COTTAGE TULIPS. 49 



Billietiana Aurora. Type 2. Larger, brighter, and mofe scarlet 

 than ' Billietiana ' ; 21 inches j May 6, 19 days. 



Royal Crown. Type i. Form and substance fair ; bright nopal 

 red, each segment with base and lower part of each lateral margin pale 

 cadmium yellow ; 19 inches ; May 7, n days. 



Aurora = Billietiana Aurora, q.v. 



Billietiana Sunset = Sunset, q.v. 



Billietiana Cloth of Gold = Cloth of Gold, q.v. 



Koningskroon Royal Crown, q.v. 



Narbonensis Yellow = Gold Cup, q.v. 



Yellow Crown = Golden Crown, q.v. 



I. Light Bronze. 



Coridion. Type i. Form and substance fair j lemon-chrome, 

 washed with rosolane-purple ; 28 inches ; May 3, 21 days. 



Queen Alexandra. Type i. Small and of good substance ; bright 

 lemon-yellow, with a streaky purplish blotch at the apex of each 

 outer segment ; filaments brownish above the middle ; 29 inches ; 

 May 6, 18 days. 



Alcida. Very similar to ' Jaune d'CEuf ' ; 22 inches ; May 7, 

 15 days. 



Jaune d'CEuf. Type i . Form and substance fair ; bright deep 

 lemon-chrome, with a slight flush of pale purple on the outer segments ; 

 base large, pale green ; filaments greenish ; 28 inches ; May 7, 20 days. 



Plutargus. Type i. Form and substance fair ; lemon-yellow, 

 outside flamed dull purple ; base and filaments greenish ; 25 inches ; 

 May 6, 21 days. 



Empress of China. Type i. Form and substance fair ; yellow, 

 flushed inside with olive ; outer segments have a broad purplish 

 beam ; base and filaments olive ; 29 inches ; May 8, 19 days. 



Garibaldi. Similar to but paler than ' Bronze Queen ' (IV m), 

 and with a bluish tinge ; a long flower. 



Yellow Perfection. Type i. Very like 'Apricot ' (IV m) ; 26 inches { 

 May 6, 19 days. 



Eastern Queen = Coridion, q.v. 



Sunrise = Jaune d'CEuf, q.v. 



m. Dark Bronze. 



Orion. 20 inches ; May 6, 15 days. 



Bronze King. Purple on pale yellow ground ; 31 inches ; May 6, 

 19 days. 



Abd-el-Kadir. Large ; base yellow ; 30 inches ; May 6, 19 days. 



Bronze Queen. Form and substance fair ; buff-yellow within, 

 purplish fawn without ; base bright lemon-chrome ; filaments olive 

 above, yellow below ; 28 inches ; May 8, 23 days. 



Goldmine. Mahogany striped ; base stained ; 22 inches ; May 7, 

 1 8 days. 



