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warm, sheltered place. Three red ones, 7. tuber- 
geniana, T. Greigii and T. oculus solis are all very 
handsome and there is an early pink or white one, 
T. Kaufmanniana. : 
The lack of tulip education is most deplorable 
in the case of the cottage and Darwin tulips. Any 
of these, but most of all the selfs, are among the 
very choicest material for giving the garden beau- 
tiful May color with sharply defined individuality 
of form. Such cottage tulips as Glare of the Gar- 
den, Orange King, Inglescombe Yellow, Mrs. 
Moon, The Fawn and Black Chief and such Dar- 
wins as Clara Butt, Baronne de la Tonnaye, King 
Harold, Mrs. Krelage, Peter Barr and Mrs. Stan- 
ley are a joy to handle in the making of a garden 
picture. 
Of hyacinths there is less to be learned. Only 
the familiar Hyacinthus orientalis, single and dou- 
ble, is generally available in gardens north of 
Washington, but with protection it is possible to 
grow the dainty Roman hyacinth in the open ground 
near New York. What is chiefly to be learned 
about hyacinths proper is that it is idle to keep on 
in the old way of making mixed plantings; no bulb 
loses more by such treatment. There is no ex- 
cuse for this; named varieties of every hue, that 
have stood the test of time, are to be had and 
for low spring massing in a solid tone nothing is 
better. This is a more expensive plan than buy- 
ing by color alone, but safer, as in the latter in- 
stance there is likely to be a conglomeration of 
