HOUSE AND GARDEN 
October, 1911 
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deep, close to the edge of the lawn, and 
setting the bulbs six inches apart. 
We had, as a rule, sixteen bulbs of a 
kind, which gave us eight on each side of 
the garden. 
In the spring they all came up very 
evenly, and on the first day of May many 
of them were showing their color in good 
full buds. They grew rapidly and by the 
middle of May were all in full bloom, each 
plant holding its beautiful cup proudly on 
stiff, strong stems. 
The garden appeared to be decorated 
with a line of many tinted electric lights 
or partly colored goblets of nectar. The 
flowers opened widely in the sun at mid¬ 
day and closed to oval cups at night. 
In our case, we had only a single row of 
bulbs; the same color scheme could be 
carried out by multiplying the rows, mak¬ 
ing the border wider and shorter if de¬ 
sired, according to the space to be filled. 
In many cases, also, we were governed 
by the price of the bulbs, as we had set a 
limit on the amount we would put into the 
border. Possibly some of the higher priced 
bulbs might have given a better result, but 
we were quite well satisfied with our ex¬ 
periment. and have the pleasure of know¬ 
ing that it will increase in beauty and 
width with every passing year. 
We succeeded in securing great variety 
in color, but so placed and arranged that 
the colors did not clash, and the effect was 
artistic and harmonious throughout. 
The average height of the tulios was 
about twenty-five inches, but some vari¬ 
eties exceeded this. Several of the 
Dreams reached a height of thirty-seven 
inches, by actual measurement; and 
Baronne de la Tonnave and many others 
measured thirty-three inches and over. 
Our little garden was full of color dur¬ 
ing the entire month of May, when the 
other flowers were coming on, and on the 
first of June many of the tulips were still 
beautiful. 
Over and among the tulips we planted 
our sweet alyssum seeds for the white 
summer border, which was well under way 
before the tulips disappeared. 
The following is a list of the tulips in 
order of planting, with color and price. 
Darwins except where indicated. 
Each. 
1— La Tulipe Noire, the famous “black tulip”.. .$0.35 
2 — The Sultan, maroon-black.05 
3— King Harold, dark blood-red shaded maroon... .05 
4 — Cardinal, dark, rich cardinal.05 
5 — Gesneriana Major (cottage), crimson-scarlet... .03 
6 — Farnscombe Sanders, fiery scarlet.xo 
7— Europe, orange scarlet.05 
8— Glow, brilliant glowing vermilion.05 
9 — Orange Beauty (cottage), orange red. flushed 
with gold. 04 
10—Gala Beauty Columbus (cottage), vermilion 
striped with gold .10 
■i — Mrs. Moon (cottage), orange yellow.07 
12 —Bouton d’Or (cottage), clear golden yellow... .03 
: 3 — Vitellina (cottage), pale canai'y yellow.05 
1 4 — Painted Lady, creamy white.05 
: 5 — White Queen, white, tinted with rose.05 
>6—Gretchen, soft blush rose.05 
' 7 —Clara Butt, soft rosy pink.05 
'8 — Loveliness, soft rosy carmine.05 
*9 Baronne de la Tonnaye, carmine rose, shading 
to pink . 05 
20 —Queen of Roses, carmine rose.05 
21 Edmee, rich cherry red.10 
22 Sieraad van Flora, vivid rose red.06 
Lavender Tones. 
2 3 Kate Greenaway, white, suffused with lilac.05 
2 4 Zephyr, violet rose, white centre.06 
2 j Drearn, soft lilac with claret purple interior.05 
2 ° Kev. H. Enbank, vivid heliotrope lilac.05 
2 7 ~Rona]d Gunn, “The bluest of the Darwins”... .06 
In one year the earth on its orbit 
around the sun travels 584,000,000 miles; 
in the same time telephone messages 
travel 23,600,000,000 miles over the path¬ 
ways provided by the Bell system. That 
means that the 7,175,000,000 Bell con¬ 
versations cover a distance forty times 
that traveled by the earth. 
When it is considered that each tele¬ 
phone connection includes replies as well 
as messages, the mileage of talk becomes 
even greater. 
These aggregate distances, which ex¬ 
ceed in their total the limits of the Solar 
system, are actually confined within the 
boundaries of the United States. They 
show the progress that has been made to¬ 
wards universal service and the in¬ 
tensive intercommunication between 
90,000,000 people. 
No such mileage of talk could be pos¬ 
sible in such a limited area were it not 
that each telephone is the center of one 
universal system. 
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BENCHES 
When properly placed produce the desired 
artistic effect to the garden or lawn. 
We furnish them hand carved and made 
of marble, Indiana limestone or our regular 
catalogued goods, which are made of com¬ 
pos.tion stone. 
Catalogue on request. 
TOGNARELLI & VOIGT CO. 
2302 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, Pa. 
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