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Krelage's Darwin Tulips. 



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" The highly honoured name of Krelage \vill always bo associated with the 

 Darwin tulip. Often and often as 1 look on these lovely handsome flowers, as with 

 varied elegances they pass from childhood to old age, or as they are seemingly 

 changed from something very magnificent to something still more magnificent by 

 the growing intensity of a Max sun, I silently thank the man who found them 

 and who had the business sagacity to give them to the world. They are a type by 

 themselves, stronger in growth than the old-time ' breeder ' of florist days, and xx ith 

 a range of colour surpassing the ancient cottage varieties. "7 'he (iartlen, Novem- 

 ber ii, 1911. 



"That they will prove to be the twentieth-century tulips there is not a shadow 

 of a doubt. Twenty-five years ago they were practically non-existent; to-day their 

 importance is greater than that of anv other type, and neither the brilliance of the 

 mid-Asiatic importations nor the exquisite refinement *of the florist varieties can 

 vie with them in popular estimation." REV. JOSEPH JACOB, "Tulips" (1912). 



Krelage's Rembrandt Tulips. 



"The Rembrandt tulips constitute such a distinct and attractive group that a 

 few of the many beautiful varieties should be included in selections of tulips that 

 bloom during the month of Max. In habit and in the size and form of their 

 flowers the Rembrandt somewhat closely resemble the Darwins, with which all 

 who take an interest in gardening are now familiar, but there is a wide difference 

 in the coloration of the flowers of the two sections. The Darwins are self-coloured, 

 while the Rembrandts have rectified flowers, and in all cases the combination of 

 colours is of the most delightful description. As in the case of the Darwins and 

 other May flowering varieties, the Rembrandts are of much value in the production 

 of broad effects, but I prefer to grow them in such manner that their distinctive 

 characteristics can be more readily seen and fully enjoyed than is possible when 

 they are planted in large mass* s. 1 have grown them in various ways, but the 

 method by which the greatest pleasure has been derived from them has been their 

 arrangement in groups in the herbaceous borders. The Rembrandts, it may be 

 added, were introduced some years ago by Messrs. Krelage & Son." GEORGE GORDON, 

 in 1 'he Gardeners' Magazine, October to, 1908. 



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5 Krelage & Son have annually introduced, have come before the public. But it 

 is not going to be so for ever. Seedling raising has been quietly and unostentatiously' 

 going on both in Holland and at home. Three examples which Mr. Krelage 

 exhibited before the committee leave no doubt about the results of his work. They 

 are named lily-flowered tulips, but readers will have a better idea of what they 

 are like if I say they are much after the style of retroflexa or elegans. The most 

 beautiful one, Siren, secured the high distinction of a first-class certificate. Very 



Krelage's Hybrid Tulips. 



" Of late years . . . few novelties, beyond the new Darwins that Messrs. 



beautiful it is. The flower is of great substance, and it is of a lovely silvery rose 

 shade, the exterior being of a deeper (one than the interior." The (iarden, May if), 



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E. H. KRELAGE & SON, HAARLEM (Holland). 



ESTABLISHED 1811. 



