POPULAR HARDY BULBS 209 



as high as one thousand dollars each, and entire 

 communities became involved in the excited 

 speculation — usually to financial disaster. 



There are still other varieties of tulips which 

 the amateur will find both interesting and val- 

 uable. Among these may be mentioned Greigi, 

 one of the best, orange-scarlet, yellow and 

 black center; Carinata rubra, crimson and 

 green; Clusiana, white, with broad red stripe; 

 Sylvestris, or Florentina odorata, fragrant, 

 yellow; and Persica, dwarf, brown. 



OTHER SPRING-FLOWERING BULBS 



There are other bulbs for fall planting, some 

 of which have already been mentioned, that 

 will prove hardy all over the country. Many 

 of them are especially valuable because of 

 the early bloom they afford in the first days 

 of spring. In fact, there are about a dozen 

 that can generally be relied on for March 

 flowers in the north. Their delicate grace and 

 unconquerable hardiness are their chief charms ; 

 Maeterlinck has said of them that they are 

 "frail and chilly but bright as a bold idea." 

 As a rule they have sacrificed both size and 

 fragrance in order to press forward extraor- 

 dinarily early in the season. Of all of them 



