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TROP^EOLUM TULIP A. 



in summer : light orange, with obtuse 

 entire petals, as long as the calyx. 

 Leaves, small, peltate, with from 5 to 

 10 obcval-oblong segments, slightly 



toothed. Chili. The rock-garden, 



and banks where its creeping shoots 

 may be seen to advantage, in deep 

 and good sandy loam. Division. 



Tropseolum speciosum (Flame Nas- 

 turtium). A very brilliant climbing 

 plant, 6 to 10 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 summer ; brilliant vermilion ; petals 

 obcordate, upper ones narrowly wedge- 

 shaped, lower ones roundish, all longer 

 than the long-spurred calyx. Leaves, 

 nearly peltate, 6-lobed ; lobes oblong- 

 obtuse, downy underneath ; stem and 

 three -cleft stipules also downy. Chili. 



Against warm walls, in which 



position it may be allowed to scramble 

 over the adjoining wall-plants, on half 

 shrubby banks, or the fringes of the 

 hardy fernery, in rich, light, moist 

 and deep soil. It is seen to greatest 

 advantage running wild over shrubs, 

 and is so beautiful when seen in good 

 condition that it should be tried in 

 several different positions, and under 

 slightly different conditions. Seed or 

 careful division. 



Tropaeolum tuberosum (Tuberous T.} 

 A distinct kind with tuberous roots ; 

 20 in to 2 ft. high. Flowers, late in 

 summer ; deep yellow, on stalks much 

 longer than the leaves ; petals entire, 

 or notched at the end, furrowed on 

 the claw, a little longer than the 

 calyx ; calyx crimson, shorter than the 

 spur. Leaves, heart-shaped at the base, 

 5-lobed; lobes entire, notched, some- 

 times two-cleft ; leaf -stalks twice as 

 long as the leaf, tendril- like. Peru. 



Sunny borders beneath walls, in 



very sandy loam. Separation of the 

 tubers. 



Tulipa Celsiana (Crocus-like Tulip). 

 A pretty species, resembling a large 

 yellow Crocus when expanded ; 4 to 

 6 in. high. Flowers, in early summer ; 



solitary, erect, yellow on the inside, 

 and generally orange on the outside. 

 Leaves, linear-lanceolate, folded or 

 doubled, smooth. Bulb, small, pro- 

 ducing its cloves at the end of long 

 filaments, and covered with a smooth 

 coat. South of Europe and North of 

 Africa. Borders, beds, and the bulb- 

 garden, in deep sandy loam. Separa- 

 tion of the bulbs soon after flowering, 

 every second or third year. 



Tulipa Clusiana (Clusius's Tulip). 

 A delicately coloured and very desi- 

 rable kind, about 14 in. high. Flowers, 

 in spring and early summer ; tolerably 

 large, white inside, with a purple claw, 

 white on the outside with a bright 

 rosy longitudinal stripe in the middle 

 of each of the divisions. Leaves, li- 

 near. pointed,the lower ones sheathing. 

 Bulb, small, covered with a coat 

 woolly on the inside. The South of 

 France (particularly about Toulouse) 



and other parts of South Europe. 



Similar positions, etc., to those for the 

 preceding kind. 



Tulipa Gesneriana (Gesner's Tulip). 

 The parent of the many fine varie- 

 ties of the florists' Tulip ; 6 to 18 in. 

 high. Flowers, in spring and early 

 summer ; solitary, fine crimson, and of 

 various colours, excepting blue, the 

 nearest approach to that colour being 

 a purplish-violet. Leaves, sessile, 

 smooth, glaucous, the lower ones 

 oval-acute, flat, sometimes slightly 

 wavy, clasping the stem at the base ; 

 the upper ones narrower. Bulb, of 

 medium size, oblong or egg-shaped, 

 covered with a dry and thin coat, of a 



chestnut-brown colour. N. Asia. 



Some make a speciality of this, and 

 cultivate it as a florists' flower, shel- 

 tering the bloom with canvas and 

 placing the bulbs in fresh soil every 

 year ; but it thrives well in any ordi- 

 nary light soil, and should be abun- 

 dantly grown. The bulbs may be 

 taken up every year, or, in the case of 



