the hope that these suggestions may give equal pleasure to some other 
struggling amateur I venture to describe it. 
The garden measures fifty by forty feet, and is composed of two 
terraces. These terraces have borders three feet wide with a broad 
grass path through the center; either side of this path are two irregular 
small beds. As one must overlook the garden from the piazza, har- 
mony of color is more than ordinarily important. 
Looking from the piazza on the garden to the lower terrace, the 
border on the left is planted with Tulip Crown of Gold, with groups of 
Iris Flavia in the background, and irregular groups of pure yellow 
Parrot Tulips in the foreground, edged with yellow Primrose, forming 
a beautiful combination of lovely golden shades. 
The border on the right has the Breeder Tulips in all their dull 
colors, with the stately bearded Iris in still more quiet tones, coming up 
in the background, with a golden brown Primrose for edging. 
To the left on the upper terrace, Darwin Tulips, Tristesse and 
Dream, with irregular groupings of Iris Albert Victor in the background, 
and dark purple Pansies for edging, thus combining in harmony all the 
violet shades. To the right on this upper terrace, in the foreground, 
Darwin Tulips Innocence (white) with groupings of Iris Dorothea 
(milky white, tinged with lilac) in the background, with pure white 
Pansies for the edging. The last border on the upper terrace (either 
side of the steps leading to the garden) has Darwin Tulips Beethoven 
(delicate pink) with groupings of white Iris Ingeborg, with hardy 
Candy Tuft for edging. 
By carrying this scheme through the borders, keeping the darker 
colors in the background and the lighter shades in the foreground of 
the garden, and filling the small irregular beds in the center with Gladioli 
Nanus, pink, white and violet, which, if planted with the Tulips and 
Iris in the autumn, will bloom with them in May, the effect will prove 
quite charming. 
As "in time of peace prepare for war," so in the autumn prepare 
for May; and by so doing one may revel in this happy combination of 
color until the roses come in all their beauty to paint another picture. 
Mrs. Wm. P. Hardenbergh, 
Somerset Hills Garden Club. 
An answer to Mrs. Ely's question from an authority on petunia 
hybridization : 
Extracts from a Xetter to flDrs. 3francte Iking 
Ventura, Cal., September 24, 1915. 
In regard to your question regarding petunia cuttings, the same 
condition which causes many seedlings to revert to the dominant type, 
