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and that its pearl-like tears can never be permanently 

 removed by human hands is well known. There is also 

 a Persian legend according to which the crown imperial 

 was once a queen. Her husband unjustly doubted her 

 fidelity to him and she left him to wander the earth 

 alone. An angel in pity changed her into this flower, 

 but until she is restored to her husband her tears will 

 remain. 



Tulips hold pride of place in the spring garden and 

 amongst them there are treasures for the scented garden. 

 Of the early single tulips the sweetly scented Yellow 

 Prince and Fred Moore (syn Thomas Moore) are, I sup- 

 pose, the best. The latter is notable not only for its scent, 

 but it is also one of the best of the orange terra-cotta 

 shades and equally good either outdoors or for indoor 

 bowl culture. It also forces well. Of the Darwin tulips, 

 1 Cordelia * (a gorgeous reddish violet with blue markings), 

 1 Nauticus ' (deep rose with a violet centre), ' Philippe de 

 Commines ' (a glossy dark plum), and the stately * Sophro- 

 syne ' (soft rose with white margin and blue centre) are 

 all fragrant. Amongst the cottage tulips ' La Merveille ' 

 is one of the finest. With her lovely cherry-rose petals, 

 scarlet orange within, her exquisite shape when closed 

 and her fine scent there are few tulips to compare with 

 her. Macrospila, the sweet-scented scarlet tulip, never 

 looks better than when planted in rough grass. ■ Marvel ' 

 (canary yellow within and soft rose outside), 'Mrs. Moon' 

 (butter yellow with a faint sweet scent), and the late- 

 flowering * Rosalind,' ' Primrose Beauty ' (a soft creamy, 

 primrose and sweetly-scented), are all well worth a 

 place in the scented garden. The so-called wild tulip, 

 T. sylvestris, and its near relation T. australis, are both 



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