Mr. van der Hoef (yellow) and Electra (bright 

 carmine) ; 



Imperator rubrorutn (scarlet) and Tea rose (sul- 

 phur yellow salmon); 



Lac van Haarlem (violet purple) and Scltoon- 

 oord (pure white); 



Lac van Haarlem (violet purple) and Mr. van 

 der Hoef (yellow) ; 



Golden King (golden yellow) and Vuurbaak 

 orange scarlet) ; 



Vuurbaak (orange scarlet) and Schoonoord 

 (white). 



A fine combination in one bed is: 



Electra (bright carmine), Mr. v. d. Hoef (yel- 

 low), and Schoonoord (white); 



Oranje Nassau (dark orange), Mr. v. d. Hoef 

 (yellow), and Tea rose (light yellow); 



Peach Blossom (dark rose), Murillo (light rose), 

 and Schoonoord (white) ; 



Rosea Perfecta (rose), Peach Blossom (dark 

 rose), and Murillo (pale rose); 



Imperator rubrorum (scarlet), Vuurbaak (orange 

 scarlet), and Oranje Nassau (dark orange). 



For a long narrow bed, we recommend (in 

 succession): Schoonoord (white), Murillo (pale 

 rose), Peach Blossom (dark rose), Vuurbaak 

 (orange scarlet), Imperator rubrorum (scarlet), 

 Golden King (golden yellow), Air. van der Hoef 

 (yellow), Tea rose (pale yellow), Electra (car- 



mine) to conclude with, Lac van Haarlem (violet 

 purple). 



Darwin Tulips. 



It is hardly possible to say too much about this 

 perfect tulip, bven one single bulb, with its flo- 

 wer most elegantly poised on its long slender 

 stem, coming out of the beautiful greyish-green 

 leaves is a tning of beauty. And then a whole bed 

 of it, the loveiy flowers continually moving at 

 itte sligntest breeze; just as if the whole mass is 

 alive: makes an impression never to be forgot- 

 ien. One could call the Darwin Tulip the Aris- 

 tocrat" of tulips. We can 't recommend this bulb 

 too strongly, even in small gardens it does well. 

 If we plant only Darwins in the bed we want 

 70 80 per sq: yard. But very often the Darwins 

 are planted in a bed of Forget-me-not, Phlox, or 

 , iuid. mis is done to leave the bulbs undistur- 

 bed after flowering, so that they can ripen. The 

 withering leaves are more or less hidden by the 

 ,,Forget-me-nots" etc: In the latter case only 

 about 50 are wanted per square yard. 



As all Darwins make a glorious effect wnen 

 planted in one colour, it is not necessary to draw 

 the attention to one special kind. Every bulb 

 catalogue will give you a great number of 

 colours to choose from. When two colours are 

 wanted for one bed, we suggest: 



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