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lavender Darwin tulip Reverend H. Ewbank. In 

 my own part of the country it is rarely that the 

 Darwin or May-flowering tulip overlaps in time 

 of bloom upon the German iris, but in the lati- 

 tude of Philadelphia these plants may be expected 

 to give flowers together. 



A group of Darwins in brilliant cherry-rose 

 tones we may notice next. These gay occupants 

 of the spring border hold less charm for me than 

 some of their less flaunting fellows, the reason 

 being the difficulty of combining them well with 

 tulips of other colors. True, they may serve as 

 a climax where first lavender, then deep-violet 

 tulips are used in successive groupings. But with 

 white tulips, dead-white, they are not agreeable 

 to the eye; with primrose and yellow they do not 

 particularly agree; with mauve and bronze not 

 at all. The two which shall be singled out for 

 special mention are both Darwins, Professor Fran- 

 cis Darwin and Edmee. The tones of Professor 

 Darwin according to the chart are Rouge fraise 

 No. 2 within the petals, Vin de Bordeaux No. 

 2 outside. This tulip has a pale lemon-colored 

 pistil and a prismatic blue-black base. In Edmee 

 the outer petals are of Amaranthe No. 1, with 

 much blue in these pinkish tones. These tulips 



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