Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-23

The lover Of nature, though he live
in a city, has the browns and yelloWs
of the leaves to interest him at this
season of the year.
There are three colors, however. which
are to be associated with the Autumn
landscape which ordinarily are not re-
membered.
One must be a gardener, either pro-
fessional or amateur, to realize that the
red of tulips, the purple Of iris and the
pink Of peonies belong to the Fall color
show as much as the changing tones OF
| leaves.
These three colors-red, purple and
pink-which may be considered the
! dominating shades In their species are
not visible to the naked eye until next
year. but they are very much in the
vision of garden lovers at this time.
| The lure of leaves should not make
| any one who loves the garden forget
that now is the time to plant tulips
iris and peonies, three of the most Won
derful flowers in the world.
1t is a bit late for the tulips. but they
/ can go in very we'll through November,
unless a severe freeze should visit this
| locality, and this is not very likely.
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When the average person thinks of a
tulip he sees a red one, we believe
| Somehow the vivid red has seized hold
of the imagination of flower lovers.
There are, of course, plenty OF fine
shades, a perfect floral battery of pinks,
puppies, reds, a few good yellows,
browns, bronzes. etc.
These but accent the red, red tulip,
which. either straight" or mingled with
yellow, holds the first place in the
affection of flower lovaE1 everywhere.
Nine visitors out of ten u a flower
show in the Spring will pick a red
tulip. 1t is celebrated in song, although
the so-called black variety has perhaps
the eminence in story since Alexandra
Dumas wrote his pretty romance, The
Black Tulip"
OF all the tulips. perhaps none wins
the heart like the Darwin. This is the
| tall-growing, regal fellow one sees in
the Government parks in the Spring,
/ 1t comes in most colors, with the excep-
ton of yellow, but this can be supplied
| from the Cottage varieties, sometimes
called ay-blooming tulips" Usu-
ally these latter have petals which hang
out rather than stand up Stiffly in the
cup shape which distinguishes the OAR
wins.
There is another blooming tulip
! date in the next Spring, we must never
forget which recently has come into
prominence in the horticultural world.
| This is the Mendel. a strain obtained
| by crossing the Due Van Thol tulips
with the Darwins. This breed is said
| to contain some colors hitherto I'M
known in tulips. but for the most part
they have not come into general plant
| ing by the amateur. who Is perfectly
satisfled-and rightly-with what the
more standard DarwinS and cottage tu-
lips can give him.
The variety Pride Of Harlem is one
of the best of the reds: others are City
! of Harlem, Harry Veitch, Petrus Hon
dius, Queen Mary, Whistler. In related
pinks come Princess Elizabeth. Queen
of Hearts and Clara Butt. CThis latter
is the egg-shaped pink one, so popular
in the public parks here)
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Gardeners all know that the Autumn
| is one of the best times of the year to
plant the iris, but sometimes they over
look 1t, lured by the glinting colors Of
leaves and the oncoming Of the cold
season.
This Is one time of the year when one
may plant the iris, and it is a good one,
although in the Spring after blooming
| is a good time, too.
The National Capital has been enjoy
ing in the main perfect weather SO far
this Autumn. The chances are that like