THE BUI.B BOOK 



TULIPA 



bearing more than one sweet-scented 

 llower, the interior of which is bright 

 yeUow, the outside being golden 

 bronze. 



Fig. 33i.—Tulipa Ostrowskyana. (^.) 



T. praecox.— A native of Central 

 Europe, having strong stems 1 to li 

 ft. high, and conical flowers of a 

 bright red inside, greenish yellow at 

 the base with a blackish-violet blotch 

 (Bot. Jie<j. t. 380, as T. Gesneriana). 



T. praestans. — An early-flowering 

 Tulip from Bokhara, close to 7'. 

 KaufmannidTi/x and 2\ suaveolens. 

 The roundish bulbs have a very thick 

 parchment-like skin. The leaves and 

 flower-stems are covered with minute 

 white hairs. Flowers light scarlet- 

 vermilion with a yellow base. The 

 flowers are borne singly or in clusters 

 of six to ten on a single scape. {Bot. 

 Mag. t. 7920; Gard. Chron. 1903, 

 xxxiii. 239, 324, 364, f. 126.) 



T. primullna. — A native of Eastern 

 Algeria, somewhat like 1\ s^ylvestris. 

 It has narrow leaves and sweet-scented 

 bell-shaped primrose - yellow flowers 

 about an inch deep, the outer seg- 

 ments being tinged with red outside, 

 while the stamens are den.sely hairy 

 at the base. {But. Mag. t. 6785.) 



T. pulchella. — A pretty dwarf 

 Tulip from the Cilician Taurus, with 

 narrow channelled leaves about 3 ins. 

 long, and slender scapes only an inch 

 or two high. The funnel-shaped 

 flowers are rose, mauve, or lilac, with 

 a yellow base, and very hairy whitish 

 filaments. (Bat. Mag. t. 6304.) 



T. retroflexa. — This attractive 

 Tulip is thought to be a hybrid 

 between T. acuminata and T. Gesneri- 

 ana. The stems are H to 2 ft. high, 

 bearing a bright yellow flower about 

 3 ins. deep. {Garden, 1887, ii. t. 626.) 

 T. saxatilis. — A native of Crete, 

 having bright shining green leaves, 

 unlike those of most Tulips. The 

 scapes are 9 to 12 ins. high, with 

 a pale magenta flower having a deep 

 yellow base. {Bot. Mag. t. 6374.) 



T. Sintenesi. — A curious Armenian 

 species, having flattish leaves and 

 red or scarlet flowers covered with 

 a " bloom," and having a black blotch 

 at the base {Bot. Mag. t. 7193). 



T. Sprengeri. — Another Armenian 

 species, closely related to T. Haageri. 

 It has fine glowing scarlet flowers 

 without a blotch at the base, borne 

 on scapes about 18 ins. high, from 

 the middle to the end of June. 



T. stellata, from the N.W. Hima- 

 layas, is closely related to T. Clvsiaiui. 

 It has whitish or pale yellow flowers 

 without a blotch at the base. {Bot. 

 Mag. t. 2G72.) 



T. suaveolens. — This fine species is 

 a native of S. Russia, and is con- 

 sidered to be the parent of the early 

 red and orange Due Van Thol 

 Tulips. It has broad leaves, and the 

 sweet-scented bright scarlet, yellow- 

 edged flowers are borne on scapes 

 about 6 ins. high. {Bot. Mag. t. 839 ; 

 Fl. d. Serr. t. 1223.) The variety 

 fthn-iflora has two flowers on a stem. 



T. sylvestris. — This species is ad- 

 mitted as a doubtful native of 

 Britain, and is found in chalk-pits 



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