BIBLIOGRAPHY, l6l 



1903. M. MADELIN. * " Le Forgage des Tulipes en Angleterre," in the 

 Revue Horticole for Sept. 1903. Paris. 

 The early forcing of tulips in England. 



1905. JOHN HOOG. * " Newer Wild Tulips/ 1 in Flora and Sylva, 

 vol. iii. London. 



Details about some of the new tulips from mid- Asia, such as 

 Tubergeniana, praestans, &c. A valuable article, 



1905. GEORGES GIBAULT. * Etude sur la Bibliographic et la Littera- 



ture Horticoles Anciennes. Paris. 



This is a reprint from the Jour, de la Societe nationale d'Hort. de 

 France for November 1905. It contains valuable notes on old 

 French tulip and flower books. A reproduction of the scarce frontis- 

 piece to the "L'Ecole du jardinier fleuriste" (1764) is given, with the 

 information that it is only to be found in the first edition. 



1906. E. GADECEAU. * " La Tulipe Flamande," in the Revue Horticole 



for June 1906. Paris. 



Properties of La T. Flamande, with a picture of an arrangement 

 (or tent) for covering the blooms. Notes on their culture and on 

 " droppers." 



1906. AGNES ROBERTSON. * " The Droppers of Tulipa and Erythro- 



nium," from Annals of Botany, vol. xx. No. Ixxx. London. 

 October 1906. 



Accounts of droppers in mature and seedling bulbs: Valuable 

 references to other writings on the subject. 



1907. LE TEXNIER. *"La Tulipe," in the author's series entitled 



"Essais sur THistoire de Quelques Fleurs d'Ornement." 



Paris. 



A small brochure, but full of information. The tulip in England, 

 France, Flanders, and the Netherlands is dealt with in separate sec- 

 tions. Others are headed "Lesfous-tulipiers," " Le Tulipes botaniques,' ' 

 &c. &c: 



1908. EMILE GADECEAU. Les Derniers Tulipomanes. Rennes. 



Details about some famous French tulip fanciers of the nineteenth 

 century. A picture of " James Lloyd, a Ten tree de la tente abritant 

 la collection ' princeps ' des Tulipes " shows what an old-fashioned tulip 

 tent was like, 



1908-12. C. HARMAN PAYNE. * The Florist's Bibliography, with the 

 Supplement, 1912. London. 



Included in its contents is a full list of works which from a gardener's 

 or florist's point of view deal entirely with the tulip. I am indebted to 

 this little book for some of the items in this bibliography, and I here 

 return the author my sincere thanks for his help. 



1909. W.S.MURRAY. *" The Introduction of the Tulip and the Tulipo- 



mania," R.H.S. Journal, vol. xxxv. pt. i. London. 

 A narrative of the spread of the garden tulip in Western Europe, 

 and a description of the proceedings of the mania time. Black-and- 

 white illustrations are given of some of the most famous varieties, and 

 there are reproductions of two celebrated prints of the same period 

 (i) Flora's Fool's Cap and (2) The Fool's Wagon. 



1910. EDMUND DORING. Das Leben der Tulpe. Sondershausen. 



The growth and development of the new bulb is fully explained, 



* These books can be consulted in the Lindley Library. 



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