THE BLUE BOOK OF 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 Daffodils 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 effective color schemes. 
In Hyacinths, an attractive gradation in tones of lavender and 
blue would shade from the pale color of Enchantress, through 
ocnotel, 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 
• c ChlS ?; Associated with the Hyacinths, Daffodils 
Katherine Spurrell William Goldring, Queen Bess, Autocrat, 
Emperor, Mrs. Walter T. Ware, Frank Miles and Fairy would 
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