FIRST WEEK IN AUGUST 



a fine flower in rich carmine-crimson, flaked and striped 

 with white. Appleblossom, in the loveliest shades of pink 

 and white, too, is as precocious, and Sutton's White Forcing 

 tulip, with Montresor (in clear yellow), Pink Beauty, and 

 La Remarquable (in an extraordinarily rich shade of deep 

 red), which are all amenable to slight and gradual forcing 

 if well rooted to begin with. But most of the rest, both of 

 the single and double varieties, do best without fire heat, so 

 that a frame, a window, or a cold greenhouse will suit them 

 well. Most beautiful are those in pale pink, such as Queen 

 of Roses, Albano Murillo, and Salvator Rosa. Marechal 

 Niel is the name of a fragrant double tulip in delicate yellow 

 tints ; La Candeur is in white, and Blue Celeste in violet, 

 all these being double. For a window-box in spring they 

 are very effective, blooming a little later than those under 

 glass. 



Tecophilasas, very pretty Chilian bulbs with blue flowers, 

 something like those of a crocus, can be grown in pots 

 without much fire heat, and they blossom in March. 

 T. leitchlini is one of the best, with a white centre ; T. 

 cyano-crocea is in a deeper tint of blue, and both are 

 fragrant, with a scent something like that of violets. The 

 Kaffir lily (Schyzostylis coccinea, which is also called the 

 winter gladiole) is a dark crimson flower, which is most 

 useful for cutting in November and December. It increases 

 itself rapidly in this gravel soil if left undisturbed for a 

 few years, but the roots become too close sometimes, and 

 have to be separated every third year, replanting them in 

 fresh soil in the spring. Clumps may, however, be raised 

 from the garden in the autumn to flower in the greenhouse, 

 where their bright colour is very welcome in winter ; after 

 flowering they should be allowed to ripen off their foliage 

 gradually, not wanting for water until this process is 

 completed, and the roots can be planted out in April, 

 placing each a few inches from the next, in a well-drained, 

 sunny border. 



Ixias, babianas, and early-flowering gladioli, can also 

 be started at once, with others of the many irids from 



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