THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



whoever named it had a sense of fitness all too 

 rare. 



The Rembrandt tulip has for the last two or 

 three seasons cast its spell upon me. "America 

 is biting," says an English tulip authority in 

 words better calculated to give pleasure to our 

 friends, the Dutch growers, than to us ! Yet 

 this is true: the charm of the Rembrandt is be- 

 ginning to make itself felt in the land. One of 

 the most interesting of this group is Bougainville 

 Duran, the tones of whose markings are (Ridgway) 

 light vinaceous-purple and neutral red — these 

 laid upon a ground of delicious ivory-white. For 

 richness of color and general beauty of appear- 

 ance this is the finest Rembrandt I have seen. 

 Its use below lilacs, especially below a group of 

 young low-flowering bushes, is sure to give pleas- 

 ure — before Toussaint I'Ouverture, Souvenir de 

 Ludwig Spaeth, those rich red-violets in lilacs, and 

 those bluer ones, President Grevy for instance. 

 Semele is another fine tulip in this class — Ru- 

 cellin-purple, flaked pomegranate-purple. 



A planting of these four tulips (names below) 

 over or back of a low-flowering plant such as the 

 deep-purple aubrieta, or that new variety which 

 is so warmly commended. Lavender, might make 



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