COMMON TULIP 



Btdbs. — Rhizomatous. 



Stetn. — Two to five feet high. 



Leaves. — Lanceolate, three-nerved, margins and nerves rough, re- 

 motely whorled. 



Flowers. — Few, on long peduncles, yellow or orange usually spotted 

 with brown ; the perianth segments recurved and spreading. 



This is the common Lily of the North, abundant in alluvial 

 meadows throughout its entire range. The stem ordinarily rises 

 to the height of three feet and bears several whorls of bright- 

 green lanceolate leaves. At the summit it divides into several 

 flower stems and each bears a delicate, pendulous bell, dull buff- 

 yellow or dull orange without, and orange or pale yellow within, 

 freckled with purple brown spots. It fails of the glowing color of 

 the Wood Lily, but it bears its blossoms with an incomparable 

 grace and possesses a charm unsurpassed by any lily of the garden. 

 It is our only native representative of the fifth sub-genus of lilies. 



COMMON TULIP 



TAIipa Gcsiieriaria. 



Tulipa, derived from the Persian toliban, turban, wkich the inverted 

 flower resembles. 



B«</6.— Tunicated, the outer tunic often kairy or woolly on the inner 

 face. 

 Leaves. — Linear or broad. 



Flower-stem. — Three to thirty inches high, usually one-flowered. 

 Flowers. — Erect, rarely nodding; showy, sometimes fragrant. 

 PeriantK' segments. — Six; stamens six, inserted on the torus. 

 Ovary. — Three-celled; stigmas three, sessile. 

 Pod. — Oblong; seeds many, flat. 



Tulipase do carry so stately and delightful a form, and do abide so long 

 in their bravery, that there is no Lady or Gentleman of any worth that is 

 not caught with this delight.— " Paradlsus Terrestris," Parkinson; 1600. 



The origin of the cultivatecf Tulip is lost in the mists of antiquity. 

 The plant came into Europe by way of the Turk, the first 

 seeds having been sent or brought to Menna in 1554 by the Aus- 



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