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very graceful, the florets lengthening into almost a tail, and deep crimson. 

 T. macrospila, carmine rose, very sweetly scented, is an excellent Tulip ; 

 the yellow T. retrqflexa, the deep crimson T. fulgens, and the Parrot Tulips 

 are indispensable. The bulbs are not unreasonable in price. A dainty 

 coloured Tulip is Picotee, white with pretty rose margin ; and also of 

 note is Golden Crown, golden yellow, edged with orange-yellow. Bouton 

 d'Or is one of the finest yellow Tulips in existence. 



Many species are chiefly for the rock-garden or to form pretty groups, 

 and these include the Lady Tulip (T. clusiana), with charming rose and 

 white flowers. Give this a warm soil and shelter. T. Didieri and T. 

 billietiana, a form of it with yellow flowers, are handsome ; those of the 

 former are red. Other good kinds are T. Eichleri, scented ; the very late 

 T. flava ; T. sylvestris, the wild Tulip, very useful for planting in grass, 

 a sweet-smelling species; T. Ghreigi is not a beginner's Tulip unless 

 he is an enthusiast ; but, of course, many rare and troublesome things to 

 grow will be secured that are not mentioned in this book. T. Greigi 

 has gorgeous flowers, usually vermilion in colour, but they change con- 

 siderably they are about three inches high and nearly five broad, and 

 should be grown in a warm, well-cultivated soil ; height seven inches. 

 Another brilliant species is T. kolpakowskyana, one foot high ; the flowers 

 are red varied with yellow markings. T. montana is red or yellow the 

 flowers come of both colours ; it is a hardy, vigorous little Tulip, six inches 

 high. T. mtellina is of a soft yellow tint, a very beautiful species, refined, 

 and yet in a way showy. 



The Parrot Tulips are a strange class. The flowers are of quixotic 

 form, the segments gashed and cut into quaint shapes, spattered with 

 crimson and yellow colouring. They are not always sure to flower, 

 but their curious shape and remarkable colours are fascinating to many. 

 " Mixtures " give good assortment of kinds, but named varieties may be 

 purchased. Their origin is uncertain. 



The " Darwin " race of late Tulips is useful for prolonging the season ; 

 they are about the last to expand. A large trial of these took place in 

 the late May of 1900 in the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens at 

 Chiswick, and the following were selected as amongst the best for 

 colour : Fraulein Amberg, two feet high, varying in colour from deep 

 violet to mauve, with a light centre ; Auber, not quite so tall and sturdy 

 as the former, its flowers violet-purple, shading to heliotrope, with bluish 

 centre ; Bonders, very effective, crimson-maroon, with blue centre, very 

 lasting, and with stout stem ; Rev. H. H. Dombrain, bright red, with 

 purple on the back of the florets, two feet high ; Gustave Dore\ rose, 

 with white band down the centre of each floret, height, two feet ; Prof. 

 M. Foster, scarlet suffused with rose, and stained with rose carmine 

 on the exterior, centre inky blue, height, twenty-six inches; Europe, 

 rose-scarlet, the inner segments striped with white down the centre, and 

 flushed with purple outside ; Mrs. Farncombe Saunders, deep rose-scarlet, 

 two feet high ; and Pho3cia, rose-scarlet, outer segments stained with 

 carmine, inner base blue-black. 



