THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 2G7 



ground is a very pretty dwarf growing tulip, but better adapted for 

 pots than beds ; besides which, it is one of the most expensive of the 

 varieties grown, lloyal Standard is a pretty and useful striped 

 flower, tbe ground white, with feathering of rosy-crimson. Bride of 

 Haarlem is something in the same way, but more colour in it, and 

 of better quality, and a good forcing variety, which lloyal Standard 

 is not. Joost van Vondel, crimson, with a pale feather along the 

 base of the florets, and occasionally with white stripes, is a flower 

 of very fine build and large size, and effective in pots, but also good 

 for beds, being dwarf in growth and keeping so, however richly 

 grown, and will do for a self-bed, as the stripe is generally some- 

 what indistinct, Fabiola, a distinct variety of a rosy-violet ground 

 flaked with white, is better adapted for pots than beds, as when 

 grown in the open ground the colours are apt to come dull. Grand 

 Due de Russie appears to be identical with Fabiola. Globe de Reg- 

 nant, deep violet, striped and feathered with white, is a good useful 

 tulip, though rather dull-looking. Golden Standard, having golden 

 stripes instead of white, is also a good useful dwarf bedding variety. 



The double tulips are much more restricted in numbers than the 

 single kinds, and with the exception of a very few well-known 

 serviceable varieties, are not near so much in request for bedding 

 purposes. The glorious old Tournesol stands ahead of all as yet, and 

 of other edged varieties. Gloria Solis comes next for effectiveness, 

 and is also very cheap. Velvet Gem has the same coloured base as 

 Gloria Solis, and a very slight feather of yellow on the edges of the 

 florets. Duke of York ia a distinct, but scarcely effective edged 

 flower when used in a bed ; it has a dark rose-coloured base, and an 

 edging of white, but it is very pretty in pots. Gouronne de Roses, 

 deep bright crimson, is a most acceptable beddiug variety, being 

 dwarf in growth, and very showy. The finest self-scarlet is Impera- 

 tor Rubrorum, it is large, full, and very showy. The Yelloio Tour- 

 nesol is a good yellow self, and, as compared with yellow rose, has a 

 more erect habit. All the double flowers are apt to hang their heads 

 and consequently are not so effective in beds as the single kinds, which 

 are more rigid in the flower-stalks, and are not so apt to fall about 



The short duration of the blooming season is a complaint often 

 laid to the charge of tulips, and is used a3 an argument against their 

 use in the flower garden. Generally speaking, the case is a little 

 over-stated against the tulip ; they do continue in bloom for a con- 

 siderable period, and if a little attention be only paid to their 

 relative precocity, a very fair succession of bloom can be obtained. 

 It is certain there is nothing else can give such bold imposing- 

 masses of colour during the spring months as the tulip. My advice 

 to spring gardeners is, always have a base to the beds in which you 

 plant your tulips. I once saw at Ealing Park a charming spring 

 bed, and that, too, composed but of simple elements : namely, a base 

 of the white-flowering Arabis albida, from the midst of which rose 

 single red hyacinths. Looked at from the distance of a hundred 

 yards or so, with a dark background of shubbery to throw it up, this 

 was a very pleasant floral picture indeed. This illustration serves to 

 show how tulips can be used in conjunction with other things; some 



