Tulipa 



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Tulipa 



TULIPA. (TULIP.) 



Description. A genus of upwards of eighty 

 species of hardy bulbous plants (iird. Liliacere), 

 long prized in the garden, and of high value under 

 glass or for cut flowers. The florists' varieties 

 raise. 1 from gesneriana gave rise to the historic 

 Tulip mania of the seventeenth century, and these 

 flowers have long been largely grown in this 

 country. The highest types of these are known 

 as English Tulips, and they are of much beauty 

 when well grown. The early-flowering Tulips are 

 still more popular for beds, and also for growing in 

 pots, for which their adaptability to forcing 

 renders them very useful. The old Cottage 

 Garden Tulips, generally blooming with the 

 English varieties, "are again coming into favour ; 

 while the quaint-looking Parrot Tulips are useful 

 for hanging baskets and for the garden. The 

 various species are also largely cultivated by hardy 

 plantsmen, and comprise many charming flowers 

 not generally known. Variegated-leaved Tulips 

 are little grown in Britain, though pretty for pots 

 or bedding. 



Propagation. By offsets, removed when the 

 plants are at, rest, or by seeds a slow process 

 sown in a cold frame in boxes of light soil about 

 the beginning of February. 



Soil. Loam inclined to sandiness in the open ; 

 in pots, about one part of thoroughly well-rotted 

 cow manure to two of good loam, with a little 

 sand. 



Other Cultural Points. From the beginning of 

 October to the end of November is the most suitable 

 time for planting in the open. In heavy soil they 

 may be planted 3" to 4" deep, and in light soil 5". 

 For bedding or in borders 4" to 0" is a good 

 distance to place them apart. It is seldom neces- 

 sary to cover ordinary Tulips when grown in the 

 open, but it is sometimes advisable to protect with 

 loose litter if they pierce through the soil early. 

 For the English Tulips, we the directions on 

 p. 412. 



In Pots and Forced. The early Tulips are the 

 best for this, planting from three to live bulbs in a 

 5" pot, plunging the pots outside until root growth 

 is made, when they are brought in as required and 

 forced gently. For cut flowers and for jardinettes 

 they may be grown in boxes, and cut, or lifted and 

 placed in the jardinettes, as required. 



Principal Species and Varieties : 



r.ustralis, 14;', Ap., yel., kaufmanuiana, 6", spr.. 



flushed red (xi/i/.t. brey- wh., yel., red, variable, 



niana and celsiana). macrospeila, 2', My., 



bilhetiana, 2', My., yel. ; crim., blk. blotch. 



several vara. ' Ooulus-solis, U', Ap.,reel, 



cluaiana, 8", Je., wh., lilk. blotches, yel. bor- 



red, base blk. dered. 



alba, wh., pur. outside. patens, 6" to 12", My., 



gesneriaua, 2 to 3', My., yel. (/. persica). 



red ; the parent of the persica (nee patens). 



florists' Tulips. suaveolens, 6", Mch., red, 



Greigi, 9", Ap., red, yd.. yel. 



variable, good forms sylvestris, 1' to 2', Ap., 



being aestuans, auren, My., yel. 



carmiuea, impeiialis, 



picta, and Victorije. 



Other Species, Hybrids, and Varieties : 

 ueuiiiiniita, 1', Ap., red altaica, 6" to 9", Ap., 



ii". oornuta). Turkish y<''- "r red. 



Tulip, Uiitnliiiii, 8", Ap. , lemon 



lberti, 2', 



Alb 



br. 



, Ap., sc., yel., yel. 



biebersteiniana, 1', Ap., o=trowskiaiia, li', spr., 



vel. red. 



bittora, 6", Ap., wh., eye platystigma, 1' to U', 



yel. My., ro. , lil. ; probable 



buaotica, 1 ' , yel. , red, blk. parent of Parrot Tulip. 



Borszczowi, 1', yel., blk. polychroma, dwarf, near 



chrysaiitha, 4", yel. celsiana. 



ciliatula, U", Ap., crim. praecox, 2', Ap., red, 



conciuua, 9", Ap., crim. blotches blk, 



cornuta (see acumiuata). primuliiia, 6", spr., yel., 



cuspidata, 6", Ap., sc. red. 



(./. Elwesii). pulchella, 6", spr., car., 



dainmauuiana, 1' to U', crim. 



Ap., pur. retroflexa, 1', My., yel., 



Didieri, 2', My.,red,blotch petals reflexed. 



blk. (fijit. f ransom- saxatilis, 1', Ap., mauve, 



ana). pur. 



alba, wh. scabriscapa, Ap., My., 

 edulis, 4" to 9", My., yel. variable. 



Eichleri, 10', Ap., My., Schreucki, 2' to 3', My., 



crim., blotch blk. Je., pur. or yel. 



elegans, 1', My., red, eye Siiitenisii, dwarf, pale 



yel. red, sc. 



alba, wh. spathulata, 2' to 3', My., 

 flava, 1', Je., yel., seg- Je., red, base blk. 



meuts banded grn. Spreugeri, 9" to 12", Je., 



fragraus, 6" to 12", Ap., sc., very late. 



yel. stellata, 1', Je., wh., 



gnsebachiana (see or- flushed red. 



pham'dea var.). lutea, yel. 



Hageri, 1', Ap., red. strangulata, !+/, Ap.,yel., 



iliensis, _!', spr., lemon flushed ro. 



yel. sultan abadensis, sc., 



Kesselriugii, 1', Ap., yel. blotch blk., near un- 



kolpakowskiaua, 2 , Ap., dulatifolia. 



sc. or yel. thirkeana, 1', Ap..yel.,br. 



lanata, 8" to 15", pur. triphylla, 6" to 9", Muh., 



Leichtlini, 1', pk. , wh. lemou yel. 



Levieri, sc., blotch blk. ; Hoeltzeri, yel., pur. 



near, if not a var. of, turcica of Kunth (see 



montana. acuminata var.). 



hbanotica, 6", pur. turkestanica, C", Ap., 



linifoha, 6", Ap., sc. wh., grn. 



Lownei, 4" to 6", lil., uudulatifolia, 6" to 9", 



yel. My., crim. red, blotch 



maculata, K', My., bright blk. 



red. uuiflora, Ap., yel., grn. 



maleolens, 1]', Ap., red, violacea, 6", spr., mauve 



odour slightly un- red. 



pleasant. viridiflora, 1', Je., yel., 



Maximowiczii, 6", Ap., grn. 



sc., pur. tardiva, greener, later, 



moiitana, 6", Je., red. vitelliua, 1 to 2', My., 



Orphanidea, 1^', My., yel. pale yel. A hybrid. 



Selection of Early-flowering Tulips : 



[NoTB. These selections are necessarily limited, 

 and reference to the dealers' catalogues is advised 

 in addition.] 



Uoublei : 



Blanche Rosette, wh., ro. 

 Bride of Lammcrmoor, 



wh., ro. 



Cramoisie Superbe, sc. 

 Emperor William, fc., 



edged yel. 



Imperator Kubrorum, sc. 

 La Candour, wh. 

 Leo XIII., sc., yel. 

 L'Imiocence, wh. 

 Miiriage de MaFilli 1 , \vh.. 



striped crim. ; late. 



Artus, sc. 



Bride of Haarlem, sc., 



feathered wh. 

 Chrysolora, yel. 

 I 'ullage Maul, ro., wh. 

 Crimson King, crim., sc. 



Miunie Hank. car. ro. 

 Overwinaar, wh., crim., 



vio. ; late, 

 rosea perfecta, ro., 



streaked wh. 

 Rose Blanche, wh. 

 Kalvator Rosa, rf . 

 The Moor, maroon, crim. 

 Vuurbaak, or., sc. 

 Yellow Rose, very sweet. 



Due Van Thol. iu var. 



Franz Hals, wli. 



Ti.ost van Vouclel, crim., 



wh. 

 Keizer's Krooii, so., 



yel. 



