COLOR ARRANGEMENTS 



word to any one of the lovely inhabitants of our 

 gardens ? 



It came about that a space before the bush 

 honeysuckles — the pink flowering variety, Loni- 

 cera Tatarica, var. rosea — in a border, needed fill- 

 ing with lower shrubs. The piece of ground to 

 be furnished was perhaps fifteen feet long by three 

 wide, though irregular in both width and outhne. 

 Last autumn Rosa nitida had been there set out, 

 planted about three feet apart. Bare ground for 

 this year and next was sure to spoil the look of 

 things while these roses were yet young, and a 

 covering for it was thus managed. Canterbury- 

 bell plants were distributed in small groups among 

 the roses, especially toward the back of the border; 

 and English irises, Rossini and Mr. Veen, were 

 tucked in in longish colonies before and among 

 the campanulas. In ordinary seasons these irises 

 might not have bloomed with the campanulas, 

 but this year it was Monte Cristo-like — the 

 flower and the hour ! — with a resultant superb 

 effect of color. Mr. Veen, a true violet iris, Ros- 

 sini, a purplish-blue, were good together to me, who 

 differ from Miss Jekyll in possessing a penchant 

 for blue combined with purple or with lavender. 



To compare a bloom of one of these irises with 



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