Suggestions for 
Delightful Color Effects 
COMBINATIONS WITH TULIPS AND 
OTHER SPRING BULBS 
Breeder Bacchus with Cottage Tulip Moonlight, with An- 
chusa Myosotidiflora as foreground or Nepeta Mussini as a 
foliage border. 
Breeder Prince of Orange very nice with Godet Parfait, 
Louis XIV or Bacchus with a few Cottage Tulip Mother's Day. 
Cottage Tulip Grenadier with White Emperor and Anchusa 
Myosotidiflora. 
Any of the violet and purple shades of Tulips make a good 
foreground for White Lilacs, using bright yellow Violas as a 
border for the Tulips. 
Tulipa Greigi with Single Early Tulip White Swan and light 
blue Crocus at the base. 
Cottage Tulip Moonlight and Scarlet Emperor with Anchusa 
Myosotidiflora. 
Clara Butt Tulips in foreground of Person Lilacs. 
Hyacinth City of Haarlem with Single Early Tulip de Wet. 
Combine white and yellow; white and pink; white, blue 
and yellow. 
When using red, use cool blue to soften it. 
Combine yellow and lavender: Rev. Ewbank Darwin Tulips 
with Inglescombe Yellow. 
Combine yellow Tulips with Bleeding Hearts. 
Combine white with gold and bronze. 
White and other light shades lend perspective in the 
background; use darker shades in the foreground. 
Phlox Subulata bloom with the Early Tulips. 
Flowering Crab Apples bloom with the Tulips. 
Tulipa Kaufmanniana blooms with Chionodoxa, Crocus and 
Scilla. 
Narcissus Spring Glory blooms with Grape Hyacinths and 
Scilla Siberica. 
Viburnum Carlesi blooms with Darwin, Breeder and Cottage 
Tulips. 
Prunus Triloba blooms with Early Tulips and Narcissi. 
We shall gladly further assist you in obtaining delightful 
color effects in your garden. 
ILLUSTRATED CATALOG 
On request we shall gladly send you a copy of our illustrated 
Catalog of Peonies (including our fine collection of Tree 
Peonies), French Lilacs, Japanese Flowering Cherries, Flower¬ 
ing Crab Apples, etc. 
THE COTTAGE GARDENS 
Growers of Fine Hardy Ornamental Plant Materials 
Importers of Holland Bulbs 
Loosing, Mich. 
LANSING, MICHIGAN 
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