Evening star., 1938-10-01
Tulips Claim
Attention
Just Now
Even the Amateur
Finds Them Easy
To Grow Well.

TULIPS are the one snowy garden
flower that claims the attention
each fall OF all gardeners-voung and
old-beeinners and old-timers. Tulips
make such grand showing that every
one wants to have a few. They are
satisfactory in nine gardens out of ten,
for the big fat bulb that you plant has
a good strong flower ready to start
growing Just as soon as it is planted.
They will do we'll in almost any kind
of soil and in any situation unless
there is too much moisture or they are
bone dry. OF course, they repay for
careful planting in a well-prepsred
bed.
The colors and forms OF varieties
offered in the modern store are endless.
Single and double early, Darwins.
breeders. Mendels, bibloems, etc. type
names which are confusing The lily
1oWered ones are interesting and so
are the various species: to be truthful:
they are all so lovely that the beginner
is bewildered-where to start and
where to stop.
The following suggestions are for
the beginner. The gardener who has
been growing them for a number of
years does not need the information.
Tulips may be planted any time from
mid October until the ground freezes.
The soil need only to be well drained,
but il well supplied with pea atmoss or
some other form of humus the flowers
will have longer stems and larger
blooms Bone meal incorporated in
the bed when it Is prepared Is all the
plant food needed Plant the bulbs
s inches or deeper and from 8 to IL
inches apart.
The early towering varieties usually
have short stems. Keizerskroon. the
one most commonly planted OF the
single earies. seldom has stems over
IL inches long. while De Wet and
Brilliant Star are usually shorter.
The msinstay OF the tulip planting
is the so-called Darwin type. There
are thousands of varieties and they
vary from II to rs inches in height.
dozen of the best inexpensive varie-
ties should include: Pride of Haar-
lem-old rose: City of Haarlem-ver-
million: Clara Butt-soft pink; Edmee
cherry red; The Sultan-moroon
black; white; Yellow
Giant-medium yellow; Dream-lilac;
Sieraad van Flora-mauve rose: After
glow-rosy orange; Farncombe San
ders-scarlet, and Allard Pierson-a
crimson maroon
The cottage tulips for years supplied
the yellows and are still the main
source Of that color. AS general
rule the cottage tulips resemble the
Darwins so closely that the average
gardener cannot tell them apart. w.
T. Ware. Inglescombe yellow and Noon
light are the best yellows Picotee,
a white margined rose, is very popular,
Vesta is good white.
From the breeder class we get the
bronze. purple and deeper colors. Louis
XIV Is an outstanding inexpensive
variety-royal purple and bronze.
Bacchus is deep plum purple. India n
Chief (still high in price compared
with the others) is a tall coppery red
that is quite striking.
And to avoid censure here are three
OF the species: Sylvestris, the wild
English tulip, is one that naturalizes
very we'll in a moist situation. It's
stems are long and graceful. The
foliage Is small and the flower a deep
yellow. Kaufmanniana is a low-grow-
Ing, hardy species well adapted to
use In the rock garden. Its bloom
Is striped white and carmine. Clus-
lana. the lady finger tulip, is a dainty
little plant with flowers that are white
inside and red on the outside.