414 THE PRINCIPLES OF FLORICULTURE 



The following varieties are suited for outdoor use : 

 Late- flowering Tulips 



Bouton d'Or, yellow. 



Elegans, crimson with reflex petals. 



Innocence, white. 



Miss Willmott, cream. 



Maiden's Blush, pink. 



Summer Beauty, rose flaked with crimson. 



Scarlet Emperor, scarlet with yellow centers. 



Parrot Tulips 



Admiral of Constantinople, dark red. 



Markgraaf von Baden, yellow with scarlet and green strip. 



Cramoise Brilliant, scarlet. 



Darwins 



Glow, vermilion. 



May Queen, lilac rose. 



Bronze Queen, old gold. 



Gretchen, pink. 



Painted Lady, cream white. 



Psyche, old rose edged with white. 



The Sultan, glossy black maroon. 



682. Tulips, botanical characters. Bulbous plants de- 

 veloping stems from three to thirty inches long, bearing 

 a few leaves and surmounted by a single flower. The 

 colors are white, red, yellow and pink, with combinations 

 of these colors. 



Habitat. Oriental countries Siberia, Asia Minor, 

 China and Japan. 



683. Commercial importance. Tulips are rarely grown 

 singly in pots. Commercially they are usually grown in 

 pans for house decoration, or in flats for cut-flowers. 



684. Indoor culture. Indoor culture of tulips is 

 much the same as the hyacinth. Five or six bulbs are 

 usually placed in a six-inch pan, and are covered to the 



