Bui. 1082, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate I. 



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MCKINLEY, FARNCOMBE SANDERS. AND CLARA BUTT TULIP BULBS. 



Fig. 1.— Flowering bulbs of McICinley, showing the coats just starting to split from overexposure 

 to light and air. Fig. 2.— Flowering bulbs of Farncombe Sanders, showing front of the tulip bidb 

 (side next the stem). FiG. 3.— Same as Figure 2, but showing back of the bulb. Fig. 4.— Bulbs 

 of Darwin tulip Clara Butt, showing bulb which flowered this year (left) and one which did not 

 (right), the former planted 14 and the latter 21 to the row. 



