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King of the Yellows ; La Reine, white, 

 tinged rose ; La Remarquable, plum, silvery 

 margin ; Ophir d'Or, golden-yellosv ; Pink 

 Beauty, rose and white ; Prince of Austria, 

 brick-red, buff shading, fragrant ; Princess 

 Marianne, white, tinted rose ; Rose Grisdelin, 

 rose and white ; Snowflake, pure white ; 

 Thomas Moore, buff-orange ; White Swan, and 

 Wouverman, claret - purple. 

 Double Tulips: Bleu Celeste, 

 mauve-purple ; Couronne 

 d'Or, yellow, flushed orange ; 

 El Toreador, scarlet, margin 

 yellow ; Golden King, rich 

 yellow ; Imperator Rubrorum, 

 scarlet ; La Candeur, white ; 

 Le Matador, globular, scarlet ; 

 Murillo, rose ; Rubra maxi- 

 ma, vermilion; Snowball, 

 white ; Titian, scarlet, gold 

 edge; Vuurbaak, orange- 

 scarlet. 



Darwin Tulips. These 

 beautiful sorts, with their tall 

 stiff stalks, 18 to 30 inches 

 or rather more in height, 

 flower late in April and during 

 May. Twelve of the best 

 among many most beautiful 

 sorts are : Ariadne, crimson- 

 scarlet ; Clara Butt, delicate 

 pink ; Europe, salmon-scarlet ; 

 Harry Veitch, dark vermilion ; 

 Kate Greenaway, white, sil- 

 very lilac flush ; Lantern, sil- 

 very lilac ; La Tulipe Noire, 

 the black Tulip ; Margaret, 

 blush-pink ; Mr. Farncombe 

 Sanders, rosy-scarlet ; Pride of 

 Haarlem, salmon-rose, shaded 

 scarlet ; Rev. H. Ewbank, 

 silvery -heliotrope ; White 

 Queen (La Candeur). The 

 blooms of Darwin Tulips 

 sometimes break into striped and blotched 

 flowers ; these are known as Rembrandts. 



Cottage Tulips. Good sorts are : Blushing 

 Bride, carmine and creamy-white ; Bouton 

 d'Or, deep golden yellow ; Caledonia, orange- 

 scarlet ; Ellen Willmott, canary yellow, a 

 magnificent Tulip ; Inglescombe Pink ; In- 

 glescombe Scarlet ; La Merveille, orange-red, 

 shaded salmon, fragrant ; Mrs. Moon, golden 



yellow ; Parisian Yellow, one of the latest ; 

 Picotee, white, edged rose ; Primrose Beauty, 

 soft primrose, fragrant ; and The Fawn, 

 blush- rose, white flush. 



Parrot Tulips. The Dragon or Parrot 

 Tulips, with their singularly laciniated petals 

 and rich colours, always attract attention. 

 The flower stalks are not very stiff, thus the 



Pink Darwin Tulip Clara Bult, one of the finest varieties. 



heavy blooms hang down rather untidily. 

 This peculiarity renders them valuable for 

 planting in hanging baskets for the porch 

 or veranda. A few good sorts are : Admiral 

 de Constantinople, red ; Cafe Brun, brown 

 and yellow ; Cramoisie Brilliante, deep 

 crimson ; Lutea, yellow ; Markgraaf Van 

 Baden, scarlet and gold ; Perfecta, yellow, 

 with scarlet stripes or blotches. 



