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turban, which the flower resembles. There are a number of forms of 

 TuUps, all of which are interesting. The earUest Tulips are of the 

 Due Van Thol group (Tuhpa suaveolens). The stems are rather short 

 and they would not be commended for garden culture except for the 

 fact that they are very early. They are usually characterized by 

 rather pointed or laterally rolled petafe. The midseason Tulips occupy 

 most of the garden interest. Hundreds of varieties are pictured and 

 described in the catalogues. This main group is often termed the 

 Gesneriana TuUps. It includes the peculiar fringed petaled group, 

 known as the Parrot or Dragon, together with the Darwins with their 

 subtle colors and long steins, as well as the May-flowering or Cottage 

 varieties, which possess the long stems of the Darwins, but the blooms, 

 instead of being globular, are more or less beU-shaped, the tips of the 

 petals being reflexed. With exceUent effect we have seen the exquisite 

 scarlet Pride of Haarlem, a Darwin variety, growing in a bed of blue 

 German Iris (pallida dalmatica). When the T\ilips have finished 

 flowering the Iris begins and the color scheme is entirely changed in a 

 few week's time. 

 Winter Aconite. (See Eranthis hyemaUs.) 



