DUTCH FLORISTS' TULIPS, 55 



Marie Antoinette. Large, well shaped ; aconite- violet ; base 

 large, white ; 28 inches ; May 15, 15 days. 



Medea. Dull magenta-purple ; base white ; filaments pale blue ; 

 27 inches ; May 10, 19 days. 



Mrs. Beecher Stowe. Violet ; base white, clean ; 26 inches ; 

 May 10, 16 days. 



Newton. Violet ; 27 inches ; May 8, 21 days. 



Noir Veritable = Black Chief, q.v. 



Othello. Amaranth-purple ; base diffuse, yellowish streaked 

 with olive ; filaments black ; 25 inches ; May 7, 19 days. 



Pluto. Purple ; 25 inches ; May 15, 15 days. 



Pourpre Aplatie. 18 inches ; May 3, 25 days. 



President Lincoln. Violet ; base blue ; 33 inches ; May 15, 

 16 days. 



Prince Albert. Form good ; pale violet ; base white ; 30 inches ; 

 May 7, 18 days. 



Prince of Waterloo. Violet ; 35 inches ; May 10, 16 days. 



Princess Alice. 28 inches ; May 7, 20 days. 



Purple King. Dark maroon-purple, reddish purple within ; base 

 triangular, white, with blue margin and a large yellow blotch ; filaments 

 yellowish. (Fig. 14.) 



Purple Perfection. Violet ; base blue, tinged with yellow ; 25 

 inches ; May 4, 20 days. 



Queen Victoria. Magenta ; base blue and white. 



Regal Purple = Bacchus, q.v. 



Robinson. Light violet ; 30 inches ; May 8, 19 days. 



Roi de Siam. Purple ; 30 inches ; May 15, 15 days. 



Rosamundi. Long ; magenta ; base white ; 27 inches ; May 15, 

 15 days. 



Sanspareil. Purplish violet ; 33 inches ; May 7, 20 days. 



Sappho. Violet -purple ; 25 inches ; May 10, 20 days. 



Sentinel = Je Maintiendrai, q.v. 



Socrates. Violet ; 25 inches ; May 7, 18 days. 



Superba. Deep maroon ; 30 inches ; May 8, 19 days. 



Tombeau de Lincoln. Segments pointed ; lilac with white and 

 dark violet streaks ; base stained. 



Velvet Gem = Velvet King, q.v. 



Velvet King. Cup-shaped, large ; bright dark red-purple ; 

 base small, sharply defined, white ; 31 inches ; May 14, 15 days. 



Vertumnus. Violet ; base large, white ; 27 inches ; May 5, 15 days. 



Violata. Large ; pale bronzy lilac ; base white, dirty ; 24 inches ; 

 May 10, 14 days. 



Violet magnifique. Small ; lavender-violet ; 24 inches ; May 7, 

 19 days. 



Violet Queen. Long, form and substance good ; segments some- 

 what pointed ; rich reddish purple ; base white ; tinged yellow ; 

 filaments blue above middle ; 24 inches ; May 4, 17 days. 



