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candles, lavender candles of Crocus Tommasini- 

 anus running up the tiny hillside, and racing along 

 beside them a company of Galanthus Elwesii, their 

 companions in time of bloom. "I have found," 

 writes Mr. Bowles, "C. Tommasinianus so far to 

 prove the most satisfactory of the wild species 

 for spreading and holding its own when planted 

 in grass." 



Several beautiful new seedling crocuses have 

 come within a few years from Holland May 

 and Dorothea the latter a "soft, pale lavender- 

 mauve," May "a beautiful white of fine form." 

 These two I have; not, however, Kathleen Par- 

 low, said to be an extra-fine white, with wonder- 

 ful orange anthers, nor Distinction, the nearest 

 approach to a pink color in crocus. 



The beauty of tulip Kaufmanniana was never, 

 I fancy, better set forth in a photograph than in 

 that which is shown on page 98. To the kind- 

 ness of Mr. Bowles himself I owe this picture of 

 perfect spring loveliness, and to the kindness of 

 the distinguished Scottish amateur Mr. S. Arnott 

 the picture of the blue grape hyacinth, Hyacinthus 

 lineatus azureus. This flowered in Mr. Arnott's 

 garden in February, 1912, and is, I believe, a 

 rare variety. 



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