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COLOR ARRANGEMENTS FOR DARWIN 

 TULIPS AND OTHER SPRING-FLOWER- 

 ING BULBS 



I BELIEVE I shall always remember May, 

 1913, as the Darwinian May. As the mention 

 of this adjective is doubtless music to the ear of 

 the scientist, so its sound is equally delectable to 

 the possessor and lover of the Darwin tulips. In 

 a bit of writing appearing some time ago in this 

 journal, I set down a list of Darwins arranged 

 for color combination, taken from a fine English 

 source. These I tried for the first time this year; 

 and I assure the reader when I saw them I fell 

 down and worshipped. A pageant of color, a 

 marvellous procession of flowery grandeur — no 

 words are mine in which to tell of my sensations 

 on seeing this beauty for the first time; and the 

 sensations were not mine alone. They were 

 shared by all those who saw them, among them 

 some sophisticated eyes, eyes which might not 

 show delight without good cause. 

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