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turban, which the flower resembles. There are a number of forms of 

 Tulips, all of which are interesting. The earliest Tulips are of the 

 Due Van Thol group (Tulipa suaveolens). The stems are rather short 

 and they would not be commended for garden culture except for the 

 fact that they are very early. They are usually characterized by 

 rather pointed or laterally rolled petals. The midseason Tulips occupy 

 most of the garden interest. Hundreds of varieties are pictured and 

 described in the catalogues. This main group is often termed the 

 Gesneriana Tulips. It includes the peculiar fringed petaled group, 

 known as the Parrot or Dragon, together with the Darwins with their 

 subtle colors and long stems, as weU as the May-flowering or Cottage 

 varieties, which possess the long stems of the Darwins, but the blooms, 

 instead of being globular, are more or less bell-shaped, the tips of the 

 petals being reflexed. With excellent effect we have seen the exquisite 

 scarlet Pride of Haarlem, a Darwin variety, growing in a bed of blue 

 German Iris (pallida dalmatica). When the Tulips have finished 

 flowering the Iris begins and the color scheme is entirely changed in a 

 few weeks' time. 

 WINTER ACONITE. (See Eranthis hyemalis.) 



