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appropriately grown among the smaller attractive Azaleas. 
The list of double Tulips is much more restricted, but the 
quality of such varieties leaves little to be desired in such 
Bulbs as the Salvator Rosa, Duke of York and the like. 
Many of these double flowers are delightfully fragrant and 
the list here given may be useful in making a choice. White: 
Rose Blanche, and La Candeur (pure white); Pink: 
Murillo; Red: Titian (bordered yellow) ; Rose: Tournesoil 
(scarlet-edged yellow), Salvator Rosa, Duke of York, and 
Lord Beaconsfield; Yellow: Yellow Rose and Tournesoil 
Yellow; Bronze Orange: Toreador; Scarlet: Rex Rubrorum 
and Imperator Rubrorum. The Rose Blanche is an 
eight-inch variety, the Murillo, Toreador, Tournesoil 
and Tournesoil Yellow are nine-inch varieties and the others 
reach a height of ten inches. 
Tulip beds and borders should be given a light top-dress- 
ing of stable litter late in the Fall or after the ground 
freezes, and remove the most of this early in Spring, as 
soon as growth begins, retaining enough to protect from 
severe frost. If all the litter is left on, the new growth will 
force itself up through and be injured when an attempt is 
made to remove it. It is a good plan to leave a quantity 
of litter convenient for replacing at the approach of a cold 
wave, this can be done by planning for a mulch box. 
Hyacinths require practically the 
same treatment as do Tulips, but 
should be planted farther apart— 
from six to eight inches and much 
deeper—from three to four inches. 
They are better left in permanent 
beds from year to year, growing some 
light rooted annual in the beds as a 
cover during the Summer months, 
Pansies, Forget-Me-Nots, Schizan- 
thus and the like making excellent 
cover. The single Hyacinths make 
finer spikes and a better display than 
do the double ones and are, in conse- 
quence, generally preferred to the 
former. In the following list will be 
found all that could be desired: Bar- 
oness von Thuyl, a beautiful, delicate 
pink; Charles Dickens, an exquisite 
shade of pink; Lady Derby, one of 
the finest pink Hyacinths; Moreno, 
pink; Roi des Belges, brilliant crim- 
son-scarlet, fine bedder; Baroness von 
Thuyl, pure white; Grandeur’s a’Mer- 
veille, plush-white—the most popular 
of this shade; La Grandesse, finest 
pure white, fine spike, immense bells; 
La Innocense, the most popular of the 
pure whites; Mme. Van der Hoop, 
pure white, very large bells; Mr. 
Plimsol, an excellent ivory-white; 
King of the Blues, blue—the fin- 
est of the deep-blue variety; Baron 
Von Thuyl, rich purplish blue, very 
rich; Czar Peter, light lavender blue; 
Grand Maitre, deep porcelain blue; 
Marie Rich, purplish blue, enormous 
spike; Queen of the Blues, clear silver 
azure blue, a grand sort; Ida, one of 
the best yellows; King of the Yellows, 
yellow; Odelisque, rich, deep yellow, 
and Yellow Hammer, fine spike and 
bells. 
In purchasing Hyacinths it pays to 
get the selected, first size Bulbs, as 
they will give far better results than 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
the cheaper Bulbs. 
These can usually be 
bought for twelve 
cents each, $1.00 per 
dozen, or $7.00 per 
hundred, fifty at hun- 
dred rates, which is 
the more economical 
way to purchase. 
For naturalizing 
in the grass nothing 
is prettier than the 
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acinths — Muscaria 
Botryoides — which 
grow about six inches 
high and _ resemble 
erect bunches of tiny 
blue or white grapes. Se ie 
The Grape Hyacinth A bed of Tulips 
is one of the few plants that will grow under Pine trees, 
and it is useful in covering barren spots. This and the well- 
known Star of Bethlehem may, when once planted, be 
trusted to take care of themselves. The latter, however, re- 
A mass of well-placed double Tulips always forms an exquisite color note in the landscape 
and where the area permits one should plan such an arrangement 
