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By careful selection the tulip season was made to last until the perennials began to 
bloom — two months from the first Due von Thol to the last Darwin 
Roses fitted especially well into the color scheme. Hybrid teas furnished a long 
season of bloom. Those shewn here are Frau Karl Druschki and Mrs. John Loring 
Late May finds the peonies in bloom, great clumps of white shading to pink and clumps of pure 
pink. A garden of sweet scents this, besides a garden of color succession 
A Pink Garden 
of Individuality 
THE EXPERIENCE OF A WOMAN WHO 
PLANTED AND PROPAGATED FOR COLOR 
SUCCESSION—FROM NARCISSUS TO 
CHRYSANTHEMUM IN AN ADIRONDACK 
GARDEN 
E. E. Trumbull 
A MONG the gardens I love to visit is one 
where reign soft, harmonious colors, a gar¬ 
den that, like Topsy, “just grew” from a very small 
beginning, spreading in all directions until it 
reached generous proportions for a small garden. 
The only plan followed by the fair gardener was 
to grow such flowers as harmonize with the pink 
and rose color she loves, and to remove as soon as 
possible any which fall below the standard—a safe 
and sure way to avoid discordant contrasts and 
clashing colors. There are no prim formal walks, 
but narrow, pink-bordered paths, often delight¬ 
fully irregular, lead to the points of interest. In¬ 
dividuality shows itself both in the choice of flow¬ 
ers (preference being given to single blossoms) 
and in the garden’s setting. 
Spring is especially welcomed here, as it brings 
with it in generous quantity the narcissus, which 
last almost a month. After the monotony of our 
long, cold winters, how we welcome these brave 
first flowers of spring! Among the last of them is 
the poet’s narcissus with its waxy petals and red- 
rimmed cup, which is such a delightful vase flower. 
Last of all is the double poet's, Alba plena oderata, 
one of the loveliest and most fragrant of the 
family, blooming with the tulips, wonderfully ef¬ 
fective when used with the single pink and white 
tulip, Cottage Maid, either in the garden or for 
table decoration. There is a bewildering assort¬ 
ment of tulips from which to choose, when, even 
as in this garden, the selection is limited to pink 
and white and single flowers, the one exception 
being the exquisite semi-double Murillo. By 
careful selection, the tulip season may be made 
to last until the perennials begin to bloom, as it 
is more than two months from the first Due von 
Thol to the last Darwin or Cottage Garden tulip, 
which blooms simultaneously with the iris. 
The German iris is the only one used in this 
garden and the color is not confined to rose and 
white, many tones of blue and lavender being used. 
Noticeable among these is the Pallida dalmatica, 
claimed to be the largest and most beautiful of all 
German iris, and the exquisite Madame Chereau, 
with its pure white ruffled petals bordered with 
blue. I wonder if amateur gardeners fully appre¬ 
ciate the iris? It is such an old flower and most 
of us have been familiar with some variety of 
the family from childhood. Iris was the old Greek 
word that meant "rainbow goddess,” and all colors 
of the rainbow may be found in the flower. In 
addition to its beauty it is so hardy that it will 
thrive and cover itself with bloom even though 
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