COLOR HARMONIES 



Louis XIV; Salmon Prince, Orange King, Pan- 

 orama, Orange Globe, and La Merveille. 



I am not a collector; but how readily, save for 

 one reason, could I become one, in ten different 

 directions in the world of flowers ! Tulips should 

 be one of my choices; the narcissus another; no one 

 could pass by the iris. The collecting of tulips is, 

 I fancy, simple beside, say, that of daffodils. 

 The varieties of the daffodil are so many, the 

 classes not as yet quite clearly defined; while the 

 tulip is simplicity itself, except when it comes to 

 tuUp species — there the botanist comes to the 

 front and no unlearned ones need apply. Tulips 

 are vmfaihng, certain to appear. No coaxing is 

 necessary, nor do they require special positions. 

 They may, for instance, grow among peonies; 

 they are delightful among grapes. While the 

 narcissus may not flourish among peonies, because 

 of the amount of manure needed by the latter, 

 tulips come gloriously forth. The question was 

 put to me some time since by Doctor Miller as to 

 the probability of injury to or failure of narcissus 

 when planted among peonies, on account of the 

 amount of manure generally used among such 

 roots — the statement made originally, I beUeve, by 

 some English writer. May I give here the opin- 



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