TULIP TIME IN THE GARDEN 



barberries the ground is entirely covered, or des- 

 tined to be, with Vinca minor, the common 

 green myrtle, a delight in both summer and 

 winter. 



Through this covering of rich green arose last 

 April a host of lovely crocuses, planted in the fol- 

 lowing order: Pallas, Tilly Koenen, Julia Gulp, 

 Mikado, Pallas again, Ovidius, and one touch of 

 the so-called Largest Golden Yellow, making an 

 effect of lovely lavender violet and white with the 

 yellow to give a strong and sudden contrast. 

 Across from it, and just as crocus colors were fad- 

 ing and their delightful leaves making their pres- 

 ence felt, as if unexpectedly, sprang into flower 

 long, loose groups of narcissus Sir Watkin, tulip 

 White Hawk, tulip Fred Moore, and the beautiful 

 double early tulip Safrano, leading up to some 

 fair-sized groups of mahonia below the walls of the 

 house. Before and among these shining-leaved 

 shrubs rose quantities of the daffodil I now prefer 

 to all others. Narcissus Leedsii, White Lady. Its 

 beauty is nothing short of regal; and to use a 

 common phrase of our English confreres, it is a 

 "good doer." 



Following the crocus bloom here came a gay, 

 loose-flung line of blowing flowers, in colors rang- 



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