THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



Pale amber to cream-color outside, suffused with 

 soft pinkish lavender, the whole effect that of a 

 tea-rose. Why not give it a subtitle — the tea-rose 

 tulip ? And why not grow it with that deep, rich 

 purple Darwin Faust? The contrast between 

 these two is tremendously striking, yet there is a 

 certain harmony of tone which allows of their 

 dwelling together not only in peace but in beauty. 



Gudin, a tall tulip of a pale-mauve hue, look- 

 ing its best near a group of the stately Innocence, 

 was another of the wonders of the spring. Or- 

 pheus was a charming flower turning to warm rose 

 in its last days; Emerald Gem, oddly named when 

 its richest of salmon blooms are considered, with 

 Orange Globe should form a combination of bril- 

 liant color unsurpassed; and in Dom Pedro we 

 have a Breeder tulip, a flower of wonderful ma- 

 hogany tones which I should ever choose to see 

 associated with Coridion, lovely "clear yellow 

 with stripe of lilac through centre of petal." 



About June 3 comes Ixiolirion macrantha, like 

 a small lavender lily, with delicate tubular flowers, 

 as many as a dozen up and down the graceful 

 waving stem. The leafage of this flower is scanty ; 

 what there is, is of a grayish-green which makes 

 the flower a fit companion for the dusty miller 



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