I.] DAFFODIL TULIP ANEMONE 53 



bank, is a far more suitable position for the Daffodils than 

 the level border; and for this, amongst other reasons 

 that in such an elevated position the bulbs can dry and 

 ripen and mature their growth throughout the summer 

 and autumn. 



Late flowering Tulips come on in quick succession 

 to the Daffodils, and ought certainly to be grown as 

 extensively. Beds of Tulips may be carpeted to great 

 advantage with such things as Violas, Aubretias, Ajuga, 

 and Primroses. 



All the late Tulips come from the Gesneriana stock. 

 The parent itself is the most splendid of all ; it has an 

 immense bright red flower on a tall stem, is sweet- 

 scented, and lasts six or eight weeks in bloom. Few 

 things can equal the brilliancy of a group of Griegi, 

 which is dwarf, and of a vermilion red colour. Then 

 there is Bouton cTOr and Golden Eagle^ Retroflexa, 

 SilvestriS) and Vitellina, and the Parrot Tulips with their 

 curiously cut petals, and the large double Yellow Rose 

 and the early double White Swan and La Candeur. 



Anemones (fulgens) and the Blue Wood (Apeninna), as 

 well as our native White, should be grown extensively in 

 every Spring garden (see part iii. chapter v.). 



A quaint, old-world tribe are the Fritillaria (Snake's 

 Head), very graceful and unusual in their habit. The 

 Crown Imperial is the most distinguished and best known 

 member of this family, but, in dimensions, head and 

 shoulders over all the others. 



