Today's newcomers in the pleasure grounds

There are now at least two shades of pink hyacinths and one creamy variety, midway between white and yellow, joining all the various blue and purple ones. Baby Moon has survived. No picture ever conveys Baby Moon's diminutive scale or does justice to its shape and color. There are two Thalias open in the side yard. For the first time, there is evidence that we'll have at least a few Dutch iris flowers this year, after their spectacular display last year. Buds are beginning to form on a few plants.