of Austria, Vermillion brilliant, Yellow 

 Prince, Keizerskroon, Flamingo, Calypso, Herman 

 Schlegel, etc. Double tulips from half January 

 onward: Boule de Neige, Couronne d'Or, El 

 Toreador, Golden King, Murillo, Peach Blossom, 

 Salvator Rosa, Schoonoord and Tea rose. 



Of the Darwin tulips we mention: William 

 Copland (lilac) and Allard Pierson (brown) 

 ready in January. For the first weeks of February: 

 Bartigon (red), Le Notre (rose), Victoire 

 d'Oliveira (wine red), and William Pitt (red), 

 and Mr. Farncombe Sanders, Professor Rauwen- 

 hoff (red), Princess Elizabeth (rose) for the end 

 of February. Of course, all these tulips may be 

 forced later. 



We spoke already about the special prepared 

 hyacinths for forcing. After the first two weeks 

 of January there can be a great variety of 

 Hyacinth blooms ready. We give here a good 

 selection: La Victoire (red), Electro (red), 

 Generaal de Wet (pale rose), Gertrude (dark 

 rose), Lady Derby (vivid rose), Moreno (rose), 

 Queen of the Pinks (a late one, rose), L' innocence 

 (white), Dr. Lieber (blue), Ftirst Bismarck 

 (blue), Grand Maitre (blue), King of the Blues 

 (dark blue), Queen of the Blues and Schotel 

 (pale blue), Distinction (purple wine red), Lord 

 Balfour (violet), City of Haarlem and Yellow 

 Hammer (yellow), Orange, boven (orange). 



Of the Narcissi, we recommend: Golden Spur 



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(golden yellow), Emperor (pale yellow), Empress 

 (white and yelow), Glory of Sassenheim (white 

 and yellow), King Alfred (very large flower 

 golden yellow), Spring Glory (white and yellow), 

 Victoria (white and yellow), Lady Moore (white 

 with red crown), Conspicuous (yellow with red 

 crowns), Sir Watkin (pale yellow with slightly 

 darker cup), White Lady (white), Horace 

 (snowwhite with red bordered cup), Ornatus 

 (snowwhite with red bordered cup), Admiration 

 (with flower trusses in yellow and orange), 

 Early Perfection (trusses of white and yellow 

 flowers), Double of Sion (double-yellow). 



One has to be careful with forcing crocusses. 

 The results are splendid when the forcing is done 

 very slowly and the temperature is not too high. 

 Unless this is continually kept in mind, the 

 flower buds will dry out between the too fast 

 growing leaves. 



Irisses, specially the new Dutch kind are grand 

 for the greenhouse, but they will not stand quick 

 forcing. The same applies to Gladioli. With 

 great success are lately used the glasshouses for 

 bulbforcing on a big scale. The bulbs are 

 planted immediately in the soil and .no artificial 

 heat is used. The heat of the sun is' doing the 

 work. The flowers, thus grown are about 3 or 4 

 weeks earlier than those grown in the open. 



