88 A Little Maryland Garden 
have them among the shrubs and under the 
house wall, Gesneriana major, with a blue 
spot at the base of the crimson petal, and 
the cherry-red Corot. In the lower garden 
is a group of Gesneriana ‘‘Golden Crown,”’ 
_ whose yellow petals are outlined with a thin 
line of red. 
The early tulips are still flowering, the two 
overlapping in their periods of bloom. 
I have some that were sent from the State of 
Washington, and which came to me from 
the Department of Agriculture at Washing- 
ton, D.C. They are interesting as an experi- 
ment. The climate of Washington is said 
to be very much like that of Holland, moist 
and equable, and bulb-raising has been tried 
there. I have seen it stated that it was a 
success so far as raising the bulbs went, 
but that the price of labour is so high that 
it cannot be carried on with profit. My 
Washington tulips are strong growers, and 
the single ones have improved from year to 
year, giving large, handsomely coloured 
flowers. 
