SPRING FLOWERS 



are beauteous instances of the development of 

 their race. 



Let me suggest to those who do not yet know 

 the newer Darwins, Cottage tuhps, Breeders, and 

 Rembrandts an investment in a few bulbs next 

 fall, if only a half-dozen of each of some of the 

 finer varieties, and, each for himself, see the won- 

 ders of these flowers. Make your selections now 

 and place your orders at once for fall delivery. 

 In the first three classes, if I were to choose four 

 out of each as introductory lists, they should be 

 these : 



Cottage or May -flowering Tulips: Retroflexa su- 

 perba. Moonlight, the Fawn, Inglescombe Pink. 

 Darwins: Clara Butt, Reverend H. Ewbank, 

 Gudin, and Sophrosyne. Breeders: Coridion, 

 Golden Bronze, Louis XIV, Goldfinch, Velvet 

 King, and Cardinal Manning. 



These are but short lists, not combinations of 

 color — samples of some of the finer varieties 

 in the three classes. Would that I might have 

 named Zomerschoon in the Cottage group — Zo- 

 merschoon, that too costly tulip of unforgettable 

 beauty. 



And now for a few combinations of tulips with 

 other flowers. The gayest knot of flowers of 

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