TULIPA 



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lownei 



maculata 



marjoletti 



montana 



oculus-solis . . . Cotton Tulip 



orphanidea 



ostrowskiana 



polychroma 



praecox 



praestans 



primulina 



pulchella 



saxatilis 



sprengeri 



stellata 



suaveolens . Due Van Thol T. 



sylvestris .... Florentine T. 



triphylla 



tubergeniana 



turkestanica {Tulipa biflora turke- 



stanica Cy) 

 willmottae 

 Hort. var. of Tulip, Tulipa: 



In order that all the Tulip names in this 

 catalogue may be found in one alpha- 

 betical sequence, the common names and 

 the Latin names of the wild species and 

 subspecies have been repeated, in their 

 proper alphabetical position, in this list 

 of horticultural varieties. 



This list of horticultural varieties of 

 Tulip was prepared with great care 

 from many sources by Mr. O. M. Free- 

 man, Bureau of Plant Industry, De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Washington, 

 D. C, to whom the American Joint 

 Committee wishes to acknowledge its 

 indebtedness. 



This is probably the first attempt in 

 America to make available for general 

 horticultural use a carefully compiled 

 authentic grouping, with verified names, 

 of this important bulb. 



The Tuhp presents a striking example 

 of the utter abandon with which horti- 

 culturists have used the same name 

 again and again for different varieties 

 in the same genus; the feeble excuse for 

 such pernicious practice being that 

 usually the duplicated names are given to 

 varieties in different groups of the genus. 



This piracy of names has made the 

 work of the American Joint Committee 

 very difficult in many genera having 

 long Usts of horticultural varieties with 

 guilty dupHcations, such as Iris, Gladi- 

 olus, etc., nor have we always found 

 the societies and individuals most inter- 

 ested in these special genera wholly 

 sympathetic in the effort to "clean 



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house" and assign one common name 

 to a single horticultural variety in a 

 genus, which is the fundamental princi- 

 ple on which this publication is based. 



In the case of Tulip, however, the dif- 

 ficulties of straightening out the tangle 

 and determining which particular va- 

 rieties were entitled to the duplicated 

 names in question were insurmountable 

 with available data, and so the choice 

 was presented of leaving out the Tulip 

 list altogether— thus refusing to meet the 

 issue at all in this particular genus — or 

 of publishing the list with a statement 

 of the situation and with the duplicated 

 names specially indicated, so that later 

 proper means nught be found to cancel 

 such duphcations and assign each name 

 in question to a single variety. 



The Committee has preferred to ac- 

 cept the second alternative, and the 

 unapproved duplications are shown in 

 italics preceded by an asterisk (*). 



Therefore, in presenting the Tulip 

 list in this special manner, which so strik- 

 ingly demonstrates the folly of plant- 

 name duplication, it is hoped to accom- 

 plish a real service and bring this mal- 

 practice in plant-naming into thorough 

 disrepute in the American horticultural 

 world. 



American Joint Committee on 



Horticultural Nomenclature 



Harlan P. Kelsey. Secretary 



Abbreviations and Explanations of 



THE Chief Distinct Horticultural 



Groups of Tulip 



Biz. Bizarre. Brown, red, or purple 

 markings on yellow ground. 



Bre. Breeder. Self-colored flowers 

 * except as regards the base. 



By. Bybloemen. Rose or cerise 

 markings on white ground or 

 violet or purple markings on 

 white ground. 



Cot. Cottage. All Tulips which do 

 not fall within the other 

 classes. 



DE. Double Early. Derived from 

 the Single Early group. 



DL. Double Late. Derived from the 

 May-flowering Tulips. 



Dar. Darwin. Lower portion of the 

 flower usually rectangular in 

 outline; segments of good 

 substance; stems strong and 

 tall; color shades of purple- 

 red to white, never yellow or 

 brown; base black, blue or 

 white, or any combination of 

 these colors. 



Par. Parrot. TuHps with laciniate 

 segments. 



Rem. Rembrandt. Broken Darwins. 



SE. Single Early. In full bloom 

 before May I. 



