The besi combination of double tulips, Rex Rubrorum (red) and La Candeur Making the most of asmall bed. This plot 5x10 ft. was planted with 225 Rose 
(white). These two varieties flower simultaneously, and last the same length of Luisante tulips (pink), costing about $10. Pansies between the tulips came into 
, time. This bed, 9x18 feet, requires 500 bulbs, costing about $10 flower next, and were cleared out for summer plants in June. 
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| A red, white, and blue effect in hyacinths. This 10x 15 oval bed took 350 bulbs, A combination bed of three single tulips, L’ Immaculee (white); Chrysolora 
| Gertrude (light red), British Queen (white), La Peyrouse (light blue). The red vari- (yellow); Belle Alliance (crimson). The secret of success lies in selecting vari- 
ety sometimes flowers later than the others. Cost about $50 eties of the same height and season of bloom. Diameter of bed 12 feet; cost $20 
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| Parterre planting in a formal garden. The oval bed, 5x17 ft. planted with The way to use up forced bulbs. These alternating clumps of mixed tulips and 
| Cottage Maid (white, edged rose) and KeisersKroon (red, edged yellow). The others, daffodils were set out in the fali, after forcing. After the forced bulbs have flow- 
7x15 ft. with Artus (scarlet), La Reine (white, rose border) and Joost van Vondel ered, they may be ripened off and held till fall, or they may be planted immediately 
“crimson and white). 1500 bulbs used and summer bedding plants set out over them 
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