"From My Garden — The Splendour of Tulips."

Bates writes of different varieties of tulips.

He had many times previously addressed the topic in his Country Life columns for The Spectator: 'Rare Tulips' (May 3, 1935, p. 733), 'Striped Tulips' (January 31, 1936, p. 172), 'Tulipa Fosteriana' (March 4, 1938, p. 361), 'The Wild English Tulip' (March 18, 1938, p. 469) and 'The Wild Tulip' (April 1, 1938, p. 585)

In Living (London, August 1968, pp. 8-9, attached).