272 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



Double "White. — La Tour d'Auvergne, Prince of Waterloo, 

 Sceptre d'Or. 



Double Blue. — Bloksberg, Comte de St. Priest, Laurens 

 Koster. 



Por out-door work, the following can be had for the price named 

 above, which is only a few shillings per hundred more than is 

 charged for mixed kinds, and the cultivator has the advantage of 

 knowing how to arrange his colours when planting the bulbs. 

 These, of course, will not be quite so large and plump as if the 

 ordinary price was paid. This is of little consequence. The size 

 of each individual spike is not of so much importance as having fine 

 masses of colour : — Amy, single, bright crimson ; Anna Maria, white, 

 double ; Baron Yon Tuyll, deep blue, single ; Charles Dickens, light 

 blue, single ; Grrand Yainquer, white, single ; Heroine, yellow, 

 single ; Herstelde Yrede or Paix d' Amiens, deep red, single ; L' Ami 

 du Coeur, red, single; Lord "Wellington, blue, double; Madame 

 Hodgson, pink, single ; Orondates, porcelain blue, single ; "Waterloo, 

 bright red, double. 



PLOWERS POE CHEISTMAS. 

 A PAPER FOR THE LADIES. 



BT J. C. CLAEKE, 



NOWINGr how delightfully acceptable are a few flowers 

 at Christmas, I have set out with the intention of tell- 

 ing the fair readers of these pages what to get and how 

 to grow them, feeling pretty confident that, if they set 

 about it at once, and follow out my directions, they 

 need not despair of success to provide flowers for Christmas. If we 

 go about it with a little spirit and enthusiasm, it is not an expensive 

 or weighty undertaking. The only drawback in the matter is, that 

 we have not a wide field of subjects to choose from — I mean, of 

 course, such subjects as will grow and flower in rooms and windows, 

 with only the care and attention of the goodwife of the house, who 

 must be head gardener, and reponsible for all that happens. Por a 

 subject to begin with, we cannot have a better than the little Van 

 Thol Tulijjs. In the first place, they are cheap, of easy culture, and 

 with a moderate amount of care they are sure to succeed. There 

 are various ways to grow them ; there are small tin trays manufac- 

 tured on purpose for growing small bulbs. These have perforated 

 bottoms, standing in an outer tray to catch the water. These are 

 admirably adapted for the growing of tulips, crocuses, snowdrops, 

 etc. These trays may be either be filled with soil, or sand, or even 

 moss, to plant the roots in ; but some prefer growing them in pots, 

 which, for finer blooms and richer colours, are much the best ; 

 while others are content with the use of a common soup-plate, and 



