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r*HESE gorgeous new late or May-flowering tulips are very stately and beautiful — producing immense flowers on tall sturdy stems 

 * attaining a height of from two to three feet. The flowers are models of perfection in form, lasting wax-like substance — and 

 in a great variety of both dainty and richly brilliant colorings ranging from blush through pinks, rose, salmon-red, crimson, etc., to 

 rich ox-blood reds, from lavender through mauve, light blue to violet-purple, and from light brown to black. The centers of many 

 of them are beautifully marked. The Darwins also include two or three good whites — but clear yellows have not yet been produced. 

 Therefore where the latter color is desired selection should be made from the "Cottage" Tulips offered on pages 14 and 15. The 

 Darwin Tulips are exceedingly effective when grown in groups of a dozen or more bulbs of one variety in the garden or herbaceous 

 border with a back ground of greenery which enhances their magnificence. The beauty, hardiness and perpetuity of the Darwin 

 Tulips is making them very popular. As cut flowers they are unsurpassable. The long-stemmed, bold, durable flowers have a 

 dignity and character exclusively their own. Darwin Tulips may be successfully flowered in pots or pans in the house in winter 

 if grown cool and not forced into bloom before March. 



The Darwin Tulips comprising our collection — as offered on the opposite page — have been selected while in bloom at our own 

 trial grounds as the best of their various colors and shades from hundreds of named varieties. The bulbs — all largest flowering size 

 are imported by us from the Holland growers. 







Giant Darwin Tulips as grown for exhibition at Haarlem Holland. 



