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Aletta Wilheimena, white, flamed with violet ; fifth, New Large 

 Yellow ; sixth, Vulcan, deep purple. The second row is 

 one foot from the first, and so on ; early tulips being planted 

 between each. Again : we have a border twelve feet wide, 

 to be planted as follows, in twenty-four rows : Queen Vic- 

 toria, white ; Captain Cook, purple ; Cloth of Gold, yellow ; 

 Argus, violet, white margin ; David fiizzio, dark purple ; 

 Sulphureus, brimstone-yellow ; Mont Blanc, white ; Prince 

 Albert, purple ; Large Yellow ; Cloth of Silver, white, pur- 

 ple stripes ; Ne Plus Ultra, blue, tipped with white ; Yellow 

 Dutch ; Princess of Wales, dark purple ; Caroline Chisholm, 

 white ; New Large Yellow ; Albion, blue, white-and-blue 

 stripes ; Van Speyk, feathered, blue and white ; Yellow 

 Dutch ; Lord Raglan, dark blue ; Diana, white ; Cloth of 

 Gold / Lilaceus superbus, light violet, white margin ; Versi- 

 color, white, purple veins ; Large Yellow ; Grande Vedette" 

 If, after blooming, the crocus-bed is wanted for other 

 flowers, the bulbs may be removed in clumps, with balls of 

 earth, to a reserve garden, after blooming, and, in autumn, 

 be retransplanted to their original position. A good plan, 

 however, is to plant the crocus in double rows ; the first, 

 six inches from the edge of the border, and the next a foot 

 from the edge, and so on ; which leaves space for early 



