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in color combinations with the bizarres, byblamens 
and roses. 
Parrot, or dragon, tulips are a very old class. 
The large blossoms have deeply toothed petals 
and the color variegations are extraordinarily pic- 
turesque. They remind one rather of macaws 
than parrots. Golden inside and the outside shaded 
and feathered with scarlet, purple and green is a 
summary of the gorgeousness of one variety. The 
parrot tulips bloom in May. While they are very 
showy, their somewhat artificial air, weak stems 
and irregular flowering habit have always kept 
them out of the foreground. 
A further classification of English tulips is some- 
times made. These are the old English florist 
tulips and are merely another group of breeders 
that have broken, being sub-divided into bizarres, 
byblaemens and roses. Then there are the tulip 
species, a great number of which have been brought 
into cultivation; there are thirty-four of them in 
a single English list and of these not one has 
been more than a rare visitor to an American gar- 
den. So it is plain that the cup of tulip hap- 
piness is being only sipped. 
Of the species, a few are in the American mar- 
ket. The sweet-scented Florentine tulip (T. syl- 
vestris, or florentina) is a very pretty yellow one 
and the little lady tulip (T. Clusiana) is a perfect 
gem. The latter, which is pale red outside and 
white inside, will do well in the garden if planted 
among stones and plant roots in light soil and a 
