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variety but lacking the hairiness in foliage. T. perigrinum or 

 canariense is the well-known Canary Creeper, a distinct variety and 

 a half-hardy annual, needing a rich soil and sowing under glass, 

 T. tuberosum is another distinct variety, tuberous-rooted and usually 

 confined to the greenhouse, as in the open it flowers so late that it is 

 often spoiled by the frost. It is a graceful trailing plant, producing 

 showy flowers of scarlet and yellow, and in the house the tubers may 

 be started at any time from September to March. In the open the 

 tubers should be planted in spring and lifted in autumn for storage 

 in a dry place. It will flourish in the poorest of soils. 



TUBEROSE. See Polianthes. 



TULIP. For brilliancy in colour and vivid effect in the garden 

 the Tulip is unsurpassed, especially when a large number of the self- 

 coloured varieties are massed together; while by a judicious planting 

 of different kinds, beginning with the early-flowering Due van Thol 

 and ending with the Gesners, a long-continued display may be ob- 

 tained. Tulips thrive in any good soU, though succeeding best in 

 that which is rich and sandy and weU drained. The bulbs should 

 be planted in October or November, about 6 inches apart and 4 

 or 5 inches deep, and may either be lifted as soon as the stems 

 begin to fade and stored for the summer, or allowed to remain in 

 the ground, unless the soil is cold and wet, for two or three years, 

 after which they should be lifted, or they will be apt to produce 

 small flowers. The early varieties are known collectively as 

 " Dutch," and include many named sorts of much beauty, such as 

 Ophir d'Or, of a beautiful yellow colour and fine globe shape; La 

 Matelas, pink and white; Couleur de Cardinal, crimson; and Van 

 de Mer, purple — ^all single. Among the double kinds the following 

 are excellent — William III., orange scarlet; Voltaire, crimson; 

 and Rose Blanche, white. The self-coloured Darwin Tulips are an 

 important section of the late-flowering kinds, being handsome 

 plants some 2 to 3 feet high, with massive, weather - resisting 

 bloom and remarkably hardy and vigorous. Among the named 

 sorts may be mentioned Negro, of dark chocolate colour; Harry 

 Veitch, piurple and black; Dorothy, rose and white; Flambeau, 

 scarlet; and Zephyr, pinkish-lilac and white. The Parrot Tulips 

 are remarkable for the quaint shapes and fringed petals of their 

 flowers, spattered with crimson and yellow and veined in various 

 colours. Among the named kinds are Cramoisi, deep crimson with 

 dark markings; Markgraaf, orange and scarlet; and Perfecta, 

 golden yellow with scarlet stripe. As a pot-plant the Tulip is of 



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