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most strongly recommend these Tulips to those who want a 
really beautiful display of colour in the garden in May and 
early June. Space will only permit us to give a selection 
of the many varieties published in trade lists. Our selection is 
as follows : Albitlora, white, recurved petals, i8in. ; Batalini, 
soft chrome, yellow centre, Sin. ; Blushing Bride, white to 
carmine-rose, centre, peacock-blue, 15m. ; Bouton d’Or, golden- 
yellow, 17m. ; Canary Cup, canary-yellow, dark base and 
purple anthers, i6in. ; Cottager’s Pink, pink, centre green and 
yellow, three outer petals recurved, 12m.; Dainty Maid, white 
ground with rosy-lilac markings, 21 in. ; flava, lemon yellow, 
2ft. ; fulgens, vermilion-crimson, white centre, reflexed petals, 
2ft. ; Gold Cup, yellow, flaked crimson, edged carmine-red, 
black blotch at base, 15m. ; Hatfield Pink, cherry-rose, centre 
white, petals pointed, 1 sin. ; Irish Beauty, white and rose, 
centre blue, anthers black, 15m. ; La Merveille, salmon-rose 
and orange-red, yellow’ centre, fragrant, very elegantly formed, 
i8in. ; Maid of Honour, chrome-yellow and white, margined 
rose, three outer petals reflexing, 2oin. ; Merry Maid, rosy- 
scarlet and primrose, long flower, aoin. ; Mrs. Moon, golden- 
yellow, petals long and pointed ; Orange Beauty, orange and 
apricot, 2oin. ; Orlando, vermilion, centre black and lemon, 
outer petals reflexed, 14m. ; Orpheus, primrose, margined red, 
centre dark green and lemon, petals reflexed, 2iin. ; Picotee, 
white margined rose, recurved petals, 2oin. ; Rose Mignon, 
creamy-white, flaked rose, petals reflexed, i6in. ; Sweet Nancy, 
white, edged pink, blue base, violet anthers, i8in. ; Yellow 
Gem, primrose, very elegant flower, 14m. 
Bedding Tulips. — This section includes the single and 
double varieties so extensively used for growing in beds to 
flower in April. These are largely imported from Holland 
annually, and may be purchased at a cheap rate in mixture or 
in collections of named varieties. A few of the best single 
varieties are Due Van Thol, scarlet, yellow, rose and white 
varieties; Canary Bird, yellow; Artus, scarlet; Chrysolora, 
yellow ; Cottage Maid, rose and white ; Couleur Cardinal, 
crimson-scarlet ; Joost Van Vondel, crimson-scarlet and white ; 
Keizerskroon, scarlet edged yellow ; Rose Grisdelin, rose and 
white ; Pottebakker, yellow, scarlet, and white varieties ; and 
Vermilion Brilliant, scarlet. Then of double sorts the follow- 
ing are equally good : Bride of Lammermoor, white, flushed 
rose ; Carmen Sylva, rose, flaked white ; Imperator rubrorum, 
scarlet ; La Candeur, white ; Le Matador, scarlet ; Murillo, rose, 
flushed white ; Rubra maxima, vermilion ; Alba maxima, 
white; Snowball, white and cream; Tournesol, yellow and 
scarlet varieties , Minnie Hawk, carmine-rose. 
Darwin Tulips. — A class of Tulips bearing self-coloured 
