TULIPA 



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TULIPA 



variable species is widely distributed 

 from Italy to Asia Minor. It has 

 broad ovate lance-shaped leaves, and 

 sweet-scented bright scarlet flowers 

 with a blackish centre. {Bot. Reg. 

 tt. 46, 380.) This is the parent of 

 most of the Garden Tulips. The 

 y&YieXy fidgens has a yellow instead 

 of a blackish centre ; spathidata has 

 brilliant red flowers with a purple- 

 black base ; and violacea has reddish- 

 violet flowers with a blue-black base. 

 T. Schrencki, from Turkestan, with 

 bright crimson flowers, having a 

 black blotch at the base is a distinct 

 variety, considered by some authorities 

 to be the parent of the Scarlet Due 

 Van Thol Tulips. (See T. suaveolens.) 



T. Greigl. — ^A fine species from 

 Turkestan, easily recognised by its 

 pale or grey green leaves, being 

 heavily blotched with purple-brown. 

 The large fiery red bell-shaped 

 flowers have a blackish base with 

 a yellow zone. (Bot. Mag. t. 6177; 

 GarUnfl. t. 773; Fl. d. Serr. t. 

 2261.) There are several forms, one 

 called aurea, having yellow flowers 

 with a reddish centre, and alba, hav- 

 ing white margins. 



T. Haageri. — ^A native of Asia 

 Minor about 9 ins. high, with cherry- 

 red flowers often tinged with yellow 

 outside, and a blue-black centre 

 bordered with yeUow within (Bot. 

 Mag. t. 6242; Gartenfl. t. 790; 

 Belg. Hort. 1877, t. 2). The variety 

 nitens is much finer than the type, 

 having flowers 3 ins. across, bright 

 orange-red, black at the base, and 

 flushed with grey and bronze outside 

 {Gard. Chron. 1903, xxxiii. 305; 

 Gard. 1903, Ixiii. 293, 325, 372, f.). 



T. iliensls. — ^A native of Turkestan 

 about 6 ins. high, with narrow leaves 

 and citron-yellow flowers {Bot. Mag. 

 t. 6518, B. ; Gartenfl. tt. 975, 982). 



T. ingens. — A native of Bokhara, 

 having bright scarlet - vermilion 



flowers with a conspicuous black blotch 

 at the base, the outer segments 

 having a broad yellowish band outside 

 {Gard.JOhron. 1902, xxxii. 14, f. 7). 



Tulip, 8 to 12 ins. high, from Turkes- 

 tan, with grey-green leaves developed 

 after the large bright carmine flowers 

 edged with white are produced. The 

 inner surface of the perianth seg- 

 ments is pearly white, with a bright 

 yellow base bordered with crimson. 

 {Bot. Mag. t. 6887; Gartenfl. t. 906, 

 f. 6-10.) There are a few forms or 

 variations of this species sometimes 

 seen, that known as pulcherrima 

 being probably a hybrid between it 

 and T. Greigi. The variety aurea 

 has yellow margins ; and coccinea has 

 vivid scarlet flowers with a clear 

 yellow base. 



T. Eesselrlngl. — ^A native of Turke- 

 stan with narrow channelled grey- 

 green leaves and bright yellow 

 flowers about 2 ins. deep, the three 

 outer segments being suffused with 

 reddish-brown outside {Bot. Mag. 

 t. 6754 ; Gartenfl. t. 964). 



T. Eolpakowskyana. — A pretty 

 species also from Turkestan, witii 

 deeply channelled lance-shaped leaves 

 about 1 ft. long, having minutely 

 ciliated margins. The scapes are 

 1 to 2 ft. high, each bearing a large 

 handsome flower 2 to 3 ins. deep, 

 variable in colour, being sometimes 

 bright red with a black centre and 

 purple-black stamens, sometimes 

 yeUow flushed with red outside, and 

 sometimes pure yellow with a 

 blackish centre and yellow anthers 

 and filaments, {bot. Mag, t. 6710; 

 Gartenfl. t. 951 ; Garden, 1891, t. 

 819.) 



T. Korolkowi. — This is a native of 

 the deserts between Khiva and Tash- 

 kend, and is related to T. Eichleri, 

 but has smaller flowers of a dazzling 

 red, with a black blotch at the base. 



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