SELECT BULBS FOR FALL PLANTING 
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EARLY SINGLE TULIPS 
With proper regard for shade and position, I certainly recommend planting Early 
Tulips out-of-doors. I usually alternate groups of these with Late Tulips and Darwin 
Tulips, and thus have a pretty show for a much longer time. 
In the East they grow these by the millions in open ground and make a wonderful 
show with them. In California wc can grow them quite as well in pots, but they will 
be failures in the open ground, and to succeed must be shaded as indicated on page 3. 
The groups may be of from twelve to as high as 150 of a sort, and can be planted 
close together, as they do not flower at the same time. The foliage of one sets off the 
others. Well planned, such a bed is very satisfactory. 
Any of the following varieties will do for this, and in the Bay cities either the 
east or west side of a house or the same situation as regards trees will answer. 
The varieties that I offer are among the tallest of this class, and are all well adapted 
to pot culture (see bottom of preceding page). 
For forcing and pot culture these are the only Tulips to use. 
YELLOWS: Chxysolora is a large flower, not very long-stemmed, and one of the 
favorites for potting; Prince de Ligny (No. 2 on front cover) is a taller plant, and a 
little lighter yellow. Both arc excellent; the price is 3 cts. each, 30c. per doz., $2 per 100. 
WHITES: White Swan is so tall as almost to suggest a late Tulip, and lasts a long 
time. White Hawk, a pure white early Tulip, is fine for forcing. Prices same as above. 
REDS AND SCARLETS: Sparkler, or Cramoisi Brillant, fairly 
dazzles the eye with its orange- 
scarlet flowers poised on long 
stems; Prince of Austria is 
also orange-scarlet, and a 
larger flower and is sweet- 
scented. Rembrandt is scar- 
let, but tending more to glow- 
ing red, and wonderful in its 
intense colors. The price is 4 
cts. each, 40 cts. per doz., $3 
per 100. 
YELLOWS AND REDS: 
A favorite in these colors is 
Keizerkroon, whose picture 
on page 3 makes it outsell 
any other early Tulip that I 
offer. Look at the picture, 
and fancy the glowing crim- 
son-scarlet center in striking 
contrast to the bright yellow 
rim. It is large, also, and 
one of the best potting Tu- 
lips. Just as beautiful and 
more lasting is Duchesse de 
Parma, in which we have the 
same arrangement of coloring 
but an orange-scarlet center 
and an equally fine flower. 
Of the two I prefer the Duch- 
esse. Keizerkroon is 4 cts. 
each, 35 cts. per doz., $2.50 
per 100, while Duchesse de 
Parma is 3 cts. each, 30 cts. 
per doz., $2.25 per 100. 
Cottage Maid is a lovely 
rose-flushed white, and one 
of the favorities for potting. 
The price is 3 cts. each, 25c. 
per doz., $2 per 100. 
In pink, Rose Precieuse 
is both lovely and one of the 
very earliest to force. 50 cts. 
per doz., $3.50 per 100. 
Rembrandt Tulipi 
