ROSES AND LILIES 



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quence of colour in a large border of hardy flowers, 

 namely, in a gradual progi-ession of colour-harmony in 

 the case of the red and yellow flowers, whose numbers 

 preponderate among those we have to choose from ; 

 but saying that as far as my own understanding of 

 the colour -requh-ements of flowers went, it was better 

 to treat blues with contrasts rather than with har- 

 monies. And I had observed, when at one point, 

 from a little distance, I could see in company the 

 pure deep orange of the Herring-Lilies {Lilium croceum) 

 with the brilliant blue of some full-blue Delphiniums, 

 how splendid, although audacious, the mixture was, 

 and immediately noted it, so as to take full advan- 

 tage of the observation when planting-time came. 

 In the autumn, two of the large patches of Lilies 

 were therefore taken up and grouped in front of, and 

 partly among, the Delphiniums ; and even though 

 neither had come to anything like full strength in 

 the past summer (the first year after removal), yet 

 I could see already how grandly they went together, 

 and how well worth doing and recommending such 

 a mixture was. The Delphiniums should be of a 

 full deep-blue colour, not perhaps the very darkest, 

 and not any with a purple shade. 



Tiger-Lilies also do well in well-prepared beds in 

 my garden, the large variety " splendens " being the 

 best and the tallest. Here they should be replanted 

 at least every three years. By a poorer and smaller 

 growth and an earlier yellowing of leaf, they show 



