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TULIPA. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



TULII'.A. 



flower is more funnel-shaped, flushed on 

 the outer side with red. Syn., T. Celsiana. 



T. BATALINI is a small-growing species, 

 seldom exceeding 4 in. in height, with 

 leaves trailing on the ground, and rather 

 large flowers (nearly 3 in. in length) of a 

 pale yellow colour. 



T. Bi FLORA, from the Caucasus, a 

 species known very long ago, is not very 

 striking with its small pale yellow flowers, 

 which, however, are borne in a cluster of 

 three or four at the top of the flower-stem 

 instead of being solitary, as is the case 

 with the flowers of every other species of 

 Tulip. 



T. CLUSIANA, the dainty Lady Tulip, 

 came from the Mediterranean region as 

 long ago as 1636, has small flowers, and 

 the whole plant is not more than i ft. or 

 so in height. The flowers are white, with 

 a flush of rose on the outer surface, and 

 purplish-black at the base. T. stellata is 

 a near ally. It requires a deep vegetable 

 soil and warm sheltered position. 



T. DlDlERI, a May flowering kind from 

 the Alps, grows tall, and has large bright 

 red flowers with black blotches inside at 

 the base. A variety of T. Didieri named 

 Billetiana, equally handsome, has yellow 

 flowers. 



T. EICHLERI, a native of Georgia, is 

 another superb and robust-growing species 

 with large leaves and broad flowers of an 

 intense scarlet-red colour, the petals 

 roundish in shape, having at the base 

 a black blotch margined with yellow. 



T. ELEGANS, a graceful bright-coloured 

 kind, opens late in April, the flowers 

 bright red with yellow eye, the petals 

 long, tapering to a point slightly re- 

 flexed. 



T. FLAVA, a bright pleasing yellow, has 

 a distinct bar of green down the centre of 

 the petals, which also detracts from its 

 beauty, but has one redeeming point viz., 

 its flowers continue quite a fortnight after 

 those of all other Tulips are past. 



T. FRAGRANS is a doubtful species, and 

 given in some books as a synonym of T. 

 sylvestris, our wild Tulip, from which it 

 differs in its very sweet fragrance. In 

 habit and size of flowers it is the same, 

 the latter yellow, and very pretty. The 

 warmest spots must be selected for this 

 kind, which sometimes fails during the 

 winter unless under especially favourable 

 conditions. 



T. FULGENS, a form of T. Gesneriana, 

 has that graceful aspect characteristic of 

 the race, the flowers rich crimson, borne 

 on tall stems. 



T. GESNERIANA. This the noblest and 

 handsomest of all Tulips, the parent of 



the large late-flowering race, should be 

 grown in every garden, and being obtain- 

 able in quantity, planted in bold groups or 

 broad masses. 



In Sussex I saw one or two very fine 

 pictures made by planting the large crim- 

 son Tulipa Gesneriana in quantity. In 

 one case a large oval Erica bed had been 

 thickly planted with some few hundreds 

 of this kind, and formed a solid shield- 

 like mass of colour, more brilliant than a 

 soldier's coat, and very picturesque it was 

 as seen through the soft gray trunks of 

 Scotch Fir trees. 



In another instance the bulbs had been 

 planted in a solid, but not quite regular 

 line, on a dry, rich and warm hedge-I)ank 

 of turfy loam, and just through and above 

 the great crimson blooms the common 

 Quince had thrust its soft leafy branches, 

 thickly set with small white or delicate 

 rose-flushed flowers. 



It has an immense bright red flower 

 borne on a tall stem, sweetly scented, with 

 a black zone inside at the base ; cut and 

 taken whilst in the house, the flowers last 

 admirably, and by artificial light at night, 

 they open as widely as in the sun by day. 

 The finest form is that called spathu- 

 lata. Eastern Europe and Asia. The so- 

 called " Darwin " Tulips are self-coloured 

 forms of this species, and very handsome 

 they are. F. W. B. 



T. GREIGI, which was introduced about 

 the year 1871, has not yet received all the 

 attention it deserves. It is low-growing, 

 the flower-stem seldom exceeding 8 in. in 

 height, the leaves marked with purplish 

 blotches, and the large-sized flowers (from 

 over 3 to nearly 4 in. in length), of 

 a dazzling vermilion-red colour faintly 

 marked at the base with a dark spot. 

 It is hardy, comes into flower about 

 the middle of April, and few things can 

 equal the brilliant display produced by a 

 bed of Tulipa Greigi in full bloom. 



T. KAUFMANNIANA, from Turkestan, is 

 undoubtedly one of the finest known. It 

 grows from 8 to 12 in. high, has broad, 

 flat leaves, flowers very large (nearly 4 in. 

 in length), generally white, or pale creamy- 

 yellow tinged with pink on the outside, 

 the petals marked with a broad orange 

 blotch. This fine species is hardy, and 

 comes into flower in April. 



T. KOLPAKOWSKYANA, also from Tur- 

 kestan, is a brilliant species, not exceed- 

 ing i ft. in height ; the flowers, which 

 are large (3 in. or more in length), are of 

 a lively red colour, sometimes yellow 

 with very small blotches or spots at the 

 base. 



T. LANATA, a low-growing species with 



