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GARDEN GUIDE 



Summer Hyacinth. (See Galtonia candicans.) 



Tulips. The finest garden subject among the Dutch bulbs is, in the 

 opinion of many, the TuUp. It is so hardy, the colors are both dainty 

 and vivid, the form is exquisite, and the ease of success commends it 

 to every garden. The name has been derived from the Persian iolihan, 

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

 Tulips, all of which are interesting. The earliest Tulips are of the 

 Due Van Thol group {Tulipa 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 

 petals. The mid- 

 season Tulips oc- 

 cupy most of the 

 garden interest. 

 Hundreds of va- 

 rieties are pic- 

 tured and des- 

 cribed in the 

 catalogues. This 

 main group is of- 

 ten termed the 

 Gesneriana Tu- 

 hps. It includes 

 the peculiar fring- 

 ed petaled group, 

 known as the Par- 

 rot or Dragon, to- 

 gether with the 

 Darwins with 

 their subtle colors 

 and long stems, as 

 well as the May- 

 flowering or Cot- 

 tage varieties, 

 which possess the 

 long stems of the 

 Darwins, but the 

 blooms, instead of 

 being globular, 

 are more or less 

 bell-shaped, the 

 tips of the petals 

 Tulips— Bouton d'Or being reflexed. 



The most handsome of the long-stemmed yellow Tulips With excellent ef- 

 fect we have seen 



the exquisite scarlet Pride of Haarlem, a Darwin variety, growing in a 

 bed of blue German Iris {pallida dalmaiica). When the Tulips have 

 finished flowering the Iris begins and the color scheme is entirely 

 changed in a few week's time. 



Water Lilies. {See Contents.) 



Winter Aconite. (See Eranthis hyemalis.) 



