June l."!, 1007. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



LATE-FLOWERING TULIPS. 



A Neglected Class. 



Florists, while they buy heavily of the 

 ordinary early tulips, such as La Eeine, 

 Yellow Prince, Kaizerskroou, Cottage 

 Maid, Chrysolora, and similar varieties for 

 forcing or bedding purposes, strangely 

 neglect the Uarwins, Byblooms, Gesneri- 

 anas and other handsome late-llowering 

 types. It is pleasing to note that on private 

 estates there is a growing demand for the 

 latter class, and it is to be hoped that 

 coinmeri-ial growers will take them in 

 hand more tiian they have done in the 

 past. Many of the best sorts are inex- 

 j)ensive. The bulbs do not deteriorate 

 from year to year, as do the bedding va- 

 rieties. In fact, 1 know of clumps of 

 ])arwins ten years old which continue to 

 blcKjin finely, and one other good i)oint 

 about them is that the stems are long 

 Mild still', averaging from eighteen to 

 thirty inches, making them iiualuable for 

 (lit Itowcr j)urposes. 



'J'lieir sjiecial v;ilue commercially lies 

 in the fact that they can be had for Me- 

 morial day in ordinary seasons. The 

 year lOoT is an abnormal one and some 

 of onr Diirwins were; linrdly open ^lay 

 ;{(), but even in ordin.'iry seasons we liml 

 that if the llowers are a little in advaiict.' 

 of the time when they are needed, they 

 can be cut before fully t'xpanded and 

 ke})t for a week in a cold cellar. Flowers 

 this season were senrce for Memorial day 

 and any llorist who planted tiiese l.-ite 

 tulips renped a good harvest. Certainly 

 a bunch of twenty-five Gesneriana, or 

 any of the scarlet, rose or pink Daruins, 

 with two feet of stem, would be chosen 

 by most of our customers in preference 

 to the same number of carnations, or 

 most of the roses now procurable. 



Darwin Tulips. 



The Darwin tulips constitute one of 

 the nu)st magnifirent classes in liie wiiolt> 

 line of hardy bulbous j>l:ints. Their 

 stems arc long and stiff, breaking little 

 in even heavy storms of wind :ind rain. 

 We have seen these two and one iiaif feet 

 in height, and they can U' ii:id two feet 

 high in any good garden soil. If some 

 of tlics(> average higher in ]>v'h>.g than 

 the common bi'dding tulii>s, tiny more 

 thiin coiintcilinlaiicr tiiis by lii'' higher 

 priri' the flowers will bring ;iii<i the fact 

 tliiit till', bulbs last ftir nion^ than one 

 season. 



A few good \aiirtie>< of haiuins are: 

 Lord l»iini-aii. bii^iit ><.-arlrt : lldiiioiid 

 Iko^-laihl, ros\- vcaiirt; < I iftcli''ii, soft 

 ro^r ; (Moiy. Inilliaiit siaihi; White 

 <,)iiiTn and La ('andi'iir. both in ally piiio 

 wliiio. ;ini| I'iiT Kiiii;. carniin' si-arlot. 



Cottage Tulips. 



Many ot what arc coriiiiaHily calh^l 

 in l-liiropr till' late tlowciing r.iMat;i' tu- 

 lips air of i^iiat \alno coiiiiiiri .la lly. :il- 

 thoiii^li tlii'V ail- lajilv -.i(ai in 'ln^ mar- 

 kcis, iior aio tliov to lie iiiri with oxc-ciil 



casually even in our parks and publir 

 gardens. Like the Darwins, nearly all of 

 these have 18ng stems and they embrace 

 many exquisite shades, some of which arc 

 unknown among the earlier and dwarfer 

 bedding tulips. 



A few varieties worthy of the attou 

 tion of florists are: Bouton d'Or, also 

 ealled Ida and Golden Beauty, clear 

 goMea yellow; retroflexa, light yellow 

 with graceful reflexed petals; Isabella, 

 also known as Shandon Bells and Blush- 

 ing Bride, cream, turning carmine ros(> ; 

 elegans, brilliant scarlet ; Goldt'n Crown, 

 yellow turning to crimson; Golden Etigle, 

 golden yellow; l^icotee, also calletl Maid- 



Tlicy till' iM('\|)ciisi\ (' and may be had 

 I'illior mixi'd or in sc|iaratc sliadcs. Those 

 wilii while grounds ;irc markccj with pink, 

 idsc, rrd or scarh't. \\liih' others are 

 stripe(l or mai'ked with |iui|ih', blackish 

 niiiroou or lilac. 



In addition to their great value for 

 cutting, all the late tulips are good for 

 mass effects in shrubberies or herbaceous 

 borders. They look best in circular or 

 (i\al clumps of from fifty to iTiU bulbs 

 each, when they are \ciy telling. Tho 

 Darwins a.nd late cottage tulips are all 

 excellent for bedding and a sejtarate bed 

 of \itellina, Gesneriana. I'icotee and such 

 Dai'wins as firetcheii, Lord i)unc;in ;iud 



Late Tulip Gesneriana Spathulata. 



en's Blush, white margineil with rose 

 and turning [lale crimson, a beaut iliil va- 



tiloiy will outclass in i-lfectiNe displav 

 any ot' the eaily tulips. 



riety; and (iesiieriana spatulata (major), i ll is xcry s;it isfacl oiv to note that 



brilliant scarlet with a bluish I'ye, proba ' ni.aiiy American biilb nii'icliants now 



biy the finest of the whole (aittage tulip ! lany in stock a good \aiiet\- ot' the>.' 



class for Memorial day trade, hi'ight two ! late tulips and [ think tlare is a ma;: 



feet, stems still', a superb variety for ; niliceiit future lu'fore tliein on coniuiei 



bedding or planting in clumps along | cial i stablishmeuts ;is well as on priv.ale 



shrubbei-jes. \iliiliii;i. color sniiiliur yel , ( -tates. W. X. ('i;\Ki. 



low, is a beautiful \ariety. ;i little hii;lier 



priced than others named". ^ RECOMMENDED HYACINTHS. 



Other Late Tulips. 



The l;i/,arre class has lloweis with yi'l- 

 low groiiiid stripe(| or t'eatheied with 

 white, purple or dark crimson. They are 

 purchasalih' in separate colors ;it unite 

 hiw rtites. The bulbs of thesi' have great 

 last ino- (|iialit ies. 1 have in mind chiinjis 

 in a Mass;ii'|iiiset ts ga rdeii planlecl nearly 

 tifteeii \ears ayo which are still Moomin^ 

 well. 



Till.' I !v liloonis, or I iyblooiiH'iis. are an- 

 other excellent late lloWelili;^ section. The 

 eiiliir is less liiilLiaiil than in the casr oi' 

 the harwins. I.nt lor mixed lioai|nets nr 

 lai'_;e i-lnnips tlcv are i|inle elViclive. 



Severs I'.ros., Lissi'. llnll;ind. -ay that 

 they especially reeoniinenil siii:^|e hv 

 acjiiths; they are preferable to d'luMe 

 ones, ;(s they jirocjuce larger spik. s and 

 force more easily. They re.Miiiiiiend 

 thi'se sorts ;is follows: 



< av ;i i^nac, extra line salninii pink, 

 lar-e full -pike, k^'cp- vety hm^ iii 

 fi'i-ced stale. I his varii'tv i- fieiiid in 

 every collectidii t'o r exhiMti'in. vvhei''' it. 

 draws the ;i 1 1 eiit ic in. 



» iKirles I )icke||v-, \u ;i||l i I'lij pink. Iiie> 



f.irnied haiue spike. Thi- i- dci.h'cilr 



■ '>\' the line-t pink hv .hiiilh-. \t 



foi-irs easilv aiiil alwavs ^i\.-. ->;iiiif'ae- 



