In any other country of the Continent, and these 

 verdant slopes and mounds may be said to form, 

 with their oblong canals, the characteristics of the 



' ■ John^ Claudius London. 



I asked an old gardener whether he could tell 

 me anything about Dutch Gardens, and he made 

 answer, "They be bits o' beds with edgings o' box, 

 and gravel walks, and four sloping banks forming a 

 square outside, and they be pratty toys for children, 

 and very snug for varmint. " ^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^_^^^_ 



Love has made many lovers foolish; but it took 

 flower-love to drive a nation crazy, and of all nations 

 it was the sober-minded Dutchmen ! Once in H olland 

 they grew ecstatic over tulips; so crazily fond of 

 tulips that two thousand dollars was cheap for a 

 single bulb. All ranks high and low were carried 

 off their understandings into tulip-speculations ; the 

 towns had their tulip-exchange; the public notary 

 became the tulip-notary, and when the bubble 

 burst, fortunes vanished; the panic was national, and 

 the country did not get over the shock to its 

 commerce for several years. ^^.^^.^^ ^_ ^^^^^^^_ 



Gold and crimson tulip? 



Lift your bright heads up. 

 Catch the shining dewdrops 



In your dainty cups: 

 If the birdies see you 



When they're flying, by. 

 They will think a sunset 



Dropped from out the sky. 



Alice C. D. Riley. 



