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1" i~~D . . ud ... " pla~cd to them for <:,upport. T~~~
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Lt. I TL ' < 1 -'>nw <"on t in u ::~l .,mall ,0\\IOg-. on .1 11)
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\CH.-Sow <'On tinua' l) throug hout th<' month.
R \ PI'- 11 ~0\\' <'Onti nunl ~m all <;<>Wing, of the<;(',
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To.\1, rm .., mu-.t haVt r<'gular Htt(·nt i<•n a-. to Wt not -, uff•'r from l.tr k of r~ >t ".ltt." nng .
hut 111 H·r ,td .
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l~t'<( ... m td• , , I uing pklnh ou t 1 to 4 irH IH., .tpat t.
FRUIT
\\hi .... hnuld now b<•
\\f· llin~ tl11 ir frui t, .111d a mul:-;s nHhl 1)1• if·rt ili""·cl 11\ h J,. di\ id d .me! pl;rn( ( d C1T , ()( d
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IIW r one b) on<'
I rl'mbling, C~hill~, a-tip-toe 'itand
On li ttl<' hillock-; a nd knolls alon(',
\\'a tchful picket... that wave a hand
Fer "ignal 'iUre that the snow is gorw.
Bu t I 1 hink perhap.,; the TuLIP has a mor<.: <·xciting
hi-.ton . llow beautiful are the belts of ~lav-tlowering
tuli p-,. 'llw lovely Clara Butt varidies ar<' JWrhap~
tlw 1110 '-t lovelv of all. r should advise, if vou r('alh
" .til t t~ grow· good tulip::>, to geL th~ buib<; dir~t
fro m Holland. 1 am not a believ~ in honw-grown
hu ll>-;. The} n<•ver get the proper amount of har-
\(• ... un g-- the weather i~ too uncert.lin . Plant thr~
Lul l>-. in ~OvPrnber, and plant 3 or 4 inch<''> ((1-ep.
J u-.t hdorC' th<') tlowc·r in .\ pril, when the bud ... arr
\ i .. iblt>, ... rrinklc a little Canar) Cuano .troun<.l ('~lth
l>u lb and lightly prick it in with a small fork, betng
u trc•:ur no t to injure the plant.
Turke) has made the tulip the subj(.'Cl of an
~a nnual fes ti\al · I and I indeed • thc sight of • a grc.H
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tulip g<~rd<·n, glowing like s tained gla~-.. JS wort'
g oing f.tr to sef'. I n the Spring we wait that upru .. h
o f <·olour fr<>m tlw earth and wh<'n rh<> -,now., arth and skv <;Oft<'n with th<• hr"t r.un,,
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help tlw llo1 u., ~'" he lay \V'Ound<•d on the• hattkh; (
It w.t n biNtk and wintrv plain wlw•e !h<' g?side h11n and V< rll<' .
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l1·ar . . , Nt<'h dr-op rose' from th<> e>nrt I 1 agn111,
a l><'a ul iful tulip flowN.
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h<·,t rt j..., r h.1rred to a <'Oal b,· it:-. f<•rodt) • JU't ~.,
llo w•·r 's b. 1St' "ho\\.., blad<.
for h•'
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mainl.lith that it j.., th<' " Iilv of th<• fi< Id '' that
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