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Like Nature ? Can imagination boas; 

 Am/d its gay. creation, hues like hers? 



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W9 tulips ar« so called because o( the resemblance of the bud to i parrot's beak. The flowers »re 

 I i-unous twisted petals, and have green tints intermingled. They come in miny beautiful co 

 •^^wers they are unsurpassed. 



f MtKfs of South Eastern Europ«, and have been cultivated since medieval limes. Plant in g 

 . vi-.i-amed soil, enriched with bone-meal. Assure good drainage. Plant four inches deep, and six i 

 pit. bet on » trowel full of coarse sand. Mulch lightly in winter after the ground freezes Do m 

 ft leaves after flow'ering, these are necessary to allow sap to return to bulbs so they will mature proi 

 ase and separate bulbs every two or three years. 



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