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TULIP, BEDDING (Tullpa suaveolens). Great range of colours except 

 blue. April; 12 to 16 inches. Buy new bulbs annually for best 

 flowers. Old ones may be lifted and planted in the border. 

 These are the most gorgeous of the spring bulbs. Young tulips 

 raised from seed are called "seedlings" until they have 

 bloomed. When they first flower they are called "breeders." 

 These flowers are invariably of one colour throughout, although the 

 seed may have been saved from variegated blossoms. After some 

 years the petals of these hitherto self flowers become striped, and 

 they are then said to "break," or "rectify." If the stripings are 

 clearly marked and of good pure colours, the flowers are spoken of as 

 having a "good strain." A "rectified tulip" is synonymous with a 

 tulip having a good strain. These rectified flowers are divided into 

 three classes: bizarres, bybloemens, and roses. The "bizarre" tulip 

 has a yellow ground with shades of orange, brown, scarlet and crim- 

 son. The "bybloemen" has a white ground, marked with black, 

 brown, lilac, lavender, etc. The "rose" has a white ground, varie- 

 gated with shades of crimson, pink, scarlet, cerise. The various 

 classes of rectified tulips have the petals either feathered or flamed. A 

 "feathered" tulip has a dark coloured edge, gradually becoming 

 lighter toward the centre of the petal. A "flamed" flower has a 

 beam of colour running up the centre of the petal. 

 EARLY SINGLES IN SCARLET AND CRIMSON: Brutus, the earliest, 

 very bright, with a very slight yellow feather on the edges; grows 

 8 inches high. Artus, brilliant dark scarlet, a few days later 

 than Brutus. Grows 8 to 10 inches high. Belle Alliance, the 

 best bright scarlet in the early flowering section. Grows about 

 IO inches high. The flower lasts well. Couleur Cardinal, 

 rich, dark red, with a bright crimson edge, a little later than the 

 foregoing varieties. An excellent tulip of rigid habit. Grows 

 10 to 12 inches high. Thomas Moore, rich orange-scarlet. 

 Grows 12 to 15 inches high; sweet-scented. Keiserskroon, 

 vivid red, with a broad deep yellow margin. Grows 15 inches 

 high, lasts well. An excellent tulip in every respect. 

 PINK FLOWERED EARLY SINGLES: Rose Grisdelin, the dwarfest and 

 best bright pink bedding tulip. Grows only 6 inches high. 

 EARLY YELLOW SINGLES: Chrysolora, the best early yellow bedder. 

 A large and beautiful flower. Grows 10 inches high. Canary 

 Bird, clear yellow. Grows 10 inches high; very early. Potte- 





