1870 



TULIPA 



all-important and critical period of the season's -work, 

 wtien the tiorist's arcana must be practiced but not re- 

 vealed. The ^reat secret in Tulip propagation is now 

 open to the world, thougli not popularly understood. 



Propai^ation is elit'ected hv offsets, from the fact that 

 varieties will not reproduce themselves from seed. The 

 seed produces only " self s " or Mother Tulips, which only 

 break into variegated forms at long and uncertain peri- 

 ods. Consequently the flowers must be cut away as 



2595. Round-petaled Tulips in a five-inch pot (XM)- 



soon as they appear; if not, nearly the whole of the 

 plant's energies would go to the development of the 

 seed, — nature's method of reproduction, — and ihe bulbs 

 produced would be small and with but few or no offsets. 

 From nature's standpoint the bulb is of consequence as 

 a means of reproduction or perpetuation of the species 

 only in case of failure of seed production. 



By cutting the flower-stems as soon as the flowers are 

 sufficiently developed to show, there is no mistake as to 

 variety, and the plant's energies are wholly directed to 

 reproduction by offsets which, from large bulbs, are 

 freely produced. There is a great difference in varieties 

 in this respect. The increase is not far from tenfold an- 

 nually; that is, the parent bulb will produce that num- 

 ber of offsets, which mast be grown at least three years 

 before they can be sold as first class. 



By the cutting of the flower-stems tlie plant's period 

 of development is materially shortened. The bulbs will 

 mature at least four weeks earlier than the seeds would 

 if permitted to mature. On Long Island the bulbs can 

 be safely taken up and dried otf within two weeks from 

 the time the stems are cut. When the flowers are cut it 

 will not do to leave them on the beds; they must be 

 carried to some place where bulbs are not to be grown. 

 If left upon the beds the}' will, as the Dutch say, "make 

 the soil sick," and sound, healthy bulbs cannot again be 

 produced on it until after a succession of grain and 

 grasses. Tulips must not be returned to the same soil 

 annually, a rotation of at least two other crops being 

 necessary to the production of sound, vigorous bulbs. 



A hundred thousand salable bulbs can be grown on a 

 single acre. They require three j'ears from the sets. 

 The tirst year double that number can be grown. The 

 average yield or output will be GG.OOO bulbs to the 

 acre. 



Ill tills country wIutp land admiridjly adapted t<» tin- 

 cuUivatjiiu of Tulii> buU)S can l.>e had at not more tluiu 

 flfty dollars per acre, in comparison with land in Hol- 

 land worth $.5,000 per acre, the industry could be made 

 a profitable oue. c\ j^ Allfn 



TULIPA 



It is a matter of great regret that the key used be- 

 low is based upon a technical botanical character of no 

 interest to the horticulturist, but it seems to be impos- 

 sible to group the species according to the color and 

 shape of the flowers. 



Summary of Groups. 



1-2 



;j-r2 



I. Outer hulb-tnnic glabrous in.s-if7e. . .Species 



II. Onier hulh-tuiiic with a f<^w up pressed 



liidrs inside towards ihe top Species 



III. Outer butlj-tifnic with scattering oppressed 



Jidirs all over inside Species i;i-20 



IV. Ontvr hiiib'tnnic pubescent inside, denselij 



so 'it apes Species 21-23 



V. Outer biilb-tnnir jiilnse inside Species 24-2G 



VI. Outer biitb-tunic uuudhj at base inside. 



Species 27-30 



VII. Outer bulb-tunic ererywhere woollij inside. 



Species :Jl-32 



VIII. Outer bulb-tu)iic uluun/s huiriiat base in- 

 side arnnnd root crown, and usualti/ 

 with a few scaltrring hairs above but 

 sometimes n'ithout ihon Species 37-42 



INDEX. 



acutifolia, 20. 

 acumiu:it:i, 21. 

 alba, 20. 



albo-macu.lat:i, 42. 

 Aleppiea, 34. 

 Armena, 24. 

 australis, '.'H. 

 Bataliiii, 'M. 

 Bieber^teiiiiiina 

 bitiora, iil. 

 BiHieti;ina, 10. 

 carinata, 8. 

 Clusiana, 32. 

 DammariTii, 23. 

 Didieri, 20. 

 DracontiH, 42. 

 Eichleri. 4. 

 elegans, 13. 

 flavjL, s. L. 

 frasraiis, 1. 



, 42. 



33. 



fulgens, 40. 

 Gesneriana 

 Greitii, 3. 

 Hat^rri, 2. 

 KautiJiauuiann, 18. 

 KhiKselringi, 15. 

 KolpakowskiaiLa, 5. 

 Korolkowi, 17. 

 .Jixlia, 20. 

 lanata, s. L. 

 Leifhtlini, 30, 

 Unifolia, 28. 

 Lorteti, 34. 

 Lownei, 27. 

 lutescens, 20. 

 Lyeica, 34. 

 macmspeila, 41. 

 maf^iilata, 14. 

 ]\Iauriana, 20. 

 iluximowiczii, 26. 



mnntana, 29. 

 Oculus-solis, 34. 

 (.).strowskiana, 11. 

 Persica, s. L. 

 pliLiiifolia, 20. 

 platystigma, 25. 

 prEBCox, 35. 

 piik-bella. 6. 

 retroflexa, 22. 

 saxatiiis, 16. 

 spathulata, 42. 

 Spreugeri, 12. 

 Strangewaysiana, 



42. 

 suaveolens, 37. 

 sylvestris, 10. 

 violacea. 7. 

 viri*liflora, 39. 

 vitellina, 9. 



iragrans 

 Hageri 



Group I. Outer halb-tunic glabrous inside. 

 A. Perianth yedlau:, flashed with green 



outside 1- 



AA. Perianth crimson, tinqed with \}ello)v 



outside ' 



1. Eriigrans, Munby. Height 6-12 in.: proper Ivs. 3, 

 crowded at middle of stem, linear or lorate: fls. yellow, 

 greenish outside ; peri- 

 anth funnelform - cam- 

 panulate, 1-1>2 in. long, 

 3 in. across, slightly fra- 

 grant; segments all 

 acute; filaments bearded 

 at base: ovary slightly 

 narrowed at collar; stig- 

 mas small. Algeria. Gn. 

 45:905. - Allied to T. 

 sylvestris, differing in 

 position of the leaves 

 and segments uniformly 

 wide. 



2. Hageri, Held. 

 Height in.: Ivs. 4-5, 

 lorate acute, not undu- 

 late : fls. chiefly red, 

 about 2 in. across; peri- 

 anth broad-campanulate. 

 1% in., inodorous; seg- 

 ments acute, red, with a 

 large, green or purple- 

 black Ijasal blotch mar- 

 gined with yellow ; sta- 

 mens purple-black; fila- 

 ments linear, bearded 

 at base: ovary narrowed 

 at collar; stigmas small. 

 Hills of Parnes range in 

 Attica. B.M. G242. P. 2596. The open spreadine lonn 

 1S77:1GD. of Tulip (X^i). 



