nish black). La Tulipe noire (black), and Zulu 

 (blackish violet). 



It is very pretty to make small beds of Dar- 

 wins near the edge of the lawn, each of 25 30 

 bulbs. Every colour gets its due and the general 

 aspect is surprisingly beautiful. 



Dutch Breeder Tulips. 



Breeders are = olden time = tulips. 

 Bulbgrowers used to get from them the striped 

 and marbled ones. They remind in form of flo- 

 wer and length of stem the Darwins. The flowers, 

 on a long and elegant stem have about the same 

 form but there is a great difference in the colour- 

 ing. Special features in the Breeders are the 

 Bronzes, Browns, Violets and Purples, and the 

 beautiful bloom just as on plums and grapes. 

 The beauty of Breeders shows at ist best, when 

 the bulbs are planted in front of evergreens, so 

 as to give the flowers a back ground. There are 

 many who do extremely well in a bed of one 

 colour, especially the following kinds: Golden 

 Bronze (golden bronze very selected), Clio 

 (light bronze), Feu Ardent (unique mahogany 

 red), Chestnut (brownish black), Dom Pedro 

 (coffee brown), Hamlet (dark bronze with light 

 edgings), Jaune d'Oeuf (rose mauve with gol- 

 den colour), Louis XIV (metal blue with deep 



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bronze), Maria Louise (salmon with orange 

 edging), Panorama (stately orange red), Prof. 

 Schofel (brifht violet mauve). Rot de Siam 

 (purple violet), Sons Pareil (deep violet purple), 

 Wilberforce (apricot), St. lames (old rose with 

 bronze edgings) and Virgilius (shiny violet). 



A group, full of harmony one can get by plan- 

 ting in a long bed the following in the same suc- 

 cession (50100 bulbs of every colour); Golden 

 Bronze (golden bronze), Bronze King (bronze 

 and yellow), Coridion (bright yellow with 

 bronze), Jaune d'Oeuf (rose mauve with wide 

 yellow margin), Plutarchus (light bronze and 

 vellow), Clio (light bronze), Old Times (copper- 

 bronze), Yellow Perfection (yellowish olive), 

 General Nev (olive bronze), Ab-del-Kader 

 (olive with dark bronze), Goldfinch (dark gol- 

 den bronze), Marainata (orange) and Madras 

 (dark bronze brown). 



Another beautiful border or bed may be had 

 bv planting: Black Diamond (brown black), 

 Chestnut (brown black), Prince Albert (maho- 

 gony brown), Dom Pedro (coffee brown), and 

 Man Tresor (brown red). 



A third suggestion is: Le Miroir (blue violet), 

 Sappho (violet), Roi de Siam (purple violet), 

 Bacchus (purple violet), Louis XIV (metal blue 

 and bronze), Chester J. Hunt (violet) and Char- 

 les Dickens (rose red). 



