LILY FAMILY 



it is now termed a Breeder. At some future flowering period 

 — how many seasons later is quite uncertain — it may 'break' 

 into central markings of another color, and these may be either 

 flame-like or feather-like. It is now Rectified, and is placed in 

 the Flamed or Feathered section of its class according to the 

 character of this variegation. 



"In Bizarres the ground color is either lemon or golden yellow 

 and the base of the flower is of clear yellow. Above this clear base 

 is laid the flame or feather marks of orange, scarlet, crimson, 

 black, or brown. If the base is stained with a tinge of green, then, 

 according to the rules, all its value as an exhibition plant is gone. 



"Bybloemens have a clear white ground and white base, above 

 which the variegations are similarly laid in violet, purple, black, 

 pale-lilac, lavender, and heliotrope. 



"Roses also have a clear white base, and a white or rose ground 

 above it, on which are laid flames or feathers of delicate pink, 

 soft rose, glowing scarlet, scarlet-cerise, rose-pink, carmine-rose, 

 or the deepest crimson. 



"Darwins are really late-flowering Breeders, developed in Eng- 

 land arid differing from the Dutch Breeders in their numerous 

 and striking shades of color, ranging from the lightest to the 

 darkest, and in their long flower stalks. 



"Parrots or Dragon Tulips have flowers brilliantly colored, of 

 large size, and the edges of the segments deeply toothed and 

 slashed." 



Since it was the Turk who developed the Tulip, it is interesting 

 to inquire what type of flower was most agreeable to him. We 

 find that the Turkish form was one of pointed segments rather 

 than rounded ones, and that the preferred colors were solid reds 

 and yellows. All the variegation has been produced on European 

 soil. The chief value of the Tulip lies in the masses of dazzling 

 color which it can give to our yards, lawns, and parks, while veg- 

 etation as a whole is yet in the bud. No other plant can do this 

 so well, and coming out of the Levant three hundred years 

 ago it seems to have started upon a triumphal march aroimd 

 the world. "^^ 



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