16 
House & Garden 
Under the maple tree beloio 
the retaining wall are benehes 
and tables for tea, close to the 
wall fountain 
The cross-axis vieio brings out the accenting | 
value of the cedars, central fountain, and the 
ornamental jar beyond 
light, clear colors furnish a wonderful set¬ 
ting for the glories of the flowers them¬ 
selves. Whether from a distance or close 
at hand, the composition is perfect. 
The play of light and shade on such a 
garden is in itself memorable. Phlox diva- 
ricata in a background of shadow with tulip 
Bleu Celeste in sun in the foreground form 
a rich spring picture. Also the semi-care¬ 
less arrangement of flowers with regard to 
variety in height and color strikes one at 
every turn as being remarkably successful. 
An order of placing uncommonly good is 
this—tulips Bleu Celeste, Flamingo, Dream, 
Lantern (syn. Nizza), Clara Butt with 
PJdox divaricata interwoven, and touches 
of the little grey leaved flax {Linmn 
pcrenne) accidental in effect. Foliage of 
perennial phlox and the incised leaves of 
delphiniums form the green background for 
these delightful flowers. 
A touch of running water adds much to a 
garden picture. It is here in a very simple 
wall fountain where the stream falls into a 
shallow basin made by half of an ancient 
millstone, flanked by a planting of Iris 
K a e m p f e r i . This 
fountain is really be¬ 
low and outside of the 
garden and near the 
seats under the maple, 
but fountain, jar, pool 
and sun-dial—this last 
is placed in the rose 
garden—all are upon 
the same axis. 
Nora Ware, a very 
small lavender tulip, 
is used in the beds 
here; Dream stands 
back of it, flanked by 
the foliage of peony 
and lupine, with tulip 
Le Reve, beloved by 
all who know it, in the 
(Coutinucd on page 
64) 
wall which serves as 
a boundary for the 
lower end, benches 
and table for the al 
fresco tea set beneath 
the shade of the great 
maple tree. 
Here are eight beds 
of tulips beautifully 
planted by those 
whose color sense is 
sure, a vision of love¬ 
liness about the tenth 
of each May. Tones 
of clear lavender, 
rich violet and paler 
and darker rose form 
the scheme. The ef¬ 
fects thus created by 
the use of Darwin, 
Cottage and Breeder 
tulips and larger or smaller groupings of 
Phlox divaricata are those to cause an artist 
to rejoice, so perfect are they. 
Below budding peonies, and as a fore¬ 
ground for iris leaves, is a drift of the de¬ 
licious phlox we now begin to know so well, 
its lavender charmingly enhanced by loose 
groups of the tulip Bleu Celeste, of a me¬ 
dium violet hue, beyond it. To the left the 
soft, cool pink of tulip Flamingo shows it¬ 
self in perhaps not more than five tall 
flowers—a suggestion to use a small num¬ 
ber of these glorious blooms and thus rid 
some of us of the mistaken feeling that in 
numbers of tulips there is strength. 
Farther on in the sunlit garden stands 
Flamingo again, with Dream in its pale | 
lavender dress beyond ; then green spaces of | 
young leaves of delphiniums, with tulip | 
Lantern’s silvery lilac next and tulip Clara | 
Butt beyond. The mounds of young greens | 
in varying tones among all these tulips of ^ 
Within the white gateway 
with its rambler covered 
arch lies the garden, turf- 
walked and bright with 
flowers 
