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when fvilly expanded are almost flat. 

 There is a form with yellowish-red flowers 

 and the blotches on the leaves scarcely 

 visible, and another called aurea with 

 yellow flowers and a reddish centre. 



Culture So. as above. T. Oreigi is 

 very hardy. The bulbs should be 

 planted early in August or September 

 in deep rich soil, and may be allowed 

 to remain for several years undisturbed. 

 They seed freely in warm favourable 

 seasons, and wiU often sow themselves 

 naturally. The seedlings, if not choked 

 with other vegetation, may be trans- 

 planted in August or September into 

 prepared beds, where they will have 

 room to develop. 



T. Haageri. — A native of Asia Minor 

 somewhat resembling T. Orphanidea. 

 It grows about 9 in. high, and has cherry- 

 red flowers often tinged with yellow out- 

 side, and a blue-black centre bordered 

 with yellow within. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 860. 



T. kaufmanniana, — A beautiful early 

 Tulip 8-12 in. high from Turkestan, with 

 glaucous leaves developed after the large 

 bright carmine flowers edged with white 

 are produced. The inner surface of the 

 perianth segments is pearly white, with a 

 bright yellow base bordered with crimson. 

 There are a few forms or variations of this 

 species sometimes seen, that known as 

 pulcherrima being probably a hybrid 

 between it and T. Oreigi. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 860. 



T. Kesselringi. — A native of Turke- 

 stan with Hnear channelled glaucous 

 leaves and bright yellow flowers about 

 2 in. deep, the 3 outer segments being 

 suffused with reddish-brown outside. 



Culture Sc. as above, p. 860. 



T. kolpakowskyana. — A pretty 

 species also from Turkestan, with deeply 

 chamielled lance-shaped leaves about 1 

 ft. long, having miinutely oUiated mar- 

 gins. The scapes are 1-2 ft. high, each 

 bearing a large handsome flower 2-3 in. 

 deep, variable in colour, being sometimes 

 bright red with a black centre and purple- 

 black stamens, sometimes yellow flushed 

 with red outside, and sometimes pure 

 yellow with a blackish centre and yellow 

 anthers and filaments. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 860. 



T. Korolkowi. — This is a native of the 

 deserts between Khiva and Tashkend and 



is related to T. Eichleri, but has smaller 

 flowers of a dazzling red, with a black 

 blotch at the base. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 860. 



T. lanata.— A native of Asia Minor, 

 about 8-12 in. high, having brilKant crim- 

 son flowers, the segments of which are 

 furnished with a woolly tip — hence the 

 specific name. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 860. 



T. Leichtlini. — A distinct and pretty 

 species from Kashmir, about 18 in. high, 

 the 3 inner segments of the perianth being 

 yellowish-white and much shorter and 

 blunter than the outer ones, which are of 

 a bright purple or coral-red, edged with 

 white. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 860. 



T. linifolia. — A species from Central 

 Asia recognised by its narrow glaucous 

 very wavy leaves and glowing scarlet 

 flowers with a black centre, borne on 

 scapes 6-8 in. high. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 860. 



T. macrospeila. — A fine Tulip of un- 

 known origin but probably a hybrid 

 between T. gesneriana and some other 

 species. It is like gesneriana in habit, 

 and produces in May its large fra- 

 grant crimson flowers 3-4 in. deep, the 

 broad bluntish segments each having a 

 blackish wedge-shaped blotch bordered 

 with yellowish-white at the base. The 

 relatively short stamens are black, and 

 the capitate stigma is very much crisped. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 860. 



T. maculata. — Another kind of garden 

 origin, resembling T. gesneriana, and 

 having bright crimson-red flowers with a 

 black centre, borne on downy stalks. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 860. 



T. Maximowiczi. — A rare species from 

 Bokhara, relatedto T. linifolia, and having 

 the stems furnished with alternate linear 

 leaves, the margins of which are red and 

 minutely hairy. The fine purple-red 

 flowers have a dark blotch bordered 

 with white at the base of each perianth 

 segment. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 860. 



T. montana. — This species is distributed 

 in a wild state from Armenia to Afghani- 

 stan, and is remarkable for the dense wool 

 which covers the interior of the bulb coats. 

 It flowers very late, the blooms being of a 

 bright carmine-red and about 2 in. deep, 



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