DUTCH BULBS 



" Pottebakke White/ 7 cries a third, " is a very large pure 

 white flower, and not to surpass better/ 7 

 "Of snow-like variety and delicious fragrance a most 

 beloved flower/ 7 thus our special Hollander labels Lilium 

 Longiflorum Takesima, in words that have a certain 

 charm of poetic simplicity which would not have mis- 

 become the artistic Japanese himself. 

 However tempted by other nationalities, we choose to be 

 Dutch in our bulbs. This is the list we have just 

 dispatched to Haarlem : 



" 600 China blue single Hyacinths. 

 1 dozen Cavaignac pink Hyacinths. 

 1 dozen Fabiola blush Hyacinths. 

 50 Roman Hyacinths. 

 100 Scarlet Due van Thol Tulips. 

 50 Rose Due van Thol Tulips. 

 300 Thomas Moore Tulips. 

 1000 Darwin Tulips, best mixed. 

 500 Parrot Tulips, in the finest mixture, bright colours. 

 100 Gladiolus Brenchlyensis. 

 100 Gladiolus Hollandia. 

 1000 mixed striped Crocus. 

 1000 Scilla Siberica praecox. 

 1000 blue Grape Hyacinths. 

 1000 Snowdrops Rlweseii. 

 1000 Poeticus recurvus Narcissus. 

 100 Hyacinthus Candicans. 

 1 000 Single Trumpet Daffodils mixed. 

 500 Double Daffodils mixed. 77 



Of these some of the scarlet and rose " Due van Thol " 

 Tulips, and all the " Cavaignac " and "Fabiola 77 Hya- 

 cinths are for forcing / and, of course, the Roman Hyacinths 

 also. The other bulbs are destined for the open ground. 



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