48 COLOUR SCHEMES 



It must be remembered, as in all cases of planting 

 flower borders, that they cannot be expected to show 

 their full beauty the year after planting. Irises will 

 give a few blooms the first season, but are not in 

 strength till their second and third years. China 

 Roses must have time to grow. Tree Lupines must be 

 planted young, and though they make rapid growth, 

 they also do not fill their spaces till the third year. 

 Lupine Somerset is a desirable hybrid, not quite 

 a true Tree Lupine, though it has a half -woody growth. 

 Its best colour is a clear, Uvely light yellow, but it 

 readily varies from seed to whitish or washy purplish 

 tints. As the seedlings often show bloom the first 

 season in the seed-bed, the colours "should be noted 

 and marked, for some of the light purples are pretty 

 things, with more refinement of character than the 

 same colourings in. the old Tree Lupines. Both the 

 tree and hybrid kinds may have their Uves much 

 prolonged — for if they are not specially treated they 

 are short-lived things — by judicious priming. After 

 flowering, each branch should be cut well back. It 

 is not enough to cut away the flowers, but every branch 

 should be shortened about two-thirds as soon as the 

 bloom is over and the seed-pods begin to form. 



The plans show the two schemes of colouring. The 

 upper is of white, hlac, purple and pink, with grey 

 fohage ; the lower of white, yellow, bronze-yellow 

 and, for the most part, rich green fohage. They 

 will show mainly as Iris and Lupine borders, and 

 are intended to display the beauty of these two 

 grand plants of early summer. The kinds of Iris are 



