ON TULIPS 365 



metallic sparkle of others, have a truly Oriental 

 magnificence. 



Tulip Species. The lover of Tulips who may be 

 curious to know what the species are like may buy 

 bulbs of many through the ordinary dealers, and may 

 make acquaintance with some at one of the large 

 libraries through the medium of the great works in 

 which faithful coloured plates and accurate descriptions 

 of the plants appear, such as the Botanical Magazine 

 and the Botanical Register. Here are the names of some 

 of the best : Australis or Celsiana, yellow, flushed with 

 red, appears in the Botanical Magazine, t. 717. Batalini 

 is pale yellow. Biflora, yellow, introduced in 1806, is 

 shown in the Botanical Magazine, t. 6518, and also in 

 the Botanical Register, t. 535. Clusiana, a white and 

 purple species, said to have been introduced from Sicily 

 in 1636, is shown in the Botanical Magazine, t. 1390. 

 The fine bright red species, Didieri, introduced from 

 the Alps in 1882, is represented by /. 6639 of the 

 Botanical Magazine ; the yellow variety of this called 

 Billietiana is one of the most popular of late-blooming 

 garden Tulips. Eichleri, crimson, black, and yellow, 

 introduced from Georgia in 1874, is shown in t. 6191 

 of the Botanical Magazine. Fosteriana is a magnificent 

 vermilion species, exhibited in 1906. Gesneriana is 

 shown in the Botanical Register, t. 46. The variety of 

 Gesneriana called Dracontia, which is also known under 

 the name of Turcica, gave us the Parrot Tulip, with its 

 singularly cut and contorted petals. Another variety 

 called spathulata, brilliant red, is one of the finest of 

 garden Tulips. 



The dwarf scarlet species Greigii is much in demand 

 as a garden Tulip. It has been grown in British gardens 

 since 1873, an< ^ * s shown in the Botanical Magazine, 



