Cottage Tulips. 



The variety in Tulips is nearly infinite, spe- 

 cially in the late ones. We mentioned already 

 the Darwins and the Breeders. The Cottage 

 Tulips sometimes called the single late Tulips 

 form a group by themselves. We saw that the 

 Darwins and the Breeders have a great simi- 

 larity in form. The Cottage Tulips are quite 

 different. Some flowers have more or less a 

 chalice form, others are long and pointed, some 

 have long others have shorter stems. 



Pure whites and pure golden yellows are 

 characteristic although there are many otfier 

 lovely colours. It is worth while to have a good 

 show of them in the garden. For one-coloured 

 beds the following kinds are highly recommerj- 

 dable: Amber (light amber), Boadicea (dark 

 orange), Bouton d'Or (golden yellow), Carrara 

 (pure white), Columbus (yellow-marbled red), 

 Gesneriana lutea pallida (pale yellow), Idyl 

 (vivid rose), John Raskin (salmon pink-tinted 

 orange), Mr. Dames (yellow), Mrs. Kerrell 

 (fleshy rose), Mrs. Moon (golden yellow), 

 Orange King (bright orange), Pride of Ingles- 

 combe (white with pink margin), Sir Harry 

 (mauve rose), etc. 



Beautiful combinations with 

 Cottage Tulips. 



It is quite obvious that with this brightly 

 coloured type of tulips one can get magnificent 

 effects. Best is to avoid all formality in arran- 

 gement and to plant them in groups in front of 

 shrubs. The effect is then gorgeous. A com- 

 bination of Orange King (bright orange), and 

 Bouton d'Or (golden yellow), or the pointed Mrs. 

 Moon (golden yellow), with Mrs. Kerrell (rose), 

 or Sir Harry (mauve rose), with Solfatare (light 

 yellow) is brilliant. For contrast should suggest: 

 the wine coloured Oraniana, with the golden 

 yellow Bouton d'Or, or Pluto (carmine-violet), 

 with, Bouton d'Or. Very effective is the Darwin 

 Ph. de Com/nines (black) and Cottage Bouton 

 d'Or or Darwin Bleu aimable (mauve) with 

 Bouton d'Or. One gets, however one of the finest 

 displays of the Cottage tulip, when planted in a 

 group, with a more or less-undulating margin 

 line in the following order: Carrara (pure white), 

 Solferino (pale yellow), Bouton d'Or (golden 

 yellow), Boadicea (deep orange), Orange King 

 (bright orange), John Ruskin (salmon pink), 

 Mrs. Kerrell (fleshy rose), Sir Harry (mauve 

 rose) and Doris (rose violet). This is, of course 

 only a suggestion, one can make, with the help 

 of an up to date catalogue of a reliable bulb- 

 grower a great number of beautiful combina- 



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