TULIP TIME IN THE GARDEN 



flax {Linum perenne) accidental in effect. Foliage 

 of perennial phlox and the incised leaves of del- 

 phiniums form the green background for these 

 delightful flowers. 



A touch of running water adds much to a gar- 

 den picture. It is here in a very simple wall 

 fountain where the stream falls into a shallow 

 basin made by half of an ancient millstone, flanked 

 by a planting of Iris Kaempferi. This fountain 

 is really below and outside of the garden and near 

 the seats under the maple, but fountain, jar, pool, 

 and sun-dial — this last is placed in the rose gar- 

 den — all are upon the same axis. 



Nora Ware, a very small lavender tulip, is used 

 in the beds here; Dream stands back of it, flanked 

 by the foliage of peony and lupine, with tulip 

 Le Reve, beloved by all who know it, in the fore- 

 ground. Back of this group again, more green, 

 more green, and tulip Bleu Aimable beyond. The 

 color of Bleu Aimable is the same as that of Bleu 

 Celeste, but the former is a single tulip of the 

 Darwin type. Clara Butt stands beyond this 

 grouping, at a distance sufficient to keep its 

 cooler rose-pink from conflict with the strange 

 and lovely color of Le R^ve, 



All through this garden, too, in certain springs 



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