As for the flowering Apples, Mains Florihunda, (it used to Flowering 
be called Pyrus), is the tree of trees for a garden, a shrubbery Crabs 
or a lawn. It begins to flower when it is a baby and each 
spring is literally smothered in masses of single pink bloom. 
M. Spectahalis is the double one, also very fine. For a Standard 
in a garden the Bechtel's Flowering Crab cannot be surpassed, 
it is generally listed as Pyrus or Malus loensis; it is very hardy, 
its double sweet-scented flowers grow in clusters on pickable 
stems, especially lovely in the bud. Parkmann's Flowering 
Crab is another you should not be without ; it is a low-branch- 
ing bush and therefore cannot be used as a standard as you 
would Bechtel's Crab, but the buds are brilliant cherry which 
is thrilling with the soft pink and white of the opened flowers. 
I have been asked where you could get the new varieties of Tulips 
Tulips which we saw at the Bronx last Spring. I find them 
all listed in Van Tubergen's Holland Catalogue. If you 
are getting them in quantity it would be best to order them 
from him as his prices are materially cheaper. His sole agent 
is E. J. Krug, 110 Broad street. New York City, Some of our 
members made lists of the most striking novelties. I find 
they range from $3.00 to $34.00 per 100 from Krug with 25% 
duty. The less expensive ones that we most admired were 
Mrs. Cleveland, flesh pink; Sahrina, mahogany; Apricot and 
Doni Pedro. The more expensive but not more lovely ones 
were Bacchus, dark violet and bro^vn, $18.00 per 100; Gold- 
finch, bronze and orange, $34.00 a 100; Klopstoc, reddish violet, 
$34.00 a 100; Louis XIV, purple and gold, $20.00 per 100; 
Serpentine, rosy brown, $18.00 ; Anton Mauve, $12.00 a 100 ; 
and Garahaldi, a soft yellow and heliotrope, $34.00 a 100. 
On page 44 of the July Bulletin Mrs. Hubbard speaks of 
the mixture that she has evolved of these choice late tulips, 
and as she is away I have looked them up and find all but two 
can be gotten from Krug at from $2.70 to $6.00 a 100. 
Zephyr and Saes I cannot find listed in any catalogue; 
Vaughan may list them, but I have not his bulb catalogue. 
The second combination of which she speaks is said to be 
so fine that I am going to repeat it here for her readers. 
Pink, Mauve and Pale Yellow Combination. 
Cardinal Manning, 
Dream, 
The Fawn, 
Fairy Queen, 
Inglcscomhe Pink, 
Solfaterre, 
Sultan, 
mauve and orange .50 per 10 
mauve and heliotrope .50 per 10 
fawn-colored .40 per 10 
rich heliotrope and fawn .40 per 10 
soft pink .50 per 10 
pale j'ellow .50 per 10 
maroon black .40 per 10 
$3.00 per 100 -^l^^ 
$3.60 per 100 HubBARDS 
$2.70 per 100 
$2.70 per 100 
$3.00 per 100 
$3.00 per 100 
$2.70 per 100 
Mixture 
$3.20 per 70 $20.70 per 700 
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