DUO VAN THOl. TULIP. 
TULIPS. 
The Tulip is so perfectly hardy, flourishes so well under the most ordinary care, and is so 
varied and brilliant, that it never fails to give the greatest satisfaction. I sell but very few bulbs 
with so much pleasure as the Tulips, because I feel sure they will be more than satisfactory. The 
Tulip is dashing and showy, of the most brilliant and varied and deli- 
cate coloring, and desirable even as single specimens, but it is when 
grown in masses that the finest effect is produced. Nothing in the 
floral world can equal the dazzling brilliancy and gorgeousness of a 
bed of good Tulips. The early varieties are excellent for house culture. 
Any good garden soil will do for the Tulip. A very rich soil is 
not necessary, though well rotted manure, rotted sods, or leaf-mold 
may be applied when the earth is poor. See that the drainage is 
good before planting. Plant in October 
and November. Make the soil fine and 
deep. Set the Early flowering kinds five 
inches apart, and the Late varieties six 
inches. Cover three inches deep. After 
Tulips have done flowering they can be 
taken up and planted close together in 
any corner of the garden until it is time to replant in the beds in the 
autumn, or Verbenas or other bedding plants can be set out between 
the rows, and before they cover the ground the leaves of the Tulips 
will be sufliciently ripe to be removed, and the ground raked off. 
Tulips are divided into two general classes. Early and Late, 
and these again into several others. The earliest Tulips flower in this 
latitude the latter part of April, and by a proper selection of early and 
late sorts a good display can be kept up for more than a month, if the 
weather proves tolerably cool and moist. 
Early Tulips. — The earliest of the early class is the Due Van 
Thol, single and double. 
They are in bloom here in 
April. The single varieties 
white, yellow, scarlet, crimson, etc., growing about six 
inches in height, and make brilliant, dazzling beds. They 
are also excellent for flowering in the house during the 
winter, three or four in a pot. The double variety is about 
the same height, red, bordered with yellow. We recom- 
mend those not acquainted with them to try a few Due 
Van Thols for winter flowering in pots, or boxes, or bas- 
kets. Let the soil be very sandy, and if mixed with a 
little moss, all the better. 
The TouRNESOL follows the Due Van Thol, with very 
large, double Jlowers, keeping in bloom a long time, and 
very desirable in all respects. Two varieties, orange 
and red, and very fine yellow. Good for pot culture 
in winter. 
Following the Tournesol, is a large class of Single 
Early Tulips, containing very many splendid varieties. 
They flower early, before the sun becomes very hot, and 
hence continue in perfection longer than later kinds. 
These can always be depended upon for a brilliant and 
enduring bed. No class of Tulips will give greater satis- 
These, like the two preceding kinds, will give great satisfaction grown in pots in the 
For bedding in masses, and especially for the formation of ribbon beds, these Single 
SINGLE EARLY TULIP. 
are of fine colors 
DOUBLE TULIP. 
faction 
house. 
Early Tulips are unsurpassed. 
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