wers, of exquisite colouring, standing from 

 12 16 inches above the soil, are of extra large 

 size and reminds one of the general colour aspect 

 of Darwins. 



Species Tulips are Wild Tulips, very useful 

 for borders and rockeries, although a bed with 

 Greigi, a large sized flower of a wonderful 

 orange and with beautiful spotted leaves is a 

 sight not to be forgotten. 



Tulips in combination with 

 other plants. 



We have already spoken about a combination 

 of Darwins with Forget-me-not. To get good 

 results it is advisable to plant the bulbs and the 

 other plants in autumn at the same time. Plant 

 the bulbs at a distance of 8 10 inches, and the 

 other plants in between. A few good examples 

 of combinations are given here: 

 Red yellow or orange Tulips with blue forget- 

 me-not; 



Arabis alpina (white) and Fred Moore (Bronze); 

 ,, ,, Cottage boy (orange); 



Red or pink Tulips; 



Primula veris (orange var.) and Bronze or 



orange col. tulips; 

 Phlox canadensis (lilac) and Darwin Rev. Ew- 



bank; 

 Aubrietia deltoidea (blue) and Rose Darwins; 



Cerastium tomentosum (silver-white) with black 



or purple tulips. 



The Violas are also splendid material for 

 combined bedding taking either the tulip of the 

 same shade as the viola, or as a contrast 

 colour f. i. yellow violas and purple tulips. 



As we said before, an advantage of those 

 combinations is that at the time the bulbs are 

 finished the other plants give a nice carpet to 

 the bed covering more or less the withering bulb 

 leaves. 



Anemones. 



(8O per sq. yards). 



The Anemones with large single flowers as the 

 Caen Anemones resembling the poppies are 

 with their graceful green foliage very useful for 

 bedding although the effect is more striking when 

 planted between low shrubs. They are planted 

 in spring in the beginning of March, one inch 

 deep in well manured soil. The Caen Anemones 

 are usually offered mixed although they 

 are now-a-days already grown in separate 

 colours. It is therefore not impossible to have a 

 bed with blue, red, or violet anamones. Amongst 

 the red ones is one fine selection under the name 

 of Hollandia obtainable. They are splendid 

 flowers for cutting. Next to the Caen Anemone 

 comes the Anemone St. Brigid. They remind us 



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