MASSED TULIPS.—This is a very attractive way of producing a spectacular bed for November flowering. White tulips are the main attraction, low growing plants such as polyanthus, wallflower, dianthus, lobelia, pansy and begonia are planted to provide a close undercover effect that will look well until renewed by another arrangement for the summer. In this case the tulips are lifted and stored until replanting in February-March. PLANT TURNS AWAY FROM SUN.—The compass plant (Lactuca scariola), regarded as the parent of our cultivated lettuce, has leaves which turn their edges approximately north and south. The plant, which grows in dry, exposed places in Europe and North America, would die in excessive heat, so by turning only the edges of its leaves to the midday sun it avoids the fiercest heat, while still getting the benefit of the cooler morning and evening rays. The photograph shows a compass plant taken from the west.

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29233, 17 June 1960, Page 8

MASSED TULIPS.—This is a very attractive way of producing a spectacular bed for November flowering. White tulips are the main attraction, low growing plants such as polyanthus, wallflower, dianthus, lobelia, pansy and begonia are planted to provide a close undercover effect that will look well until renewed by another arrangement for the summer. In this case the tulips are lifted and stored until replanting in FebruaryMarch.

PLANT TURNS AWAY FROM SUN.—The compass plant (Lactuca scariola), regarded as the parent of our cultivated lettuce, has leaves which turn their edges approximately north and south. The plant, which grows in dry, exposed places in Europe and North America, would die in excessive heat, so by turning only the edges of its leaves to the midday sun it avoids the fiercest heat, while still getting the benefit of the cooler morning and evening rays. The photograph shows a compass plant taken from the west.