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warm, sheltered place. Three red ones, T. tuber- 

 geniana, T. Greigii and T. oculus soils are all very 

 handsome and there is an early pink or white one, 

 T. Kaufmanniana. 



The lack of tulip education is most deplorable 

 in the case of the cottage and Darwin tulips. Any 

 of these, but most of all the selfs, are among the 

 very choicest material for giving the garden beau- 

 tiful May color with sharply defined individuality 

 of form. Such cottage tulips as Glare of the Gar- 

 den, Orange King, Inglescpmbe Yellow, Mrs. 

 Moon, The Fawn and Black Chief and such Dar- 

 wins as Clara Butt, Baronne de la Tonnaye, King 

 Harold, Mrs. Krelage, Peter Barr and Mrs. Stan- 

 ley are a joy to handle in the making of a garden 

 picture. 



Of hyacinths there is less to be learned. Only 

 the familiar Hyacinthus orientalis, single and dou- 

 ble, is generally available in gardens north of 

 Washington, but with protection it is possible to 

 grow the dainty Roman hyacinth in the open ground 

 near New York. What is chiefly to be learned 

 about hyacinths proper is that it is idle to keep on 

 in the old way of making mixed plantings ; no bulb 

 loses more by such treatment. There is no ex- 

 cuse for this; named varieties of every hue, that 

 have stood the test of time, are to be had and 

 for low spring massing in a solid tone nothing is 

 better. This is a more expensive plan than buy- 

 ing by color alone, but safer, as in the latter in- 

 stance there is likely to be a conglomeration of 



