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TULIPS 609 
Principal Species TULIPA AUSTRALIS (southern). Similar to our native 
and Hybrids. 7 sylvestris (which see), but smaller in all its parts. 
Flowers more funnel-shaped, yellow, tinged outside with bronzy red. 
Native of South-Western Europe; also known as 7. celsiana. 
T. CLUSIANA (Clusius’). The Lady Tulip. Bulb small, densely 
hairy. Stem slender, 1 to 14 foot. Leaves four or five, long and slender, 
channeled. Flowers white, the outside flushed with red, and purplish 
black at base; stamens black; June. 
T. E1tcHieri (Hichler’s). Similar to 7. gesneriana (see below), but 
distinguished by the downy flower-stalk. Flowers bright crimson, with 
a yellow-bordered black basal blotch; April and May. 
T. ELEGANS (elegant). Flower-stalk slightly downy. Flowers 
bright red; segments with pointed tips; April or May. Of garden 
origin; believed to be a hybrid between 7. acuminata and T. suaveolens. 
T, GESNERIANA (Gesner’s). Bulb large, the outer coats with a few 
hairs on the inner surface. Leaves broad. Flowers variable, more or 
less striped with white, yellow, violet, or red; apex of segments broadly 
rounded; flower-stalk tall, and free from down; May and June. Plate 
284. The Parrot or Dragon Tulips are considered to be descended from 
T. gesneriana, var. dracontia. The flowers of these are brilliantly 
coloured, of large size, and the edges of the segments deeply toothed and 
slashed. Plate 285. 
T. GreEIcI (Greig’s). Stem about 9 inches high. Leaves broad- 
oblong, glaucous, blotched with brown. Flowers flame-coloured, nearly 
3 inches long, each segment marked with a yellow-bordered, oblong, 
black patch ; April. 
. OCULUS-SOLIS (sun’s-eye). Stem 12 to 18 inches high. Leaves 
slender, lower ones a foot long. Flowers 24 to 3 inches long, bright red, 
the segments having at the base a yellow-bordered, lance-shaped, black 
patch; April. 
T. PR&OCOX (early). Very similar to the last, but of more robust 
habit, earlier flowering, and with more oval segments, more overlapping, 
and with the basal blotch less clearly defined. 
T. PUBESCENS (downy). The flowers are faintly fragrant, but vary 
greatly in colour. It is believed to be a hybrid of garden origin. It 
has the large stigma and blunt-tipped segments of 7. gesneritana and 
the downy flower-stalk of 7. suaveolens. 
T. SUAVEOLENS (sweet-smelling). Sweet Tulip; Van Thol’s Tulip. 
Stem 6 inches high. Leaves broad. Flowers large, fragrant, red, 
yellow, or some combination of these colours; the segments with acute 
tips; flower-stalk very downy; March and April. Plate 286. 
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