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



Plate II. 



Single Early Tulips. 



Fig. 1. — White Swan, showing the aboveground parts of three flowering plants. Fig. 2.— 

 Keizerkroon, showing the aboveground parts of a plant whose bulb is too small to flower 

 this year but which wiU flower the next season. Note the single very large leaf. Fig. 3. — 

 Cardinal's Hat, a complete plant of a nonflowering-sized bulb which will grow to flowering 

 size this year. Note as in Figure 2 that the single leaf is comparatively large. 



