38 REPORT OF THE TULIP NOMENCLATURE COMMITTEE. 



CLASS IV. COTTAGE TULIPS.* 



The form of the flowers in Cottage Tulips falls into four types, 

 which are indicated in the descriptions, viz. : 



Type i. Cup-shaped, e.g. ' Bouton d'Or.' Fig. i. 

 2. Pointed, e.g. ' Mrs. Moon.' Fig. 2. 

 3. Egg-shaped, e.g. 'John Ruskin.' Fig. 3. 

 4. Segments reflexed, e.g. ' Retroflexa.' Fig. 4. 



a. Flower white. 



Dora. Type I. Medium size ; outer segments reflexed ; base 

 yellow blotched of the form in Fig. 5 ; 17 inches ; April 30, 19 days. 



The Bride. Type I. Substance poor ; base blotched pale yellow 

 of the form in Fig. 5 ; filaments pale yellow. (Conf.) f 



Beauty of America. Type 2. Substance fair ; base and filaments 

 tinged yellow ; 19 inches ; May 8, 13 days. 



Dame Blanche. Type 2. Substance fair ; base blotched yellow 

 (Fig. 5) ; filaments yellow ; 21 inches ; April 30, 20 days. 



Cygnet. Type i. Small, of good form and substance ; 24 inches ; 

 May 8, 18 days. 



Parisian White. Type i. Form good ; white, tinged pink in 

 the upper part of each segment when old ; 22 inches ; May 7, 17 days. 



Innocence. Type 3. Form and substance fair ; base blotched 

 yellow (Fig. 5) ; filaments yellow ; 23 inches ; May 7, 18 days. 



Niphetos. Type 2. A white form of ' Didieri ' ; 25 inches ; 

 May 6, 15 days. 



Silver Crown. Type 2. Opening wide ; 18 inches ; May 6, 15 days. 



Royal White. Type i. Form and substance good ; base with 

 a diffuse yellow blotch ; stigma large ; 17 inches ; April 27, 20 days. 



Water-lily. Type I. Of great substance, white more or less 

 slightly flaked rose-red ; 16 inches ; April 20, 20 days. A semi-early 

 variety. 



Albi flora Silver Crown, q.v. 



Dame Elegante = Dame Blanche, q.v. 



Didieri alba = Niphetos, q.v. 



Gilt Crown = Beauty of America, q.v. 



La Candeur = Parisian White, q.v. 



Sncwdon = Parisian White, q.v. 



Suaveolens alba Water-lily, q.v. 



b. Flower white, edged pink. 



Perle Royale. Type i. White, more or less flushed and feathered 

 with purplish pink ; filaments blue ; 27 inches ; May 15, 15 days. 



* In this Class the varieties are arranged as they might be in a border so that 

 they form a sequence with the most typically coloured flower of the section about 

 the middle and thence grading off towards the sections above and below it. 



f Indicates that the varieties appear at the Conference only and not in the 

 trials at Wisley. 



