TULIPA 



THE BULB BOOK 



TULIPA 



nopel, glossy red, shaded and tipped 

 with orange ; Aiirantiacvm, fine 

 orange ; Cafe Brulde, dark brown ; 

 Couletir de Cafd (Coffee Colour), 

 brown and deep yellow ; Crimson 

 Beauty, deep crimson, with black 

 markings ; Fire Kiiui, dark scarlet, 

 striped gold ; Lutea Major, yellow, 

 fine ; Perfecta, yellow and scarlet ; 

 Rubra et Lutea, red and yellow ; 

 Rubra Major, scarlet, extra fine, 

 true. 



V. — Natural Species of Tulips. 



Besides the garden forms mentioned 

 above, some attention has been given 

 of late years to the cultivation of 

 natural species of Tulips. Some 

 kinds like T. Gesneriana, T. Greifji, 

 T. Oculis-Solis, T. macrospeila, T. 

 suaveolens, etc., are fairly common, 

 but the others are not so well knoA\Ti. 

 The short descriptions below will 

 serve to identify them. 



T. acuminata ( T. cornuta ). — A 

 curious species of unknoA^m origin, 

 easily recognised by its long, narrow- 

 pointed segments, the flowers being 

 red, yellow, and speckled {Red. Lit. 

 t. 445 ; Bot. Reg. t. 127). 



T. Albert!. — ^A native of Turkestan 

 about 2 ft. high, with grey-green 

 wavy leaves, and orange - scarlet 

 flowers 2 ins. deep, faintly blotched 

 with reddish -broTNTi {Bot. Mag. t. 

 6761 ; Gartenfl. t. 912). 



T. altaica. — A native of the Altai 

 Mountains at an elevation of 1000 

 to 6000 ft., usually having three 

 lance-shaped leaves and carmine-red 

 flowers with a yellow centre, borne in 

 April on downy stalks 3 to 4 ins. high 

 {Gartenfl. t. 942). 



T. australis ( T. Breyniann ; T. 

 Celsiaiia).—A native of S.W. Europe, 

 closely related to our Wild Tulip T. 

 81/lvestris, but readily distinguished 

 by its dwarf hal^it, star-shaped yellow 

 flowers flushed with red, and broad 



and somewhat reflexed leaves {Bot. 

 Mag. t. 717; Red. Li I. t. 38). T. 

 triphylla, from Turkestan, with 

 greenish - yellow flowers, is closely 

 related, as is also T. humilis, from 

 Persia, with pale yellow flowers tinged 

 with red outside. 



T. Batalini. — A dwarf species from 

 Buchara, 4 to 8 ins. high, with 

 prostrate leaves and creamy-yellow 



Fig. ZZi.—Tulipa Batalini. (i.) 



flowers about 3 ins, deep, having a 

 thin line of red or crimson on the 

 extreme edge of the petals {Gartenfl. 

 t. 1307; Gard. Chron. June 1896, 

 759, f .). 



T. biflora. — A Caucasian Tulip, 

 chiefly remarkable for producing 

 clusters of two to five creamy-white 

 flo\\-ers with a yellow centre and 

 tinged with green outside, on a stalk 

 3 to 6 ins. long {Bot. Mag. t. 6518 ; 

 Bot. Reg. t. 535 ; Gartenfl. t. 239). 



T. Blllietiana. — A native of the 

 Swiss Alps, with oval lance-shaped 



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