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GARDENING BY MYSELF. 



enterprise and display, — robes of purple, 

 and great cups of gold, and banners of 

 every shade of red. Even the Marriage dc 

 ma fille is a marriage in high life, and the 

 Bride of Haarlem is clearly *' a lass wi' a 

 tocher." How they " fall in," as the soldiers 

 say, donning their colours in hot haste. The 

 purple-striped Caiman^ and Yellow Prince, 

 and Coiileur Cardinal. Dorothea Blanche holds 

 her ground modestly, as some people will, 

 in a white dress and pink cheeks ; and King 

 Pept7i is roj^al in his markings. How superb 

 is the Duchess of Parma, in her court dress ; 

 and Rose Gris de Li?i and Proserpine, are like 

 two roses for colour, and Lac von Rijn quite 

 lovely in its quiet lilac and white. In gen- 

 eral, I think the single tulips are much the 

 finest, — much more like tuhps, and one pre- 

 fers to have a flower look like itself; yet 

 there are great beauties among the doubles, 

 with over-skirts extremely rich and bouf- 

 fants. Besides some that I have named, 

 Incarnat Gris de Liit and Conqueror could 

 hardly be improved. 



