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GARDEN IN M A Y 
A otes of the Spring and Early Summer Flowers and the Effects 
They Render—The Mixed Plantings of Hyacinths, Tulips and Daffodils 
Garden 
JUNE 
S OME years ago, I 
had given to me a few 
roots of the old single 
white fragrant violet. By 
clearing out space for this 
darling of the spring, we now 
have several little colonies in 
open ground below lilacs; 
and nothing is more valued 
or more welcome than this 
small old-fashioned flower. 
It seems as though no florists’ 
violet could compare with it 
in scent, so rarely sweet it is, 
and the groups of little 
flowers are like a tiny milky 
way upon the ground when 
their time is ripe for bloom. 
Hyacinths now are to the 
fore, also. Of these I have not 
many; but Oranjeboven run¬ 
ning in and out of -that pale 
crocus, Scipio, is very nice, 
pale coral and pale lavender. 
And while we are on crocuses, 
Scipio again, threading its 
way between the very pale 
lemon green leaves of Hemer- 
ocallis Florham, is a charm¬ 
ing sight. The delicate tones 
of crocus and lily foliage 
prove excellently related. 
Among other hyacinths is 
Grand Maitre in streams of 
rich and lusty violet, bloom¬ 
ing with daffodils of various 
names, chiefly Katherine 
Spurrell, blossoming thickly 
all about. There is here a 
very simple but very nice 
combination of flowers, one 
which the smallest of gardens 
might afford and which the 
garden’s owner would be cer¬ 
tain to enjoy to the full. 
The Daffodils 
I come in from the garden 
on May 16th with my small 
copper watering pot, capacity 
about two quarts and with 
hooped brass handles, filled 
with choice labelled daffodils, 
ever)' one new to me this year. 
Of these, most have graced 
tables in English shows for 
some years past, and some 
American amateurs have had 
them in their gardens for al¬ 
most as long; but these of 
mine were bought in 1919 
and it is an excitement of 
some intensity to watch the 
varieties as they open. Tres- 
MRS. FRANCIS KING 
Especially bold and good is 
the effect of Valeriana of¬ 
ficinalis, its silvery flowers 
rising well above the nearby 
plantings. I have arranged 
them in eight balanced 
spaces around the garden 
Long, loose groups of violet 
and lavender hyacinths 
among the daffodils, with a 
few yellow tulips to rein¬ 
force the latters’ color, trail 
down a slope beneath Jap¬ 
anese quince and cedars 
serve is a glorious clear yel¬ 
low trumpet of great size, a 
most conspicuous daffodil; 
Fiery Cross has the richest 
stain of orange rimming its 
yellow cup; Great Warley, 
Miss Willmott, among the 
Incomparabilis tribe, are very 
fine. Sirdar is a magnificent 
flower. But the three out¬ 
standing ones to me are: 
Tresserve, Loveliness, and 
Salmonetta. Loveliness is a 
slender straw colored trumpet 
of most beautiful form and 
color, perianth white, a flower 
one would notice anywhere; 
and Salmonetta is a little 
Poet of great distinction. 
Combinations 
A -i-o JL VVUO 
of treasures down the garden 
walk in the evening light my 
eye fell upon a line of a 
dozen glorious tulips, the 
single early Illuminator. This 
tulip is of a flaming orange, 
a superb flower. At once, I 
thought I must hold my pot 
of daffodils near Illuminator 
and see which becomes it the 
best. Salmonetta’s wonderful 
orange cup won this distinc¬ 
tion for itself. Use this daffo¬ 
dil—with tulip Illuminator, 
a carpet of single rock cress 
below, and a backing of 
Spirea arguta now coming 
into bloom—and a smiling 
spring picture is created, a 
picture which upon a day of 
cloud and shower will catch 
and hold its own sunlight. 
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