March, 1917 
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It is, h o w e V e r, 
more than a mere 
matter of opinion 
whether we shall 
have the one or the 
other. Formal bed¬ 
ding has its uses, but 
is it not for the pub¬ 
lic garden or par¬ 
terre where we are 
interested only in 
color masses rather 
than in individual 
flowers ? The inti¬ 
mate little garden 
into which we step 
from the living-room 
or porch should be 
filled with a variety 
of flowers; masses 
of gorgeous coloring 
with subordinate but 
strong accents and 
much interesting de¬ 
tail ; old - fashioned 
favorites; shy little 
subservient b 1 o s - 
soms, dainty and 
sweet. With this also 
in mind I approached 
my problem. 
With the excep¬ 
tion of a period 
from June fifteenth 
to September fif¬ 
teenth when the 
family were away, 
the garden was ex¬ 
pected to offer a continuous suc¬ 
cession of bloom; so I shall men¬ 
tion the qualifications of the dif¬ 
ferent flowers used, both as re¬ 
gards their contribution to the 
mass effect and as items of indi¬ 
vidual interest, supplementing 
the actual flowers used with a list 
which would successfully aug¬ 
ment the period of comparative 
dullness during the summer. 
Tpie Procession of Bloom 
As there seemed to be no ex¬ 
tremely early pink flowers of suf¬ 
ficient size to be striking, a com¬ 
bination of deep blue scillas and 
purple crocus was chosen for the 
first color mass, closely planted 
in the grass around the pool. But 
pale pink hyacinths followed 
them so closely and combined so 
pleasingly with the English 
daisies and forget-me-nots, that 
I have planted some for next 
year. If properly placed, the ef¬ 
fect is a revelation to those who 
dislike the somewhat clumsy 
blossoms of the hyacinths. 
Next in the procession ap¬ 
peared quantities of soft yellow, 
sulphur, and cream narcissus; 
early tulips, white, pale yellow 
and creamy pink, shading to a 
deep rose. A note of deep red¬ 
dish purple introduced by Wou- 
verman tulips proved too harsh 
and accordingly had to be re¬ 
moved, and though so beautiful 
at first, after the later bulbs had 
made their appearance, the blue 
of the scillas waa a little over¬ 
powering and was therefor" 
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The shrubs and flowers other than bulbs are distributed as shown in this plan 
and table. The general effect is pink relieved by white and a touch of blue 
type, 
The 
single, 
double 
SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER 
1 . Beilis perennis, English daisy, the familiar pink and white. 
2. Myosotis, pink forget-me-not, the early variety. 
3. Saxifraga cordifolia, heart leaved saxifrage, pink. 
4. Sanguinaria Canadensis, bloodroot, snowy white, very early. 
5. Arabis alpina, rock cress, white. 
6 . Mertensia Virginica, Virginia cowslip, beautiful pale blue with pink buds. 
7. Dicentra spectabilis, tall, early, bleeding-heart. 
8 . Dicentra eximia, dwarf bleeding-heart. 
9. Azalea Vaseyi, pale pink azalea. 
10. Viola Hazelmere, pale dull pink tufted pansy. 
11. Primula denticulata, very early lavender pink or white primrose. 
12 . Hepatica triloba, liver leaf, pink, white or blue. 
13. Daphne cneorum, garland flower, pink, evergreen, sweet-scented. 
14. Phlox subulata. Bride, creeping phlox, white with pink eye. 
15. Alyssum saxatile. Silver Queen, a very pale yellow variety. 
16. Phlox di varicata, wild Sweet William, lilac blue. 
17. Tiarella cordifolia, foam flower, soft feathery white. 
18. Iris pumila, dwarf iris, blue and deep purple varieties. 
19. Adiantmn pedatum, maidenhair fern. 
20. Aqtiilegia, columbines, rose and cream hybrids. 
21. Peonies, early to medium varieties only: 
a. ifmbellata rosea, double, outer petals, rose, center creamy, b. Ma¬ 
dame Emile Galee, rose type, shell pink. c. Madame Calot, rose ty^ 
hydrangea pink. d. Alexander Dumas, double, rose color. “ 
Bride, single, snowy white, golden stamens. /. Rosy Dawn, 
snow white tinged blush. g. Grandidora magnihca, beautiful 
creamy pink. h. Areos, single, clear shell pink. 
22. Iris varieties: 
a. Queen of May, pinkish lavender, the nearest to a real pink iris. b. 
Madame Paquitte, rosy claret, tinged deeper, c. Khedive, soft laven¬ 
der with an orange beard, d. Gypsy Queen, standards coppery yellow, 
falls dark purple violet, e. Sappho, standards white frilled lilac, falls 
white with lilac base. /. Flavescens, palest straw color, g. Aurea, 
clear yellow, h. Pallida Dalmatica, clear bluish lavender. 
23. Pofentilla fruticosa, small shrub with flower like a tiny single yellow rose. 
24. Galium Mollugo, soft misty white, needs tying up. 
25. Astilbe Japonica, var. Queen Alexandra, soft pale pink. 
26. Campanula medium, Canterbury bells, pale pink only. 
27. Lupinus polyphyllus rosea, pink lupine. 
28. Digitalis, foxglove, pale pink or white only. 
29. Papaver orientale, oriental poppies, named pink varieties. 
30. Heuchera sanguinea, coral bells. 
31. Dianthus barbatus. Sweet William, pale pink and white only. 
32. Althea rosea, hollyhocks, clear pink or warm yellow buff. 
33. Tunica saxifraga, low plant with tiny pink flowers. 
34. Delphinium Belladonna, pale pink larkspur. 
35. Lilium speciosum roseum, pink Japanese lily. 
36. Phlox paniculate: 
a. Peach Blow, pale pink. 
b. Pantheon, satiny rose, late. 
37. Sedtim spectabile, showy stonecrop, dull pink. 
38. Hardy Asters: 
0 . Perry’s Pink. b. Thomas Ware. c. Thirza. d. Elsie Perry. e. 
Climax. 
39. Statice latifolia, sea lavender, cloudy mass of blossoms. 
40. Boltonia latisquama nana, dwarf boltoniaj lavender pink. 
41. Anemone Japonica, Japanese anemone, single and double, rose pink, and 
white named varieties. 
42. Hardy chrysanthemums: 
a. Hijos, large primrose pink, very early. 
b. Alma, soft pink. 
c. Dindulu, large clear pink. 
d. King Philip, large rose pink. 
43. Hemlocks. 
44. Dicksonia punctiloba, hay-scented fern. 
45. Antirrhinum, snapdragons, rose and silvery pink. 
partially eliminated. 
Coincident w i t h 
the foregoing bulbs 
were various charm¬ 
ing details: a dash 
of snowy white 
bloodroot; shy, pink 
and lavender hepat- 
icas; early pink 
saxifrage (with its 
heart-shaped leaves 
of bronze) ; a tiny 
viola of an exquisite 
ashes-of-rose color ; 
and Prinmla dentic¬ 
ulata, rearing on 
erect stems its ball 
of lavender-p i n k 
or white blossoms. 
Tucked in every va¬ 
cant spot were Eng¬ 
lish daisies and blue 
and pink forget-me- 
nots. The glaucous 
green foliage of the 
tall bleeding heart 
with its a r c h i n g 
sprays of pink re¬ 
lieved the barren¬ 
ness of early spring. 
Its daintier cousin. 
Dicentra e x i ni i a , 
formed a border 
w hose finely cut 
foliage and pink 
flowers were fresh 
until late in Septem¬ 
ber. Also, g r e y - 
green foliage harmonized so cun¬ 
ningly with the soft pink that I 
have planted Cerastium toniento- 
sum, Veronica incana, arabis and 
grass pinks for next year. 
The next mass effects consist¬ 
ed of Cottage and Darwin tulips 
in tones of clear pink, old rose, 
blush, carmine, primrose yellow 
and lavender. Eor a single 
strong accent there was the 
maroon black of La Tulipe 
Noire. The “Glare of the Gar¬ 
den” and Bouton d’Or were too 
intense and had perforce to be 
expurgated. In general only 
one or twm blooms of a deeper 
note are required for accents. 
Accompanying these tulips 
were hosts of other spring flow¬ 
ers ; snowy arabis, the miniature 
Iris pumila of sky blue and 
deep purple, pale yellow tufts of 
Alyssum saxatile var. Silver 
Queen, and the tiny pink buds 
and nodding blue bells of Vir¬ 
ginia cow^slip. Above a mat of 
■palest pink Phlox subulata var. 
Bride, the wdiite porcelain bells 
of white grape hyacinths nodded, 
while close by the blue ones com¬ 
bined charmingly with white 
checkered fritillarias. In still 
another spot Scilia nutans rosea 
proved to be of exactly the shade 
of pink desired. 
After the Tulips 
Closely following the Darwdn 
tulips, and in fact almost coin¬ 
cident with them, w’as a pastel 
effect composed of German iris, 
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