TULIPA, 



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TULIPA. 



plants is that of T. hrachyccras, 

 with tuberous roots ; and they are 

 natives of Chili, like most of the 

 other perennial species. Among 

 the other tubers imported have been 

 found several other species equally 

 deserving of cultivation. The prin- 

 cipal of these are T. edule, with 

 bright orange and green flovrers, 

 and twining stems ; and T. poly- 

 phyllum, with orange flowers that 

 do not open fully, having a green 

 calyx and a long spur, and leaves 

 cut into eight or ten lobes. T. 

 Moritzianum is a splendid species, 

 with scarlet and yellow flowers that 

 are deeply fringed. It is a native 

 of Trinidad, but it is said to grow 

 best in the open air during summer. 

 It is nearly allied to T. tuberosum, 

 and like that species it is very dif- 

 ficult to flower. The choicer kinds 

 oftuberuus Trojjse^olum maybe pro- 

 jjagated^ by grafting them on tubers 

 of the commoner kinds, in the way 

 already directed for grafting the 

 Pseony and the Dahlia. For the cul- 

 ture of Tropos^oluvi 'pcntaphyllum, 

 see CHYMOCA'Rrus. 



True Service.— Pj/j-us Sorhus 

 or Sorhus domestica. 



Trumpet Flower. — SeeBiGXo^- 

 NIA and Tk'coma. 



Tuber. — Tubers closely resemble 

 in their nature what are called solid 

 bulbs or corms, and appear to be 

 reservoirs of nourishment which 

 have been laid up by nature for the 

 support of the infant plant. Some 

 tubers have numerous buds in dif- 

 ferent parts of their substance, like 

 the potato, and others have only buds 

 in the upper part, like the Dahlia 

 and Ranunculus. 



Tuberose. — See Polia'nthus. 



Tulip. — See Tu'lipa. 



Tv'LiFA.—Tulipdcece.—The Tu- 

 lip. — The greater part of the Tulips 

 grown in gardens are varieties of 

 one species, Thlipa Gesneriana, a 



native of the Levant ; but there are 

 several other distinct species. One 

 of the most beautiful of these is the 

 wild French Tulip, T. sylvestris, 

 which is most elegantly shaped, of a 

 beautiful yellow, and very fragrant, 

 and which is occasionally found wild 

 in England. T. oculus solis is an 

 Italian species, and T. prce^cox, 

 Van Thol's Tulip, is a dwarf plant, 

 that flowers very early in the season, 

 generally in March or April. Be- 

 sides these there are twelve other 

 species, quite distinct. The garden 

 varieties of T. Gesneriana are di- 

 vided into four classes, the first con- 

 taining the Bizarres, which have 

 a yellow ground shaded with dark- 

 brownish red or purple, and which 

 are subdivided into the flaked in 

 which the dark colour is in a broad 

 stripe or band, rising from the 

 bottom of the petal ; and the fea- 

 thered, in which the dark colour 

 forms a marginal edging to the 

 petals, descending into them in va- 

 rious little delicate feathery veins. 

 The second class contains the By- 

 bloemens, which are white, shaded 

 with violet or dark -pur pie, and 

 which are also subdivided into 

 flaked and feathered. The third 

 class are called Roses, and they have 

 white grounds shaded with Rose 

 colour or Cherry red, and they also 

 are divided into flaked and feathered; 

 and the fourth class are the Selfs, 

 which are white or yellow without 

 any dark colour. Besides these 

 there are what are called breeders, 

 which are of a dingy crimson, and 

 which are seedling Tulips before 

 they have shown any variety of 

 colour ; parrot Tulips, which are 

 supposed to be a variety of T. 

 sylvestris ; and double Tulips, which 

 are not valued by florists at all. All 

 seedling Tulips, when they first 

 flower, are what are called breeders, 

 and of a dull uniform colour ; and 



