May  6,  1897. 
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bulb  nurseries,  and  in  old  gardens,  some  remained  undestroyed. 
The  beautiful  variety  Dame  Elegante,  in  flower  as  I  write,  is  one 
of  these.  Shenstone  could  never  have  seen  a  flower  like  this,  or 
■<uch  sentiments  as  these.  She  is  a  dainty,  shapely,  creamy  yellow 
flower,  with  narrow  carmine  stripes,  not  unworthy  of  the  name 
she  has  received.  Mr.  W.  B.  Hartland,  of  Cork,  in  his  “  Little 
W/mm, 
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Fig.  79  — SANGU.INARIA  CANADENSIS  GRANDIFLOEtA 
he  would  never  have  spoken  as  he  did  of  the  “  gross  splendours  ” 
of  the  Tulip,  which  are,  he  said,  ‘‘  inelegantly  gay  ”  in  the  distance, 
and  “  To  the  near  view  no  pleasing  charms  display.”  Dame 
.Elegante  could  by  no  possibility  rouse  (we  cannot  say  inspire) 
Book  of  Tulips,”  tells  us  that  Dame  Elegante  is  of  French  origin. 
However  this  may  be,  we  hope  she  may  long  find  a  home  in 
the  gariens  of  the  British  Isles  to  give  true  pleasure  to  their 
owners  and  their  friends. 
