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EXHIBITION COLLECTION: Darwin, Breeder and Cottage Tulips 
Without exception no May-blooming bulbous plant rivals the Tulip for its brilliance of color and its adaptability to thrive in the 
shrubbery border, perennial border or formal beds. Creating a lovely garden with Tulips is like painting a picture. And the difference 
between the hesitant amateur and the finished creator of garden pictures ts likely to be the same difference that separates the beginner 
in painting and the finished artist. 
Tulips may be used by the amateur very successfully to obtain color harmonies with many of the most beautiful spring-flowering 
perennial plants such as the tall bearded Iris, the blue tones of spring Veronicas, Phlox divaricata, Mertensia virginica, blue Aubrieta, 
and the white Arabis or Iberis, or the orange tone of Siberian Wallflower. Vivid pink Tulips look well against the deep blue lilacs in 
the shrubbery border; the vivid scarlet ones may be planted in clumps of ten to twenty-five against the light and deeper green of 
evergreen plantings. They make May a delightful beginning to your garden year. 
TEN EXHIBITION TULIP VARIETIES 
The following ten varieties are considered by Tulip experts to be without a peer in their respective colors for garden planting. 
BELLE JAUNE. (Cottage.) For size, depth of color, strength of 
stem, this is one of the best rich golden yellow Tulips, if not the 
best. Height 30 inches. 
BLUE PERFECTION. (Darwin.) Bright blue-violet, of excellent 
size, borne on strong stems. The petals have a very artistic appear- 
ance, differing from most Darwins in being pointed and slightly 
reflexed. Blooms with the early Darwins and remains in good 
condition throughout the Tulip season. Slightly fragrant. Height 
30 inches. 
GLACIER. (Darwin.) Among the very best of all white Tulips. 
A flower of largest size when well grown. Has a long season of bloom 
and is of excellent substance. Height 30 inches. 
INDIAN CHIEF. (Breeder.) A huge flower of wonderful substance 
and most artistic shape, carried on a very long, strong stem, usually 
6 inches taller than the best new Giant Breeder varieties. A color 
unlike any other Tultp, best described as a reddish mahogany 
edged warm brown. A leader at all Tulip exhibitions. Height 36 
inches. 
MARJORIE BOWEN. (Cottage). A very unusual shade—a com- 
bination of buff and salmon, which passes to deep rose-pink with 
salmon shading. The large, well-formed flower is borne on a fine 
strong stem. Splendid for exhibition; much admired on account 
of its lively color. Height 29 inches. 

MARSHALL HAIG. (Cottage.) Among the new Tulips this ranks 
as one of the most brilliant scarlets, with a bright yellow base. A 
flower of magnificent size and texture, much admired on account 
of its color. We consider this the best brilliant scarlet hybrid Tulip 
of recent introduction. Height 30 inches. 
PRIDE OF ZWANENBURG. (Darwin.) Salmon-pink with a 
narrow margin of bluish rose. The large flower is carried on a 
strong, stiff stem. One of the finest pink Tulips, of great substance 
and especially recommended for exhibition. Height 30 inches. 
TANTALUS. (Breeder.) Much praised at all exhibitions on ac- 
count of its fascinating color. Large, cup-shaped flower of excellent 
substance, of light cadmium-yellow overlaid with dull slate-violet. 
Height 30 inches. 
THE BISHOP. (Darwin.) One of the outstandmg Tulips at most 
exhibitions and conceded the finest in its class. Best described as 
the purest helictrope shade in the Darwins. A large, bowl-like 
flower of very artistic coloring. Height 30 inches. 
THE PEACH. (Darwin.) Without a doubt, this is the finest peach- 
pink Tulip that has been introduced to date. The color is an even 
tone of peach-pink. The flowers are large, of splendid substance, 
and are borne on strong stems; when grown indoors, the color is 
very beautiful. It blooms with the early Darwins and remains in 
fine condition with the later ones. Height 30 inches. 
Any of the above 10 varieties of Tulips, if ordered separately, 10 bulbs $1.50, 100 bulbs $12 

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