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striped flowers also showed variations in shape, the extreme 
cases having narrow floral parts not more than one fourth the 
width of the petals on typical flowers of the variety. Three 
flowers were noted in which the parts of the perianth were more 
or less green and leaf-like. On these flowers some of the parts 
of the perianth were entirely green, others were of the usual color, 
others were sectorially differentiated, the whole flower being 
ee half green and half red in color. It was noted in several 
instances that a tulip showing variation grew very close to one 
that was normal for the variety, a condition which indicated that 
the two were sister plants. 
In another bed of tulips, of the variety known as the 
Cottage pad nearly fifty cases of fasciation were observed as 
well as a few cases of variation similar to those described above. 
n view of “ie particular interest which bud-variations and 
a have to botany and to horticulture, these plants 
will be isolated and grown in the experimental garden for further 
study.—A. B.S 
The cottage and Darwin tulips are in full bloom, days ahead of 
their normal flowering period which comes toward the end of 
They have already (May 16) been in bloom for a week or 
ten days. Some of these are especially fine. One of the cottage 
tulips, known as Orange Beauty, is particularly striking. It is 
a long flower, a vivid orange-red. Another cottage tulip is La 
Merveille, unusual in its long pointed flower, the color a ros 
carmine. This isof unusual merit. Among the Darwin tulips 
Clara Butt is as usual in the front rank, with Baronne de la 
Tonnaye, very similar, of equal worth. Those who like a very 
dark flower will find in the Darwin tulip, The Sultan, all they 
can desire. It is of the deepest black-purple. The parrot tulips 
have been unusually fine this year, the flowers a and a greater 
number than usual of the bulbs bearing flower: 
The irises or flags are now taking a oan place in the 
bean border. One of the first to appear is the little Iris 
cristata with its sky-blue flowers. Iris florentina, almost white 
with a faint flush of lavender and delightfully scented, follows. 
