SPRING-FLOWERING BULBS 



Color Schemes and Planting Plans 



As an outgrowth of the greater knowledge and keener appre- 

 ciation of gardening, both as to its objects and the materials 

 with which the gardener works, there has spread an increasing 

 desire to realize the gardener's own personality and ideals in the 

 prospects he creates. Our gardens reflect ourselves, as it were, in 

 the harmonies of color and form which they present, and the 

 color schemes of modern landscape design are justified only 

 in so far as they do thus express the author of them. Our beds 

 and borders are no longer meant to exhibit the fashionable mood 

 of a moment, but to evoke a permanent expression of the ideal 

 surroundings among which we choose to live. 



I believe no flowers can give more enjoyment as continual 

 companions, or are better fitted to the happy spring days, than 

 are the Daff"odiIs and Tulips. These rightfully belong in our 

 borders at this time, and lacking them we lack the true keynote 

 of the spring garden. 



How well they lend themselves to the purposes of a color 

 scheme is known best by those who have so used them. Whether 

 planted in the border in conjunction with hardy perennials, or 

 given a situation by themselves, the bulbs can be made by wise 

 arrangement to contribute lavishly to the beauty of the color 

 design which the spirit of May calls forth. 



To encourage the greater use of spring bulbs, in gardens where 

 these flowers have not been thus employed, and to assist the 

 amateur who desires to obtain harmony of tones in his planting, 

 the accompanying lists will be found to provide suggestions of 

 value in working out efi'ective color schemes. 



In Hyacinths, an attractive gradation in tones of lavender and 

 blue would shade from the pale color of Enchantress, through 

 Schotel, Count Andrassy, General van der Heyden, and Grand 

 Maitre, to King of the Blues. If it be desired to add yellow to 

 the planting, then Primrose Perfection, City of Haarlem and Buff 

 Beauty should precede the blues or be mingled with them, 

 while white might begin the scheme by using Arentine Arendsen 

 and La Franchise. Associated with the Hyacinths, Daff"odils 

 Katherine Spurrell, William Goldring, Queen Bess, Autocrat, 

 Emperor, Mrs. Walter T. Ware, Frank Miles and Fairy would 



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