LILACS AND SPRING FLOWERS 



tion or Royal Blue — with Mertensia virginica is 

 perfection grown below Syringa pubescens. On 

 ground beneath the lovely clusters of Diderot, 

 tulip Bleu Celeste, and again the forget-me-not. 

 President Fallieres, that heavenly lilac, should 

 have as neighbor tulip Fairy Queen; and for a pic- 

 ture unsurpassed let the gardener place below 

 Jarry-Desloges that early Iris germanica, Storm 

 King, or Florentina perhaps, with loose groups of 

 Tulipa retroflexa, if possible the large form of this 

 tulip offered by one or two dealers — a very tall 

 sort of palest yellow. Again, below Syringa pubes- 

 cens, iris Mrs. Alan Gray and a floor of forget- 

 me-nots, is an arrangement the mere contempla- 

 tion of which should cause any winter to pass 

 quickly. Cavour seems to call for pale-lavender 

 Darwin tulips near. These are very fine contem- 

 poraries. Try the small flower experiments, I 

 beg of you; and bear in mind that splendid sen- 

 tence of Miss Jekyll's lately written, "There is 

 no finality in gardening." 



When we think of and plan and eventually see 

 some of these spring pictures, which really can be 

 better done in America than elsewhere, then the 

 photographs of Miss Jekyll's Nut Walk, with 

 daffodils and primroses, will not discourage but 



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