TULIPA 



to be monstros'kir^, and were pit-tureil as snel 

 iug to Solms-Laubach. no trares uf them are t 

 in the old Outeh b.M.ks. They were e\ hlelitlv de\ 

 by tlie Freueh, whe did not disdain llie yellow a 

 forms, to whieh tlu'si^ belonij, to sueh aii extent 

 the Hollanders. At one time they were made a separ 

 speoies. T. Tiin-irn, and later said to bebvlirids, bv ( 

 author. bet\vi>en 'J'. ,irii in i iiatn and s i/l ri:-<l rix (K. 

 Rand, Jr.. lS,;i). by auether between' 7'. <;,'sii,ria 



TULIPA 



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be t'cane 



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:d til 



bS-ll ). 

 ids is pi-rliaps (rue. lait to st: 



■rnis seems impossible, for as 



liu'nres in Hortus Eystettensis, 

 ; larilnation 



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id " 

 oped 



anil .sO(((r'e/,je' 

 Tulips are ll.^: 

 certainty the p 

 ItiU!, auiouL: th 

 one whieh slno 

 of the petaLs to a i 

 degree; sutlieiently 

 faet, to be the origin; 

 from wliieli thi.s strain eo 

 bedevelopeil. Besides, m 

 of our garden variidies 

 to-day exhiliit more or 1 

 hu'iniatiou, so that it 

 probable that "Parr 

 strains might be de^"el 

 from them Ity simple s 

 tion. 



Double Tulips seem to 

 have made their ap])earanee 

 at an early ilate. In Hortus 

 Eystettensis (ICi:;). there 

 are four forms ligured, one 

 of whieh, at least, seems to 

 have been almost wholh- 

 made up of bracts, as it is 

 shown entirely green and is 

 described a.s "being "wliolly 

 herbaceons and green." The 

 other three there figured 

 are: one red. one vidlow, 

 and the other white with 

 maroon brirders. Sohns- 

 Laubaeh places the advent 

 of double Tulips at a much 

 later date. 16G.5, and gives 

 as the first authentic rei'ord 

 the account of " Tiili/ui luteu 

 ceiltifnfia , Ir i,innsirr jninie 

 double." Flowers with as 

 many as 200 petals are men- 

 tioned. A double form of 

 " r. serotiiifi" v^'AB known in 

 1701, and at the beginning 

 of the nineteenth century a 

 double form of T. sijh'us- 

 tris was described. 



ARXOLP V. STUEENRArCH. 



Tulip Bulb CtrLTUKE ix 

 Ameko A. — From a com- 

 mercial point of view the 

 Tulip in this country lias 

 received but little consid- 

 eration, which is due to the 

 fact that its cultivation has 

 not been considered of suf- 

 ficient financial importance 

 to warrant the undertaking, 

 and also to the very general opinion that the industry 

 could not be made profitable excepting in Holland and 

 by the Dutch. There i.s a common notion that Dutch 

 soil alone is adapted to the perfect development of the 

 bulb, and that there is some secret process possessed 

 by the Dutch alone which they will not under any cir- 

 cumstances reveal. Nevertheless .some of our early 

 horticulturists and florists showed conclusively that the 

 Tulip bulbs could be grown in America even better than 

 in Holland. 



The late David Thomas, of Greatfield, near Aurora, 

 Cayuga county, N. Y., grew from seed some of the 

 finest Tulips, both as regards size, colors and markings, 

 ever shown in this or any other country at that early 

 date, which was nearly sixty years ago. The writer re- 

 members well seeing them on exhibition at the Aurora 



llorticullural Society and the favor with whiidi they 

 were received by as crilical and intelligent an audience 

 as ever gathered around an exhibilion table. 



The late Isaac Piiclianan propagaled the Tulip very 

 su.T,.ssiiilly from olTsets at his niii-sorv in Astoria, ]j. 1.', 

 at al. out the same lirriod, and exliilnted the tlowin-s at 

 the first spring exhil.irion of the lirst New York Jlorti- 

 cullnral yoriety, carrying off the highest honms. 



li' nt altempls in cultivating tiio Tulip in varimis 



f the country, particii laiiy in the West, as an 

 ve been (piite sucressl'ul , and the work loilv 

 taken np systemai ically and energeticallv to 



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2594. The common contemporaneous garden Tulip 



The Tulip is i-i.)t at all 

 particular as re;;car(ls soil. 

 It will Thrive in eilln-r sand 

 or (_'hiy. hut it can hu jij-of- 

 italily '^vi'wix only <.u a li.L^lit 

 sandy suil. us in nu'-1i tlje 

 hull.)S incn-ase niorr rapidiv 

 and arc hiry'rr and ni'-rc al- 

 trarfivi- in appearand^ rlie 

 skin la-iiii^' of a Invcly n-*!- 

 dish lin-wM, -wliilr "Dki^o 

 .^■rnwn in a liravy soil ;ive 

 suiallcr and of a dirty tu'<i\vn 

 colnr. .\<-;,rly all tlir soil 

 on tin.- Atlantic coast fr(un 

 iMaiiic to Florida is juluiir- 

 aldy adajitcl to couiimu-cial 

 Tulip cull i\'ation, as is much 

 of tin- upland soil from \dr- 

 ginia siuithward, the lij^dit 

 saud hciii;,^ almost identical 

 with that of Holland, where 

 the Tuli]) is almost exclu- 

 sivelv ;Li,*rown, 



Wliile the Tulip loves 

 moisture, perfect drainage 

 is requisite to success. The 

 l.ii^st results are oiitained 

 when the soil has lieeu 

 made very rieh for a j-re- 

 vious crop; it nialters liut 

 little wlial, — some root crop 

 hein;,' preferable. Tlie best 

 nnniure is that from the 

 cow-stall, wdiich nuist be 

 th orou :,Mi I y rotted ami 

 eveulv incorporated in the 

 soil. "Kven tliough the soil 

 be light and tine, it must he 

 thornuirhly Nvorked indnre 

 the bulbs are planted, wliich 

 should be bv the lath of 

 September. I'lant the bulbs 

 4 inches bel'iw the surface 

 in beds 4 feet in width, the 

 rows U inches apart and the 

 larger or stock - l)ulbs G 

 inches apart in the rows. 

 For propagation the hirgest 

 and finest bulbs are always 

 used, and selected by the 

 dealers before filling orders. 

 The sets can be planted 2 

 inches apart in the rows, 

 the sjiace to be increased according to the size of the 

 bull.i. Ui>on the api>roach of wr_">.ter the beds should be 

 given a li.ght luuich to prevent the ground freezini,^ be- 

 low the bulb. Kot that the Tulip "will not endure as 

 much frost as any hanly perennial — for it wilt — but 

 nearly all bulbs make certain preparations for spring 

 flowers in winter, and "when the soil around them ia 

 hard frozen this preparation cannot go on; consequently 

 when growth starts in early spring it will be premature 

 and feeble, and the result will be inferior flowers and a 

 smaller increase. 



Upon the approach of spring remove the mulch; this 

 is all the work that will be require<l, other than to keep 

 the surface of the soil frequently stirred with a fine 

 rake to keep do"wn the weeds and jirevont evaporation 

 until the flowers appear. The beginning of bloom is the 



