LILACS AND SPRING FLOWERS 



at Highland Park in Rochester, and could watch 

 their leafy, flowery progress through the months, 

 make notes, have a trial ground of one's own suffi- 

 ciently large, and — most important of all — start 

 the work when young. 



So strong is habit, especially habit of mind, that, 

 seeing these lilacs of our own, many in bloom at 

 once, set out without regard to anything but the 

 few feet of space allotted to each, it was impossi- 

 ble not to think of them as sometime or some- 

 where properly planted; planted with a view to 

 contrast of color, to contrast of form, to harmony 

 in hues, and especially to see them blooming aboVe 

 other spring flowers, whose beauty should only 

 accentuate their own. 



The pinkish group in these lilacs, for those 

 who prefer this color, is President Fallieres, Mon- 

 taigne, Frau Antoine Buchner (Buchner in Ridg- 

 way is "pale rose purple"); a group of deepest 

 mauve flowers, Danton, President Poincare, Mare- 

 chal Lannes, Marceau, and Milton. The contrast 

 in size of floret between those of Coerulea and 

 Emile Gentil is astonishing. For strong contrast 

 in color I suggest using these pairs together: 

 Thunberg, Marechal Lannes; Jarry-Desloges, Dan- 

 ton; Marceau, macrostachya; Diderot, Jarry- 



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