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TWO NEW TULIPS. 



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V the courtesy of Mr. A. Blanc, of Philadelphia, we give 

 our readers representations of two very curious novelties. 

 We can say nothing concerning them ourselves, either 

 pro. or con., for we have never seen the plants in flower, 

 and we therefore, simply give Mr. Blanc's description of 

 them. 



Tulipa Greigi (Royal tulip) is perhaps the most showy 

 and desirable of all tulips. It blooms early ; it has large goblet-shaped flowers, 

 being generally of a vivid scarlet color, but there are also yellow and purple- 

 colored flowers. The bulbs are hardy, and even when the leaves are half grown 

 they will endure a temperature of zero without protection. The plants are vigorous, 

 attaining a height of from nine to fifteen inches, and bearing flowers from twelve 

 to eighteen inches in circumference. A number of leaves have undulating mar- 

 gins, the whole of the upper surface being boldly blotched with purple and 

 chocolate-brown. It is the most expensive of all tulips, and so beautiful as to 



Fig. 54.— Tclipa Greigi, oe Royal Tuup. 



