ON TULIPS 367 



flower-gardens Tulips are grown either as Early or 

 Late. The former, both single and double, are the 

 cheap and popular "Dutch" Tulips. They include 

 the dwarf very early Due Van Thols, which are in 

 great demand for forcing in pots, and originated from 

 suaveolens. The late section includes the Darwins, the 

 May-flowering or Cottage Tulips, and the old florists' 

 show Tulips. The last, which are subdivided into 

 Bizarres (yellow-ground flowers marked with purple 

 or scarlet), Byblcemens (white-ground flowers marked 

 with violet or purple), Roses (white-ground flowers 

 marked with rose, scarlet, or crimson), and Breeders 

 (one-coloured or self flowers which after several years 

 break into Bizarres, Byblcemens, or Roses, and are 

 then called " rectified "), are only grown by a few 

 specialists. Those who want to study them might refer 

 to the Journal si the Royal Horticultural Society, vol. xv., 

 1893, and vol. xxvii., 1902, where articles by experts 

 appear. It was varieties of this section which formed 

 the principal objects of the Tulip mania, but early 

 varieties were also in demand. They might also refer 

 to Robert Sweet's Florists Guide, published by James 

 Ridgeway, of Piccadilly, in 1827-29, in two volumes, for 

 this work contains a large number of beautiful coloured 

 plates of Bizarres, Byblcemens, and Roses. Handsome 

 flowers, of great substance, with rounded, exquisitely 

 coloured petals, are shown in these splendid plates. 



Late Tulips. Although the early Dutch Tulips are 

 popular for pot culture, and are also used a good deal in 

 spring bedding, the great body of amateurs have given 

 most of their attention to the Darwins and cottage 

 Tulips during recent years. These glorious plants are 

 taller, larger, and finer in every way than the early 

 Dutch. They form noble clumps in the borders. The 



