September 26, 1908. GARDENING WORLD. 61 3 
\ low, .Mammoth White, Mammoth Blue 
i Mammoth Striped. These would 
r , resent garden forms of two or three 
vdes of Crocus. 
0 get them to produce the largest 
nber of flowers per corm, good cultiva- 
lu is necessary, because then the corms 
(tubers have been cultivated under suit- 
, e conditions and at proper width apart 
- as to give the foliage the benefit of 
l ht and air and the roots the advantage 
the nourishment in the soil. These 
1 ;e Crocuses may be planted in beds 
’borders in the ordinary way for spring 
.rrlening, or they may be planted in 
[ :s, but to get the best results under the 
1 t form of treatment they should not be 
t> crowded in the pot. If the cultivator 
Irrs in mind that a large number of 
hvers have to find room for expansion, 
;d that the roots must have plenty of 
mrishment, then a little more space 
ould be given them than is customary, 
srecially for exhibition purposes. 
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, Very Early Single 
Tulip. 
T' Canary Bird. 
When Tulips for very early flowering 
e called to mind, it is the Due van Thol 
pe that one thinks of. \ arieties of that 
d Tulip vary greatly in colour, and 
any of them have been named, usually 
am their colour. Their chief value was 
eir earliness and brightness of the 
lour, but the blooms were very small. 
Several varieties are now in cultivation 
at possess the quality of earliness, while 
je flowers are much larger and therefore 
ore effective when brought into bloom, 
hen it is their nature to bloom early 
ey respond much more readily and 
isily to the art of the cultivator than in 
ie case of very late Tulips, for instance, 
anary Bird is one of these naturally 
irly varieties that may, for convenience 
ike be grouped together with the types 
: Due van Thol. The flowers are very 
irge, of a bright, clear yellow, and are 
lell represented by the accompanying 
lustration, which was put at our disposal 
y Messrs. . Webb and Sons, Wordsley, 
tourbridge. 
The variety is also notable for being 
sry reasonable in price, being much 
tore so than many of the varieties of 
>uc van Thol itself. Messrs. “Webb and 
ons, Wordslev, Stourbridge, make a 
oint of supplying all classes of bulbs 
rr flowering early in the season, for mid- 
eason and late season. 
-- 
leorge III. and the Kew Gardener. 
It-was the widowed Princess of Wales, 
prompted by Lord Bute, who began the 
rursery of exotic plants which became 
he particular feature of the Kew 
'rounds. They were laid out by a self- 
:aught gardener, Launcelot Brown, 
mown in his time as “ Capability ” 
drown, who insisted on having- his own 
deas executed. When he died, George 
-II. is said to have chuckled to an under- 
<ardcncr, K Now you and I can do as we 
flease here!” 
[Dobbie and Co. 
Dobbie’s Mammoth Crocus. 
[I Vtbb and Sons. 
Single Tulip Canary Bird. 
