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House Garde n 
This garden «'«'> 
designed by 
Vitale, Brinck- 
erho ff and Geiff- 
ert, and Anneilc 
Hoyt Flanders, 
associated, land- 
sea pc architects 
M. E. Hewitt 
.1 double border 
of tulips, sepa¬ 
rated by a flagged 
path, flanks the 
tapis vert, and 
frames the white¬ 
washed garden 
wall in May 
TULIPS FOR THE MAY GARDEN 
Design in Whick a Planting Scheme of Tulips is Laid Over the Herbaceous 
Pattern to Make a Prelude of Pink in Spring 
ANNETTE HOYT FLANDERS 
M ay is the month for which this planis 
made, when Darwin tulips bloom and 
there is such a wealth of pink blossomed 
])lant material both for background planting 
and for the flower beds, that it is hard to 
l)ick and choose among it. But pick and 
choose we must. A garden is a picture, and 
if we clutter it with too many elements of 
interest—no matter how lovely each sepa¬ 
rate one may be—we lose its beauty as a 
whole through the variety of demands 
made upon our attention. \Ve lose, too, 
that sense of peace and repose which must 
be the underlying reaction of a garden upon 
its observer. A restless garden has no 
beauty—gives no joy. Therefore, use only 
what you must have to create your garden 
picture. I can give you no more valuable 
advice than to keep to one simple theme 
for your main effect, and satisfy your col¬ 
lector’s instinct in your cutting garden. 
With these few precepts kept in mind let 
us analyze this garden and these plans. 
We must work from the sky line to the 
Where grass paths from the flagged walk cut through the borders 
and enter upon the sheet of turf, flowering crabs guard the openings 
and give bulk to the planting 
The color scheme of the tulip planting was planned to harmonize 
with the apple blossoms that bloom at various points in the border 
simultaneously with the bulbs 
