Leghorn Bonnet, Picotee, and La Merveille are all charming 
pointed flowers. In my gardens, the last two inspired more questions 
than any others and they cost but from Si.oo to S2.00 a hundred. 
Two lovely pointed pink flowers are Inglescombe Pink and Massa- 
chusetts. The first has a delightful yellow tinge when it comes into 
bloom and fades to almost the same shade as the second. They are 
both inexpensive, about $2. 00 to $4.00 a hundred. 
The Fawn and Jaune d'Oeuf give the tan and coppery shades and 
are better in my sight than any of the newer ones. They, too, can 
be had for from S2.00 to S4.50 a hundred. 
There is no prettier pale pink than Gretchen and it is the cheapest 
of them all, less than a dollar a hundred in the Dutch catalogues; and 
Mr. Farnscombe Sanders is a splendid tall cherry color that is not too 
red to look well with all the others. Its price is from $2. 00 to $5.00 
a hundred. 
Miss Willmott, both in form and in color, is almost the best of the 
yellows. It has no rival but the expensive Moonlight and is much the 
same pale yellow but not so tall. It costs from $2.50 to $4.50 a hun- 
dred. 
A brighter yellow that is a little more expensive (from $3.50 to 
S6.50), but very beautiful, is Avis Kennicott. 
The very dark shades are always costly; but Zulu, a very tall, al- 
most black tulip, is reasonable at from $4.00 to $7.50. Fra Angelico 
is the cheapest of the dark varieties. 
Perhaps the space will seem wasted in which so many familiar 
tulip varieties are named, but I have tried many sorts and am con- 
vinced that no plantings are more certainly charming than those made 
with these few old stand-bys. If your eye is atune to fine gradations 
of color you will want the close harmonies that the thousands of 
variations give, but two or three days of sun will play havoc with your 
painstaking effects. 
The variation in prices may seem great, but I give as the lowest 
those quoted by good Dutch growers and as the highest those of the 
most reliable importers. A hundred of each of the varieties named 
will cost the modest sum of perhaps $35.00. When the cheapest are 
really the prettiest why spend more? 
K. L. B. 
The double tulip, Bleu Celeste, is one of the few double flowers that 
has the charm of the single form. It is very tall with fine blue-green 
foliage. It blooms late and lasts for a long time in the garden or cut. 
It looks like a big bluish-mauve peony and is really very beautiful. 
