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golden vellow. the foliage is much heavier than on the red 

 variety; Le Reve, sometimes called Sarah Bernhardt, of a 

 strikiiig rose buff color, very large flowers, one of the 

 most admired of all tulips, not infrequently listed amongst 

 the early tulips ; the old Ronton d'Or. also called Ida, is a 

 good pure golden yellow ; Ellen Willmott, soft creamy 

 vellow in color with an elongated flower and reflexed 

 petals is a very pretty sort : Inglescombe Pink, a charming 

 tulip, rose pink, shaded salmon in color. Leghorn ISonnet 

 has alwavs been a favorite with me. it is pale yellow in 

 color and some catalogues list it under the name elegans 

 lutea pallida. W. T. Ware is a glorious deep yellow, the 

 flower is large and lasts wonderfully. Golden Spire has 

 a very large reflexed flower, deep golden yellow in color 

 and edged with orange scarlet. Of a rather unusual color 

 is Fain- Queen. The shade is a rosy heliotrope, with a 

 margin of~amber yellow. Some good tulips are left out of 

 the foregoing list but those named have all proved very 

 satisfactory in New England. There is a rather over- 

 whelming predominance of yellows in the Alay flowering 



tulip section. 



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Speaking of tulips, how few there are who grow the 

 very interesting species. While some of these make good 

 garden plants, the bulk are more at home in a rockery. 

 T. Greigii is the largest and most showy of this group, 

 the bright crimson scarlet flowers have a black blotched 

 centre and the foliage is variegated, the blotchings being 

 dark. The latest of all the species to flower is T. Spren- 

 geri with scarlet flowers. T. Sylvestris with yellow 

 "flowers is occasionally found wild in England and is found 

 over quite a wide area in continental Europe. I have 

 found this variety succeeds very well naturalized in grass 

 land where the soil is well drained, not too rich, and the 

 grass does not grow too vigorously. It is a graceful 

 si>ecies with yellow flowers. T. Kaufmanniana is a native 

 of Turkestan and has been in commerce about 50 years. 

 It is the earliest of all tulips to flower and has proved to 

 be a persistent variety. One clump I have in mind in a 

 rockery has flowered freely for ten years ; the flowers are 

 verv variable in color but are generally white, tinted with 

 carmine, the centre is yellow. T. cornuta stenopetala, also 

 called acuminata, has' some of the characteristics of T. 

 Gesneriana and is a good grower with red and yellow- 

 flowers. .At the late New York flower show^ there w-ere 

 one or two exhibits of T. Clusiana, the "Lady tulip.'' 

 This variety stands gentle forcing and succeeds very nicely 

 in six-inch pans. It is one of the very best sorts for the 

 rocker\- ; the flowers are pale yellow, striped with red. ami 

 are very fragrant. Everyone at all interested in tulips 

 should plant a few of this pretty variety. The little T. 

 Lownei will ai>peal to those who have a rockery: it only 

 attains a height of three to four inches: its flowers are 

 white in color, tinged outside with purplish pink. T. 

 Turkestanica, native of the mountains of Central Siberia 

 and the Caucasus, is really a robust form of T. biflora. 

 It is either pale yellow or white inside the flower and 

 tinged with green, red. or jnirple outside. One remark- 

 able feature of this tulip is that it often carries four to 

 six flowers to a scape. T. Hageri is aufithcr fine rockery 

 variety ; flowers are generally red in color and the stalks 

 average six inches in height. T. Retroflexa, a suppfjscd 

 garden hybrid between Gesneriana and acuminata, is a 

 quite lusty grower with yellow twi.sted flowers. T. Pnc- 

 cox has purplish flowers, is slender in habit and attains a 

 height of 15-18 inches. The brilliant T. lini folia is a 

 dwarf grower, this variety comes from Bokhara. T. 

 pnestans, another P.okharan sjjecies also carries several 

 flowers per scape; the color is orange vermilion. The 

 sjjecies aforementioned have done very well in the vicinity 

 of Boston, Mass., there are other good sorts which might 



be added but 1 have named enough \o provide an interest- 

 ing and well \aried assortment for any reader of the 

 Gaki>i-;xers' CiiKoxu'iJ-; who may wish to try them. 



riiere can be nu questitjn but that the nui>t admired 

 lulii> at Iioth the Boston and New York Spring flower 

 shows this year was De Wet. sometimes called General 

 I )e Wet and also Fireglow ; as forced it is a peculiarly 

 rich and glowing orange in color. Grown in the open it 

 is a lovely golden yellow-, flushed with fiery orange scarlet, 

 and a most distinct and unique shade. In a collection it at 

 once rivets our attention to practically tlie exclusion of all 

 others. This belongs to the early flowering class of tulips, 

 but the plants grow taller than the average earlies. more 

 nearly approximating the Darwins in height. Pink 

 lieauty in the last few years has become one of the most 

 popular of all bedding tulips: its deep glowing rose color, 

 becoming fainter towards the edges, its excellent habit, 

 and fine lasting qualities, commend it to all tulip lovers. I 

 do not think there is any finer pure w-hite bedder than 

 white Joost Aon Vondel, some catalogues carry this under 

 the name of Lady Boreel and when they do not give the 

 synonxm. purchasers unacc|uainted with tulips, are likely 

 to buy this for a new- variety. In its own particular color, 

 satinv rose. Prosperine remains without a peer ; it is one 

 of our finest bedding tulips. In scarlets Sir Thomas Lip- 

 ton is extra brilliant. Rising Sun is a grand deep golden 

 yellow ;ind is .-i somewhat taller grower than the average. 

 Golden Queen pleases many, does not grow so tall as 

 Lipton, and carries a large globular flow-er. 



The forsythias have been w-onderfullv fine ibis season. 

 In spite of the prolonged \\'inter we fortunatelv had no 

 very low temperatures, and the forsythias. in cunininn 

 w^ith sonie other deciduous flowering shrubs, escajK-d in- 

 jury to their flower buds. C)n sloping banks, the old E.' 

 sus]>ensa is still quite useful, and Fortune's Golden Bell is 

 by no means a back number, but F. intermedia is far bet- 

 ter and there is a form of intermedia called aurea which 

 has deep yellow flo'wers and yellowish foliage which may 

 appeal to those who admire leaves which are other than 

 green. There is also a golden variegated form of Eor- 

 tunei. F. viridissima is an old variety blooming a little 

 later than other sorts, the bark is deep' green in color and 

 the ])lant is of compact halMt. l"or those wanting but 

 one variety I would recommend !■'. intermedia and di. 

 not i>lant them three feet apart each way as do many 

 lan(lsca])e architects unless voti will be prejiared to remove 

 nine-tenths of them w-ithin three years. Forsythias need 

 lots of room and are robust growers. 



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Amongst the vcr\' desir;il)le carlv flowering shrul)> 

 which are of quite dwarf habit and are therefore valu;il)lc 

 in the small garden I do not know of one which is alt;iin- 

 ing a greater ])o])iilarity than the Kmcan N'iburnum 

 Carlesii. A popular name the "Bouvardi.'i shrub" has 

 been given to it as the dense terminal cymes of blossoms 

 which ai^pear with the leaves somewhat resemlile the heads 

 on bouvardias, and have a most delight ftd fr;igrance, a 

 fragr.'ince reminiscent of r)a])hne Mezeremn. the ma\- 

 flower ( Epiga-a repens). and tb;it finest of all bouvardias. 

 1 lumbf)ldtii. .As this shrub is verv shapely, does not ex- 

 ceed four to five feet in height. ])roves ix'rfeclly hardy, 

 flowers freely each year, with flowers which are lasting as 

 well as fragrant, and as several nurserymen now offer il 

 at a moderate price, here is something which many owners 

 of even (|uile sm;ill gardens nu'ghl well ])lant. There are 

 m;niv good X'iburnums whicli are inv;du,d)l(' in l.nidsca|)e 

 pl;intings. but A', (,'arlesii is of more moderate li;rbit than 

 any others, and none am ai)proach it in fragrance. 



