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as in Fig. 5, large, white, tinged yellow near ovary ; filaments 

 yellow ; 19 inches ; May 10, 16 days. 



Platystigma. Type 2. Small, form fair; base as in Fig. 5, 

 yellowish, tinged blue ; 20 inches ; May 7, 13 days. One of the 

 famous " thief " Tulips, probably the most common. 



Didieri. Type 2. Shapely, of good substance ; inside soft colour, 

 outside flushed salmon ; base white, tinged with yellow, and with a 

 large blue blotch on the outer and a smaller on the inner segments ; 

 filaments yellow, olive above the middle ; 24 inches ; May 6, 15 days. 



Cottager. Type 2. Attractive, form and substance fair ; base 

 as in Fig. 5, white, tinged with yellow and somewhat blotched olive ; 

 filaments yellow, olive at apex ; 22 inches May 8, 17 days. 



Inglescombe Pink. Type i. Large form and substance good ; 

 colour good, much deeper outside ; base as in Fig. 5, pale blue ; 

 25 inches ; May 8, 17 days. 



Sir Harry. Type 2. Above medium size, of good form and 

 substance, colour soft and clear ; base white, with a blue ring ; 21 

 inches ; May 4, 19 days. The " breeder " form of ' Sir Harry.' 



Mrs. Kerrell. Type 2, almost 3. Large, of fair substance ; 

 base white, with a blue ring ; 22 inches ; May 10, 16 days. 



George Broadbridge. Type 2. Form and substance fair, colour 

 a little hard ; base white, with a pale blue ring ; 20 inches ; May 10, 

 16 days. 



May Queen. Type i. Large, of Darwin shape, but of much less 

 substance ; colour good ; base blue, as in Fig. 6 ; 30 inches ; May 3, 

 15 days. 



Arentine Arendsen = May Queen, q.v. 



Parisian Aurore = Inglescombe Pink, q.v. 



Salmon Queen == Inglescombe Pink, q.v. 



e. Flower cerise. 



Oriana. Type 2. Form and substance fair ; colour dull, becoming 

 almost flesh colour at the margins of the segments ; base large, 

 greenish, yellow around the ovary and ringed with blue filaments 

 greenish ; 24 inches ; May 3, 16 days. 



Maltese Cross. Type 2. A form of ' Gesneriana ' ; base blue, with 

 a large white region ; 24 inches ; May 10, 18 days. 



Crimson Flame. Type 2. Form and substance fair; outside of 

 midribs of segments white, deep cerise paler at margin ; base large, 

 indefinite, white ; 24 inches ; May 10, 15 days. 



Rosetta. Type i. Form and substance fair ; segments have a 

 fringed white margin ; base white, the form of Fig. 7 ; 25 inches ; 

 May 5, 19 days. 



Blue Star. Type 2. A form of ' Gesneriana ' ; base with the 

 fine blue-blotched base of ' Gesneriana spathulata ' (Fig. 5) ; 24 inches ; 

 May 10, 18 days. 



