is a marvel of color. Mr. 

 Hunt's description of^Fanny I give: "Clear, rosy 

 pink, with white centre marked blue. Not a 

 large flower but one of exquisite color and form." 

 I have never yet made a May pilgrimage to Mont- 

 clair, but I know I should be a wiser gardener if 

 I might, for Mr. Hunt's blooming tulips must be 

 worth many a league's journey. 



Nothing I have ever had upon our small place 

 has given me more spring pleasure than the plant- 

 ing which I next describe. A shrub, two tulips, 

 and a primula. The shrub was Spiraea Thiin- 

 berguT^with its delicate white sprays of flowers. 

 Below and among these spireas are the great tulip 

 La Merveille, orange-scarlet, and the old double 

 Count of Leicester, in tawny-orange shades — 

 and before the tulips lay low masses of the Mun- 

 stead primrose. On this primrose, which fares so 

 well with me, I have enlarged so often and so vol- 

 ubly that I fear the reader is weary of my praises. 

 But to me it is an essential of the spring. With 

 this primrose, with the hardy forget-me-nots, and 

 arabis, the lemon-colored alyssum, the lavender 

 creeping phloxes, and with a charming low-grow- 



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