October, 1918 
29 
ing, label them according to color and 
replace them in the autumn. 
As shown in the lower plan on page 
30, the yellow of daffodils looks best in 
contrast with the rich gloss of the ever¬ 
greens, and the softening white of ara- 
bis and flowering peach. A charming 
combination I once worked out was a 
herbaceous border edged with arabis, 
vari-colored primroses, and a great va¬ 
riety of yellow trumpet daffodils, the 
whole backed by pink flowering crabs. 
The list accompanying the plan gives 
a good assortment of the representative 
kinds of narcissus in the least expensive 
\ arieties. Such a border may be worked 
in between the spaces of an existing 
herbaceous planting, or planted to daf¬ 
fodils alone, the space between them 
being carpeted with thyme, trailing 
myrtle, evonymus, sweet woodruff, 
dwarf Chinese juniper, or other low 
evergreens. 
The Tulip Garden 
The tulip garden is assumed to be 
filled with the usual perennials, the 
bulbs to be arranged according to color, 
and inserted as thickly as possible in 
the approximate spaces shown. They 
come into bloom before the herbaceous 
plants are very large, and later in the 
summer the space they leave is hidden 
by foliage. 
The early tulips are not used as 
profusely as the later ones, since at this 
time one invariably wishes to give some 
space to daffodils. Nor are they quite 
so attractive, being short and of smaller 
bloom. Yellow is used in carefully 
placed accentuative groups. The pinks 
in harmonizing tones are predominant, 
while white tends to blend the color. 
Red must be used alone or with white. 
Of late tulips there are several 
classes. They are taller, with larger 
flowers, and a greater variety of color 
than the early ones. Strictly speaking, 
the Cottage tulips comprise the reds, 
orange-scarlet, yellow, pink and white, 
while the Darwins have richer tones. 
Their gamut of crimson, somber red, 
rose and pink, violet and purple, slaty 
blue, blue-violet and dark maroon is 
unsurpassed. There are whites but no 
yellows. This distinction is of no real 
importance when one views the general 
effect, and they are often classed to¬ 
gether as May-flowering tulips. 
16 FT 
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A BORDER OF MINIATURE BULBS 
PLANTS 
1 . 
Price 
Forsythia intermedia, Golden bell, for yellow bloom at 
time of bulbs. 10 plants, 3' apart, 2'-3' high.$ .25 ea. 
Evonymus radicans, climbing evergreen evonymus. 22 plants, 
2' apart, 2 yrs.25 ea. 
Taxu8 canadensis, American yew, evergreen with red berries 
in July. Shade. 7 plants, 3' apart, 12" spread. 1.00 ea. 
BULBS 
4. Galantus nivalis, snowdrops, white, green spot, 4"-6", 
March-April. Sun or % shade.$1.25 per C. 
Crocus, mammoth golden yellow, 6"-8", mid-March- 
late April, sun or % shade. 1.35 per C. 
Scilla sibirica, Siberian squill, deep blue, 2"-6", mid- 
March-early May. Sun or shade. 1.G0 per C. 
Eranthus hyemalis, winter aconite, yellow. 3"-8", March- 
April, Vz shade. 
Mu8cari botryoides, var. Heavenly Blue, 
grape hyacinth, deep blue, 6"-8", April- 
May, sun or % shade.. 
Fritillaria meleagris, pure white, checkered 
fritillary, 10"-12", late April-late May, 
sun or shade. 
Leucojum vernum, snowflake, bell-shaped 
white flowers, green tips, 6"-12", April- 
May, % shade.30 doz.. 
Narcissus bulbocodium, hoop petticoat, deli¬ 
cate yellow, 5"-8", late April-late May, 
y 2 shade best, not very hardy. 
Allium, onionwort: 
a. Aureum, yellow, 1', mid-April-June. . . 
b. Azureum, azure blue, l'-2', June-July 1.0 0 doz.. 
Sun or shade. 
Puschkinia scilloides, striped squill, bluish 
white, 4"-12", April-May, sun. 
Cama88ia esculenta, camass, purplish blue, 
l'-2', May, sun or y 2 shade.2 5 doz., 
Monbretia crocosmiaeflora, monbretia, or¬ 
ange-scarlet, gladiolus-like flowers, 2' 
July-August. 
Colchicum autumnale major, lavender. . . . 
Colchicum autumnale album, white.50 doz. 
Autumn crocus, 6", September-October, 
Vz shade. 
3. 
5. 
9. 
10 . 
11 
12 . 
13. 
14. 
15 . 
1.50 
per 
C. 
$1.50 
doz.. 
12.00 
per 
C. 
.30 
doz.. 
1.75 
per 
c. 
.30 
doz.. 
2.00 
per 
c. 
.50 
doz.. 
3.50 
per 
c. 
.15 
doz., 
1.00 
per 
c. 
' 1.00 
doz.. 
6.00 
per 
c. 
1 
.20 
doz.. 
1.50 
per 
c. 
.25 
doz.. 
1.50 
per 
c. 
.20 
doz.. 
1.00 
per 
c. 
1.00 
doz. 
.50 
doz. 
PLANTS 
Price 
Tsuga canadensis, American hemlock. 
Hedge, 85 plants, 2' apart, 1%' high. ... $60.00 per 
Specimens outside garden, 5 plants 4'-4%' 3.50 ea. 
2. Spiraea Van Houttei, 2 plants, 3'-3%' 
high, Van Houtte's spiraea, white.50 ea. 
3. Deutzia Lemoinei, 4 plants, 2'-3' high, 
Lemoine’s deutzia, white for contrast. 
BULBS 
4. Early tulips: 
A. Yellow: 
.35 ea. 
B. 
# 3. Primrose Queen, primrose edged 
canary . 
2. Chrysolora, clear golden yellow. . . 
Pink, in harmonizing tones: 
3. ’ .. 
Pink Beauty, vivid cherry rose, 
center of petal striped white, yel¬ 
low base . 
4. Rose Luisante, brilliant deep rose 
pink . 
2. Queen of the Netherlands, soft pale 
rose flushed white, yellow base. . . 
1. Queen of Pinks, deep pink, white 
flush on outer petals. 
4. Rose Gris-de-lin, carmine rose 
shaded fawn, margin creamy white 
1. Prosperine, rosy carmine, white 
base marked slate blue, striking. . 
C. White: 
2. White Hawk, pure white, large 
globular flower . 
4. White Swan, pure white, oval 
flower . 
May-flowering (Cottage and Darwin) tulips: 
A. Yellow: 
2. Bouton d'Or, deep chrome yellow, 
black anthers, cup-shaped flower. . 
1. Moonlight, luminous canary yellow, 
long oval flower. 
.35 doz. 
.30 " 
.50 
.40 
.40 
.40 
.25 
.50 
.35 
.30 
.30 
.60 
A TULIP GARDEN 
B. Pink, in harmonizing tones: 
4. Clara Butt, clear pink, flushed 
salmon rose .40 doz. 
4. Edmee, vivid cherry rose, edged 
with soft old rose.60 “ 
2. Madame Krelage, bright lilac-rose, 
edged paler rose.50 " 
1. Mattia, clear carmine rose, blue 
base .65 " 
3. Professor Rauwenhof, bright cherry 
red, scarlet glow inside, brilliant 
blue base .65 " 
2. Suzon, soft buff rose, blush margin .60 
3. Picotee, white margined deep rose .30 “ 
2. Inglescombe Pink, rosy pink, sal¬ 
mon flush .40 “ 
In addition to these there are several 
classes of tulips of interesting broken 
tones. If too many of them are used 
they detract from the effect of clear 
color. But a few grouped against a 
background of light blue anchusa or 
Phlox divaricata, or the fluffy white 
astilbe, will certainly attract the ad¬ 
miration of the color enthusiast. The 
Breeders are the most beautiful of these 
latter. They are particularly large, 
self-colored flowers, comprising the 
most exquisite dull tones of lavender, 
buff, smoky gray, bronze and gold. 
With a few exceptions, they are expen¬ 
sive, but well worth the price. 
The Rembrandts, Bybloems and 
Bizarre tulips are all striped and feath¬ 
ered in neutral tones on a ground of 
white or yellow. Double and Parrot 
tulips are also distinctively different. 
All are described in the list for the 
lower plan on this page. 
There are also several interesting 
tulip species like Tulipa Kaufmann- 
iana, pale yellow with the outside of 
the petals striped with a rosy flush, 
appearing in March or early April; T. 
viridiflora, pale green edged creamy 
yellow; and T. carinata rubra, dark 
crimson with the center of the petal 
having a stripe of apple green. 
As for the arrangement of the tulips 
on the plan, as with the early ones, the 
yellows are used in well-placed accents, 
usually balanced. Preference is given 
to clear light tones as these give the 
best general effect. The deeper notes 
of rose or dark maroon look well 
against a background of white spiraea 
or deutzia, while the lavenders com¬ 
bine well with pale yellow. By group¬ 
ing certain varieties together many ex¬ 
quisite gradations of color may be 
evolved. 
Formal Bedding 
Another distinct use for bulbs is in 
formal bedding. The day has gone by 
when our ideal of beauty was a fanci¬ 
fully shaped bed carved in the middle 
of the lawn and filled with a red and 
yellow mixture. However, a well-de¬ 
signed parterre has its appropriate 
place, preferably the terrace next the 
house, or perhaps the entire space at 
the rear of a small city lot. The little 
plan shown might be one of the units 
of a larger scheme or used as it is in a 
C. White: 
2. La Candeur, pure white, tinged 
pale rose when opening.35 doz. 
3. Painted Lady, cream white, tinged 
heliotrope when opening.50 
D. Lavender: 
2. Dream, pale heliotrope with darker 
stripe .60 “ 
1. Erguste, dull violet, flushed sil¬ 
very white.60 
2. Reverend Eubank, lavender violet 
silvery gray flush, white base.60 “ 
E. Dark tones: 
1. The Sultan, maroon-black, blue 
base . 35 “ 
3. King Harold, ox-blood red, purple- 
black base .50 
2. Zulu, velvety purple-black.75 
6 . Rembrandt tulips: 
3. Mixed varieties, striped and feathers in 
shades of violet, rose, maroon, and white .40 “ 
7. Bybloem tulips: 
3 & 4. striped and feathered rose and 
violet on white ground.30 " 
8 . Bizarre tulips: 
3 & 4. Striped and feathered dark brown 
and red on yellow ground. 30 “ 
9. Breeder tulips, dark rich colors, dull toned 
or bronze-shaded, some sweet-scented:. . 
4. Cardinal Manning, dark rosy violet, 
flushed rose-brown .60 '* 
3. Chestnut, real chestnut brown.50 
10. Parrot tulips: 
3. Mixed varieties, laciniated edges, feath¬ 
ered and striped yellow, crimson, brown .30 
11. Double tulips: 
3. Murille, light pink. 35 •* 
2. Tea Rose, saffron yellow. . . „. 50 " 
* Numbers before each name refer to the relative time of 
bloom. All appear in April and May. 
