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their fantastic beauty may be added to the garden 

 for a very modest sum. 



The double tulips of long ago were despised, and 

 perhaps rightly so, but such improvements have been 

 made in them, that now many quite rival the peony 

 in beauty and size. 



The Boule de Neige is the largest double white; 

 other fine types are Brimstone Beauty, a rosy yellow ; 

 the Tournesol, a wonderful yellow; Raphael, largest 

 pink; and Vuurbaak, vermilion; these are all early 

 blooming. 



Of the late double ones, blooming in May, the best 

 we've tried are Yellow Rose, gold colored; La Belle 

 Alliance, a feathery white and blue ; and Blue Flag, 

 purplish-blue. 



If you are a greedy lover of tulips, you will prob- 

 ably want a hundred of the extra fine single ones, 

 which can make you feel like a multi-millionaire at an 

 outlay of only one dollar. It is well to order an 

 equal quantity of both late and early kinds to extend 

 the tulip festival even into early June. 



The tulips form their progeny under the old bulb, 

 and if these children are not removed every third 

 year the old bulb becomes so weakened the bloom will 



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