DESCRIPTIONS OF GARDEN TULIPS, 17 



IV. DESCRIPTIONS OF GARDEN TULIPS.* 



[For General Classification see p. 9. Names in italics are 

 synonyms. The date of flowering given below and the duration of 

 the flower are for the year 1915 and represent the order in which the 

 varieties may be expected to flower rather than the exact date of 

 flowering, which will vary from year to year ; it will also vary 

 according to the source and time of planting of the bulbs. The 

 dates are taken, as a rule, from bulbs which had been grown for 

 two years at Wisley and had been planted at the same time. The 

 heights are measured from the same bulbs and are relative only.] 



CLASS I. Due VAN THOL VARIETIES SINGLE. 



These varieties, believed to be derived from Tulipa suaveolens, are 

 the earliest-flowering garden Tulips, often being in flower before the 

 end of March and in full flower by April 10. The yellow variety is the 

 earliest, and is succeeded by the others after an interval of a few days. 

 With the exception of ' White Maxima/ the plants do not exceed 

 6 inches in height. The flower is pointed in the bud, and cup-shape 

 when open. 



Cochenille = Cochineal, q.v. 



Cochineal. Light crimson. 



Crimson . Crimson . 



Duchesss. Scarlet, with yellow segment margins. 



Gloriosa = Crimson, q.v. 



Orange, Scarlet Striped. Deep yellow, striped scarlet. 



Orange Maxima. Small, orange-red. 



Red and Yellow. Crimson, with yellow segment margins. 



Red and Yellow Maxima. A larger-flowered form of the preceding. 



Rose. White, flushed deep rose-pink. 



Scarlet. Small, dark scarlet. 



Violet. Dull plum-purple, edged white. 



White Maxima. White, larger and later than other van Thol 

 variety. 



Yellow. Small, yellow. 



* As with other Trials the Tulips were grown at Wisley under number only. 

 These numbers do not appear in this Report, but any Fellows, having noted the 

 number under which a Tulip was growing, and desiring to know its name, may 

 ascertain it on application to the Director, R.H.S. Gardens, Wisley, Ripley, 

 Surrey. 



