TULIPA 



be monstrosities, and were pictured as such Accord 

 ff to t5olms L-\ub ich no tiaces of them aie to be found 

 . tliL I 1 1 I) It 111 11 \ weie eMdenth de^ eloped 

 , till Ii 1 1 1 lilt hvdam the jellow and i( d 



e H 11 1 1 \ tlie> %\ere mide a sepinte 



itLitv / / I I s lid to be h\biids, 1)> one 



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TULIPA 



1869 



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Horticultural Society ind the favor with whith tliey 

 were recened bj is critit d ind nitelhf,'eut in audience 

 is e\ er gathered aiound i i \1 1 it i i il k 



The late Isaac Bueh ii i i ; 1 tlit Tulip very 



suciessfully from offsets 1 i i in Vstori i L I , 



it ibout the 6ime pen 1 1 I I i I the Honcis at 

 the tirst spiiiij e\Iiil 1 i i \ \ lorkHorti 



cultui il -- 1 fv ,M 1 „ois 



Re, 1 t I I II lip in various 



aple se 



stnins niieTht b 

 from them bj si 

 tion 



Douole Tulips seem to 

 hive made their appearance 

 at meiih date lu Hortus 

 Ejstettiiisis iliiH), there 

 iiefiui tut ins tif,ured one 



been 



v.h<]] 



1/01 and at the beginr 

 of the nineteenth centu: 

 double form of T 'njhei 

 till was desLiibed 

 Arnold V STtBENR\ucH 



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of sut- 



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and also to the very general opinion that the industry 

 could not be made profitable excepting in Holland and 

 by the Dutch. There is a common notion that Dutch 

 soil alone is adapted to the perfect development of the 

 bulb, and that there is some secret process possessed 

 by the Dutch alone which they will not under any cir- 

 cumstances reveal. Nevertheless some of our early 

 horticulturists and florists showed conclusively that the 

 Tulip bulbs could be grown In America even better than 

 in Holland. 



The late David Thomas, of Greatfield, near Aurora, 

 Cayuga county, N. Y., grew from seed some of the 

 finest Tulips, both as regards size, colors and markings, 

 ever shown in this or any other country at that early 

 date, which was nearly sixty years ago. The writer re- 

 members well seeing them on exhibition at the Aurora 



particular as regiids soil 

 It will thrne in either sand 

 or clay hut it cm be prof 

 itably grown onlj on i light 

 sand} soil is in such the 

 bulbs int lease more rapidly 

 and are liiger and moie at 

 tractive m appear mce, the 

 skin being of a lovelj red 

 dish brown while those 

 grown m a hea\y soil are 

 smaller and of a dirtj brown 

 color Nearlj all the soil 

 on the Atl iiitK coist from 

 Miin, t H nil IS ulrair 

 il h 1 I t 1 t in iicial 



lnli| il t I 1-. much 



of th. nil 11 1 il 11 m Vir 

 ginii s luthw lid, the light 

 sind being almost identical 

 with that of Holland, where 

 the Tulip IS almost exclu- 

 sively grown 



While the Tulip loves 

 moisture perfect drainage 

 IS re juisite to success The 

 best 11 suits iif obtained 

 \\h 1 th il I s been 



1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I pre 

 I 1 1 iiMs but 

 t - s 11 1 1 t crop 

 eteiille 1 he best 

 Is that from the 

 cow stall, which must be 

 thoroughlv rotted and 

 evenly incorporated in the 

 soil E\ en though the soil 

 be light and fane it must be 

 thoroughly worked before 

 the bulbs iiejlinftd which 

 shoul II 1 \ il 1 th of 

 bept. 11 1 1 I I 1 I tl Inlbs 

 4 nil I 11 tl mface 

 in be Is 4 t t in ni Itli, the 

 rows ti inches apart and the 

 larger or stock - Ijulbs 6 

 inches apart in the rows. 

 For propagation the largest 

 and finest bulbs are always 

 used, and selected by the 

 dealers before filling orders. 

 The sets can be planted 2 

 inches apart iu the rows, 

 the space to be increased according to the size of the 

 bulb. Upon the approach of wiriter the beds should be 

 given a light mulch to prevent the ground freezing be- 

 low the bulb. Not that the Tulip will not endure as 

 much frost as any hardy perennial — for it will — but 

 nearly all bulbs make certain preparations for spring 

 flowers in winter, and when the soil around them is 

 hard frozen this preparation cannot go on; consequently 

 when growth starts in early spring it will be premature 

 and feeble, and the result will be inferior flowers and a 

 smaller increase. 



Upon the approach of spring remove the mulch; this 

 is all the work that will be required, other than to keep 

 the surface of the soil frequently stirred with a fine 

 rake to keep down the weeds and prevent evaporation 

 until the flowers appear. The beginning of bloom is the 



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