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border. When the bulbs have ripened the leaves 

 will begin to fade, and should then be cut off; but if 

 removed earlier the bulbs will suffer. In the round 

 bed use Narcissus poeticus and poeticus ornatus in 

 the same way. The two are identical in shape and 

 colour, but one variety comes into bloom much 

 earlier than the other. In the Fall, when the gar- 

 den has been cleaned up and all the transplanting 

 done, plant in the main beds a few clumps of Ges- 

 neriana, Blushing Bride and Bouton D'Or Tulips, 

 which may be left like the Narcissi. These Tulips 

 flower towards the end of May and are extremely 

 beautiful, the immense cups being borne on very 

 long stems. Gesneriana is rich red in colour, with 

 a dark blue or purple base, and is the progenitor of 

 all the May Flowering, or Cottage Garden Tulips. 

 Blushing Bride is pink, shaded with white, and 

 Bouton D'Or yellow. These Tulips and the Bi- 

 zarres and Bybloems are really the only ones worth 

 bothering about in the garden, and a few of them 

 will give more pleasure than thousands of the 

 double or early flowering sorts, which have to be 

 renewed every year. 

 The round bed and path compose, the Court of 



