TULIP TIME IN THE GARDEN 



white archway which supports a mass of rambler 

 rose foh'age at its freshest and best. 



Through the green-and-white entrance we pass 

 into a dazzUng garden on two levels, turf-walked, 

 privet-hedged, cedar-accented, framing a most 

 delicate and unstudied effect of spring color in 

 flowers. The gateway is half-way up the slope 

 of the lower or perennial garden, and as we turn 

 to the right we see, below the retaining wall 

 which serves as a boundary for the lower end, 

 benches and table for the al fresco tea set beneath 

 the shade of the great maple-tree. 



Here are eight beds of tulips beautifully planted 

 by those whose color-sense is sure, a vision of 

 loveliness about the 10th of each May. Tones 

 of clear lavender, rich violet, and paler and darker 

 rose form the scheme. The effects thus created 

 by the use of Darwin, Cottage, and Breeder tulips 

 and larger or smaller groupings of Phlox divaricata 

 are those to cause an artist to rejoice, so perfect 

 are they. 



Below budding peonies, and as a foreground 

 for iris leaves, is a drift of the delicious phlox we 

 now begin to know so well, its lavender charmingly 

 enhanced by loose groups of the tulip Bleu Celeste, 

 of a medium violet hue, beyond it. To the left 



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