. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. PARROT TULirS, Dutch Tulips, familiar in parks a id gardens early in the spring. Gesner's Tulip, described in catalogues as T. Gesneriam spathulata, or T. G. major, should lie planted in hold groups by itself or with other plants. A happy association is a colony amongst Quince trees, the great goblet-shaped crimson flowers, when expanded in the May sun, glowing as if alight with colour. Dull and ineffective are all other kii ds against this splend d flower, tall, vigorous, and rich in colour, made s
. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. PARROT TULirS, Dutch Tulips, familiar in parks a id gardens early in the spring. Gesner's Tulip, described in catalogues as T. Gesneriam spathulata, or T. G. major, should lie planted in hold groups by itself or with other plants. A happy association is a colony amongst Quince trees, the great goblet-shaped crimson flowers, when expanded in the May sun, glowing as if alight with colour. Dull and ineffective are all other kii ds against this splend d flower, tall, vigorous, and rich in colour, made still more so by the bluish centre. In large gardens fill distinct beds with it, and use it too in the hardy border or permanent beds of perennials as a relief to other things. T. elegans, the dark crimson florets reflexing at the apex, Fulgens. crimson, Golden Beauty (also known as Bouton d'Or), deep yellow, and Golden Eagle, also yellow, but w ith a margin of crimson to the florets, are also handsome. A delightful kind is Macrospila, a form undoubtedly of Gesneriana, but the flowers are rose carmine in colour and sweetly scented ; no Tulip is so fragiant as this sturdy kind. Then there are various varieties of Gesneriana— carminea, with its white centre, and alba marginata, ivory white, thinly margined with rose. Picotee is dainty in form and colour, and not quixotic as some kinds—T. Greigei, for instance—in its behaviour. The flowers are pure white, the florets narrowing towards the apex, where they recurve, and the soft rose edge adds to their delicate beauty. Viridiflora is quaint, the flowers green with yellow colouring towards the margin, but this should not be thought of before any of those previously named. T. Didieri is a hardy graceful kind, bright crimson with black base, and the variety alba is a good kind, also T. vitellina, the flowers soft yellow, a tender shade, and T. flava, a handsome, bold, very late yellow flower. A host of Tulips less vigorous as a ru
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