many plants besides the Forget-me-nots which help to cover the Spring. 



ground : Sax. Wallace* taken up after flowering, and divided Early Tulip 



and replanted over Tulips in October, makes a beautiful ground- Effects 



work ; so does the double Arabis, Sllene^ Limnanthus 



Douglas ii^ Wall-flowers, and many other things. Tulips planted 



in groups in full herbaceous borders look very well, and can be 



planted so deep that they need not be disturbed. If Tulips are 



taken up too early they are little use for the next year. But if 



this must be done, then the best way is to take them up and 



plunge them at once into pails of water, then plant them in a 



trench in half shade that has been well wetted, and leave them 



there till the leaves and stalks are quite gone ; then lift them, dry 



them in the sun, and plant again in October. For forcing and 



table decoration, pink double Tulips are, I think, the best. The 



names of a few of the good ones are : Salvator rosa^ Lady 



Palmerston, Murillo, Princess Beatrice, Couronne de Roses ; this 



has a very fine soft rose-colour when forced. I think quite the most 



beautiful early flowering Tulip out of doors is T. Greigii, but it 



is a bit difficult ; it wants to be planted deep, and to be left 



alone in a warm sheltered place. T. Sylvestris and T. Reflexa 



are both lovely in shape. Three very good purple expensive 



ones are u Remembrance," " Zephir," and " Valentine." " Mrs 



Moon " is a lovely shaped yellow, something like Reflex a, but 



later flowering. " Susan " is a lovely Tulip by candle-light. 



" Blushing Bride " and " Cottage Maid " are very pretty cheap 



Tulips. A double Tulip, called " Yellow Rose," is an excellent 



one for planting in grass, or on a slope. Its head is a little 



heavy for its stalk, and it gets rain-splashed in the border, but 



in the grass it lies smiling upwards, and is very repaying, as it 



lasts a long time. In all planting of Tulips with other plants 



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