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For garden purposes the Early Tulips should be used more freely 
than they have been of late years. The Darwin Tulips seem to 
have forced these valuable flowers somewhat to the background, 
but, since they bloom a considerable time before the Late Tulips 
begin to show color, a glorious display of soft and brilliant colors 
appears in the garden at a time when this can be best appreciated, 
the bleak winter garden becoming gay during the last of April 
and early May, if Early Tulips are used in the borders among 
perennials. They include shades not found in any other class and 
there are varieties among them which cannot be surpassed by the 
later kinds. 
No better advice could be given than to suggest that this group 
be used again as they once were, for constant improvement has 
been made in the Early Tulips and some of the newer sorts are 
extremely beautiful. -The list below contains the choicest of the 
older varieties and all the newer ones that are worth a place in 
the garden. 
Detailed planting directions will be included with the shipment 
of the bulbs. 
The figure following the name indicates the relative 
time of flowering. 
APRICOT YELLOW. 2. Buff-primrose with flush and stripe of 
soft carmine, edged amber-yellow; inside amber-yellow with 
flush of peach-pink; yellow base and black anthers A flower 
of most unusual and attractive color. 16 in. 
10 bulbs, 8 5 cts.; 100 bulbs, $7.50. 
Va^c Fourteen 
