TULIPA 



LILY OBDEB 



TULIPA 865 



Brulie, dark brown ; Couleur de Oafe 

 (Coffee Colour), brown and deep yellow ; 

 Crimson Beauty, deep crimson, with 

 black markings ; Fire King, dark scarlet, 

 striped gold ; Lutea Major, yellow, fine ; 

 Ferfecta, yellow and scarlet ; Bubra et 

 Lutea, red and yellow ; Rubra Major, 

 scarlet, extra fine, true. 



4. Darwin Tulips 



These are really self-coloured forms 

 of T, gesneriana, and are considered by 

 many superior to the 'Breeder' Tuhps 

 on account of their more brilliant colours 

 and the shape and size of the blossoms. 

 The strain was raised by a Flemish 

 amateur. The stalks average 18-24 in. 

 high, and the flowers are excellent for 

 cutting and decorations. The following 

 kinds are known best : — 



Apricot, deep apricot shaded yellow, 

 large flower ; Bronze King, large golden- 

 bronze ; Carmimea, glowing carmine-rose, 

 tail and very fine ; Coquette, rich soft rose 

 margined blush, very pretty; Cordelia, 

 glowing violet-crimson, very distinct and 

 handsome ; Dorothy, pale mauve, shaded 

 white, very pretty, late-flowering ; Early 

 Dawn, rosy-lake, shaded blush ; Flam- 

 beau, brilliant scarlet with blue centre ; 

 Glow, brilliant glowing vermilion, centre 

 blue, margined white ; Gipsy Queen, large 

 handsome dark maroon, tall grower; 

 Hecla, very deep orimson-maroon, fine 

 cup-shaped flower, handsome ; Joseph 

 Chamiberlaim, large brilliant oherry- 

 searlet ; Loveliness, lovely bright glowing 

 satiny rose, margined blush ; May Queen, 

 large and beautiful soft rose, tall grower ; 

 Peter Barr, very dark rich maroon, large 

 flower ; Phyllis, white, shaded pale rose- 

 lilac ; Purple King, bold globular flowers, 

 ruby-purple, white centre ; Queen of 

 Brilliants, large deep fall rose, shaded 

 scarlet ; Queen of Roses, pretty full 

 bright carmine-rose ; Salmon King, rich 

 deep glowing saknon-rose, shaded scarlet ; 

 The Shah, rich dark cherry-rose, of 

 perfect form, tall grower ; The Sultan, 

 rich glossy maroon-black ; Violet Queen, 

 large rich ruby -violet ; White Queen, 

 when in bud a soft rosy-white, but expand- 

 ing into a beautiful creamy-white, a very 

 charming variety, flower large ; Zephyr, 

 pretty soft violet-rose with large white 

 centre. 



5. Natural Species of Tulips 



The Wild Tulips are not at all well 

 known in gardens, and many of the kinds 



described below are stiU very rare. They 

 are very interesting, and on the whole 

 beautifid, but only a few like gesneriana, 

 Oreigi, Oculus-Solis, and suaveolens 

 approach the bedding kinds in brilliancy 

 of oolom-. 



T. acuminata (T. cornuta; T. turcica). 

 A curious species of unknown origin, but 

 easily recognised by its long, narrow- 

 pointed segments, the flowers being red, 

 yellow and speckled. 



Culture do. as above, p. 860. 



T. Alberti. — A native of Turkestan 

 about 2 ft. high, with glaucous-green 

 wavy leaves, and orange-scarlet flowers 

 2 in. deep, faintly blotched with reddish- 

 brown, the stamens having short black 

 filaments and yellow anthers. Very 

 rare. 



Culture do. as above, p. 860. 



T. altaica. — A native of the Altai 

 Mountains at an elevation of 1000 to 

 6000 ft., usually having 3 lance-shaped 

 leaves and carmine-red flowers with a, 

 yellow centre, borne in April on downy 

 stalks 3-4 in. high. Very rare. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 860. 



T. australis {T. breyniana ; T. cel- 

 siana). — ^A native of S.W. Europe, closely 

 relaited to our Wild Tulip T. sylvestris, 

 but readily distinguished from that by 

 its dwarf habit, star-shaped yellow flowers 

 flushed with red, and broad and some- 

 what reflexed leaves. T. triphylla from 

 Turkestan, with greenish-yeUow flowers, 

 is closely related, as is also T. humilis 

 from Persia, with pale yellow flowers 

 tinged with red outside. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 860. 



T. Batalini. — A dwarf species 4-8 in. 

 high, with prostrate foliage and creamy- 

 yellow flowers about 3 in. deep, and 

 having a fine thin line of red or crimson 

 on the extreme edge of the petals. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 860. This 

 makes a very attractive display in the 

 flower border during April and May if 

 grown in bold groups. It is also suitable 

 for choice corners of the rockery in 

 masses. 



T. biflora. — A Caucasian Tulip, chiefly 

 remarkable for producing clusters of 2-5 

 creamy- white flowers with a yellow centre 

 and tinged with green outside, on a stalk 

 3-6 in. long. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 860. 



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