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we get among many others the White Swan ; 

 the sweet-scented, orange-red Macrospila ; Ges- 

 neriana major, a grandly decorative flower of 

 deep scarlet with a blue-black centre ; the 

 lovely white Picotee^ with its rose edge ; and 

 Golden Crown, one of the most effective of all 

 in the garden when grown in long lines or 

 large clumps. The only fault of the fantastic 

 Parrot Tulips is that they tumble about the 

 border in such an absurd fashion, that their 

 gorgeous colours are too often smirched with 

 mud after a shower : but for brilliancy and 

 intensity of shades they are unequalled. And 

 last and finest of all, the grand Darwin Tulips, 

 erect on their tall, strong stems, are hardly 

 over in the Garden of Delight where they are 

 planted in the Rose beds, before the Roses 

 themselves begin. 



