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the less rare kinds, allowed to remain 

 several years in the ground. Deep 

 and rich sandy loam suits it best. 

 Separation of the bulbs. 



Tulipa Oculus-solis (Sun's Eye). An 

 interesting and showy kind, 1 ft. to 

 14 in. high. Flowers, in early summer ; 

 solitary, very large, open, with pointed 

 petals, scarlet on the inside, paler 

 without, marked on the base of each 

 division with a large eye (or elongated 

 spot) of a purplish black, surrounded 

 by a small yellowish margin. The 

 three external divisions larger and 

 more pointed than the internal ones. 

 Leaves, large, undulating, and re- 

 curved, longer than the flower-stem. 

 Bulb, of medium size, oblong, rather 

 elongated, with the coat covered on 

 the inside with long, buff-coloured, 

 woolly and felted hairs. Southern 



Europe. Warm borders, and the 



bulb-garden, in sandy loam. In- 

 creased as the preceding kind. 



Tulipa praecox (Large Sun's Eye). 

 Very like T. Oculus-solis, but flower- 

 ing earlier ; 1 ft. to 18 in. high. 

 Flowers, late in spring ; scarlet, like 

 those of T. Oculus-solis, but much 

 larger and rounder, with the external 

 divisions of a yellowish hue, less 

 pointed and rather pubescent at the 

 top. Leaves, also larger and more un- 

 dulating. South of France. The 



bulb-garden, and borders and beds in 

 the spring garden, in deep sandy 

 loam. Division. 



Tulipa sylvestris (Wood T.) A 

 native species, 1 ft. to 16 in. high. 

 Flowers, early in summer ; 1, rarely 

 2 on a stem, yellow, fragrant, rather 

 drooping, bearded on the tips of the 

 divisions, expanding fully only in the 

 sunshine. Leaves, lance - shaped, 

 acute, smooth. Bulb, rather small, 

 covered with a smooth coat, lined on 

 the inside with buff - coloured hairs. 

 Most parts of Europe and of Britain. 

 Naturalization by wood- walks and 



in rough grassy places. Scarcely desi- 

 rable for the spring garden, as there are 

 many fine yellow varieties now in cul- 

 tivation. Increased like preceding 

 kinds. 



Tulipa turcica (Parrot Tulip). A. 

 very showy kind, known at once by 

 its large irregular petals ; 8 to 16 in. 

 high. Flowers, in May ; singularly 

 varied in colour, from the brightest 

 red to the deepest yellow, sometimes 

 one - coloured, sometimes streaked, 

 margined, or flushed with one or other 

 of these tints, or with bright green 

 or orange ; corolla large ; petals 

 spreading widely, irregular, more or 

 less wavy, sometimes deeply cut into 

 unequal segments, sometimes merely 

 jagged or fringed at the edges, some- 

 times accompanied with spurs, or 

 little horns, or sharp beaks. Leaves, 

 broadly -oval, very wavy, glaucous. 

 Bulb, large, its coat covered on the 

 inside with adpressed tawny hairs. 

 Thrace, Turkey. The spring gar- 

 den and borders, in good deep soil. 

 Increased like preceding kinds. 



Tunica Saxifraga (Rock Tunica]. 

 A neat mountain plant with some- 

 what the aspect of a G-ypsophila, 

 having much- branched stems, about 

 9 in. long, and forming tufts a few 

 inches high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 pale rose-coloured, small, but freely 

 produced in terminal panicles on 

 thread-like stems. Leaves, narrow, 

 linear, stiff, those on the younger 

 stems crowded. Stony places on the 



Alps and Pyrenees. Borders, the 



rock - garden, and naturalization on 

 ruins, old walls, and bare sandy or stony 

 banks, in light sandy soil. Seed and f 

 division. 



Umbilicus chrysanthus (Houseleek 

 Umbilicus). Eesembles a small House- 

 leek ; about 4 in. high. Flowers, in. 

 summer ; yellowish, in short panicles ; 

 petals lance-shaped, acute, with aline 

 of purplish-red prominences on the 



