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THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



flowers of a pure soft yellow, striking, distinct, 

 and one of the easiest to grow. 



T. SAXATiLis, a native of Crete, is a fine 

 species, growing from 12 to 16 in. high, with 

 flowers a peculiar mauve tint, passing to 

 yellow at the base. 



T. Sprengeri.— The last of the Tulips to 

 open, this fine new species bears large scarlet 

 flowers 5 ins. across, which last well and are 

 excellent in every way for cutting. When 

 better known it will be widely planted. 



T. SYLV'ESTRIS, a British species everyliody 

 ought to grow, is pale yellow, with casual 

 edgings of red, and frequently the scapes carry 

 two flowers, but the most valuable property of 

 all is its fragrance. There is a large flowered 

 garden form distinguished as major. 



T. TRIPHYLLA. — A rare and choice kind 

 from Central Asia, with tapering flowers in 

 varying shades of grey, pale yellow, and orange. 

 It blooms in April, and besides having a warm 

 place, the bulbs must be lifted if they are to 

 ripen completely. 



T. TuBERGENiAN'A. — One of the largest 

 Tulips in size of bulb, leaf, and flower, with 

 tall hairy stems, very glaucous hairy leaves, 

 and immense cup-shaped flowers in which the 

 petals are much reflexed. Their colour is 

 intense orange-scarlet, with a bold dark blotch 

 at the base. Mountains of Bokhara. T. ingens, 

 from the same region, comes near this, but is 

 of dwarfer growth, and bears deeper-coloured 

 flowers, nor is it so satisfactory under cultiva- 

 tion. 



T. UNDULATIFOLIA, a native of Asia Minor, 

 10 in. in height, has glaucous leaves deeply 

 undulated at the margin, and flowers of a 

 brilliant crimson-red, with black blotches 

 margined with yellow at the base. It flowers 

 in May and is closely allied to T. ciliatitla. 



T. VIOLACEA, a recent introduction, is also 

 one of the first kinds to flower, and is of a 

 deep self-red colour and welcome for its 

 earliness. 



T. VITEI.LINA has large finely-shaped 

 flowers of a lovely delicate yellow tint, and 

 open with the earliest of the Gesneriana 

 .section. . It is a splendid Tulip, its dwarf 

 sturdy habit fitting it to withstand heavy rains 

 and winds. 



T. WiLSONlANA.— A Tulip allied to T. 

 Batalini and T. Hnifolia, with the same 

 narrow leaves and distinct bulb-coating. The 

 flower is of medium size, finely rounded, and 

 of a peculiarly brilliant red. Turkestan. 



MAY TULIPS.— The following kinds are 

 in perfection about the middle of May, and 

 may be relied on to make a garden gay ;— 

 Bridesmaid, rose flaked white ; Buenaventura, 

 orange and gold ; Cloth of Gold, yellow often 

 flushed red ; Dainty Maid, white and pale 

 ro.se ; Elegans, a fine scarlet, with Elegans 

 lutea, a ])ale yellow : Firefly, crimson : Gala 

 Beauty (Columbus), yellow and scarlet ; Ges- 

 neriana aurantiaca, orange-crimson ; Golden 

 Goblet ; Gold Flake, red and yellow ; Ingles- 

 combe Scarlet, brilliant scarlet and very large ; 

 Isabella, creamy-while flaked rose; Ixioides, 



yellow and dark chocolate ; La Candeur, white 

 flushed rose ; La Merveille, lerra-cotta and 

 orange-red ; Leghorn Bonnet, sulphur yellow, 

 with a distinct shape ; Macrospeila, a fine 

 shade of crimson and very fragrant ; Macu- 

 lata grandiflora, another fine crimson ; Mars, 

 blood-red; Mrs. Moon, yellow; Nigrette, 

 chocolate-purple ; Parisian white ; Parisian 

 yellow ; Picotee, white with pink edges ; 

 Sunset, gold and orange-red ; The Moor, 

 deep crimson. 



SELF-COLOURED DARWIN TULIPS. 

 — -This new race of " Breeders " selected fron> 

 the older Mother Tulips, yields brilliant 

 flowers in many fine shades of colour, their 

 centres clear and well defined, with in many 

 cases a ring of white, gold, or blue, dividing 

 the petal colour from the dark base. They 

 grow 2 to 3 ft. high, with flowers so massive 

 and weather-resisting as to yield precious effect 

 in the garden during May, and so hardy of 

 constitution where the soil suits them, that the 

 grass of meadows or woodland cannot choke 

 them, even when left to themselves. Good 

 kinds are Negro and Sultan, in dark shades of 

 chocolate-black ; Harry Veitch, crimson- 

 purple and black ; Dorothy, rose and white ; 

 Europe, salmon-scarlet ; Flaml)eau, scarlet y 

 Hecla, crimson-maroon ; Loveliness, soft car- 

 mine ; Queen of Roses, rose and blush ; May 

 Queen, rose and white ; Mr. Farncombe 

 Sanders, rosy crimson ; Salmon King, cerise 

 with white centre ; Glow, vermilion touched 

 with white ; Clara Butt, .salmon-pink ; and 

 Zephyr, soft rosy-lilac and white. 



PARROT TULIPS.— Good kinds are Ad- 

 miral Constantinople, in shades of orange and 

 scarlet ; Cramoisi brilliant, in deep crimson 

 with blue-black markings ; Lutea Major, pure 

 yellow ; Markgraaf, gold, orange, and scar- 

 let ; and Perfecta, golden with a scarlet stripe. 

 Tulipa Species : — Alberti, Turkestan ; altaica, 

 Siberian Alps ; an'stata, China ; anstralis, Portugal, 

 France; Beccariana, Italy; Behmiaiia, Turkestan;, 

 Biebersteiniana, Caucasus \biflora. do-.bitkynica, Asia 

 Minor; boeotica. Greece; Borozczowi,1yv[V.&'iX'i.r\\brachy- 

 stemon, do. ; campsopeiala. (?) ; caucasica, Caucasus ;. 

 chrysantka, Persia, India ; clusiana, Europe ; cott- 

 uivens, Italy ; creiica, Crete ; crispatula, Persia ',. 

 cuspidata, Algeria, Persia ; dasystemon, Turkestan ; 

 Dideiri, Europe ; edjilis, China, Japan ; Eickleri, 

 Turkestan ; elegans (?) ; eryihroiiioides, China ; etritsca, 

 Italy ; foliosa, Armenia ; fragrans, Algeria ; fjtlgetis 

 (X)\gallica, V\a.nce; gesneriana;^. Europe,East;^r«]f/; 

 Turkestan ; Hageri, Greece ; heterophylla, Alps , 

 hiimilis, Persia ; knngarica, Hungarj' ; iliensis, 

 Turkestan ; Kaufmanniana do. ; Kesselringi, do. ; 

 Kolpakowskiatia, do. ; Korolkcnvi, do. ; Kranseana, 

 do. ; lanata, Bokhara ; Hnifolia, do. ; Loumei, Syria ; 

 liirida, Europe ; viaculata (?) ; Jitaleolens, Italy ; 

 Martelliana, Europe ; Montana, East ; oculus-solis, 

 S. Europe, East ; orientalis, S. Europe, Caucasus ; 

 Orphanidea, Greece ; Ostrowskiana, Turkestan ; oxy- 

 peta/a, Tauria ; Passeriniann. Europe ; patens, 

 Siberia ; platystigina, France ; polychroiiia, Persia ; 

 proecox. S. Europe, Syria ; primnlina, Algeria ; ptibes- 

 censi^X) ; piiUhella, Cilicia ; Regeli (?) ; retroflexa, (?) ; 

 saxatalis, Crete ; scabriscapa, Italy ; serotina, Italy ; 

 sogdiana, Turkestan ; somiiiierii, Europe ; stellaia, 

 Persia ; strangnlata, Etruria ; suaveolens, S. Russia ; 

 sysiola, Persia; tetraphylla Turkestan; thianschanica. 

 Cent. Asia ; trifihylla, Turkestan ; turkeitanica. do. ; 

 undiUatifolia, Asia Minor ; iiniflora, Siberia ; violacea, 

 Persia. 



TUNICA {Coat-flo7ver).— T. Snxifraga 



