POPULAR GARDEN PLANTS. 



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'1. retroflexa (fig. 633). — Primrose -yellow ; three seg- 

 ments reflexed with age. Supposed hybrid between T. 

 Gesneriana and T. acuminata. A dainty garden variety. 



T. suaveolens (Van Thol Tulip). — Sweet and early - 

 floweringo Flowers red and yellow, on downy peduncles. 



Fig. 632.— Tulipa Clusiaua. 



South Europe, 1603. This is the parent of the early- 

 flowering Dutch Tulips. 



T. sylvestris (Wild Tulip). — Flowers yellow, filaments 

 hairy at the base. Very sweet - scented ; hence the 

 synonym of T. fragrans. Very pretty, and early in the 

 grass. Britain and Europe. 



T. triphylla. — Bright lemon - yelloAv, greenish outside. 

 Flowers in March. Central Asia. 



T. Turkestanica. — Near T biflora. Flowers yellow, 

 often three to four on a stalk. Early and showy. 

 Turkestan. 



Best Gakden Tulips. 



Single Early -flowering or Dutch Tulips. — Artus 

 (scarlet), Belle Alliance (scarlet), Bride of Haarlem 

 (white and yellow striped vars.), Brutus (carmine), 

 Canary-bird (yellow), Cottage Maid (rose and white), 

 Coleur Cardinal (crimson-red), Crimson King, Due van 

 Thol (red and yellow) — of this there are scarlet, rose, 

 red, yellow, striped, white, violet, and other variations, 

 Duchess de Parma (orange-red and yellow), Keizerkroon 

 (red, bordered with yellow), Joost van Vondel (red and 

 white, also pure white), La Peine (rose-white), LTmma- 

 cule (white), Mon Tresor (yellow), Ophir d'Or (gold), 

 Pattehakker (white, yellow, and scarlet vars.), Prince 

 of Austria (orange-red), Proserpine (carmine-rose), Queen 

 Victoria (white), Rembrandt (scarlet), Pose Gris de Lin 

 (white and rose), Thomas Moore (brown-red), Verboom 

 (scarlet), Vermilion Brilliant, White Swan, Wouverman 

 (violet-red), Yellow Prince. 



Double - flowered Dutch or Early Tulips. — Blanche 

 Native (white), Couronne d'Or (yellow), Couronne des 

 Roses (rose and white), Due van Thol (red and yellow, 

 scarlet, and violet vars.), Duke of York (carmine and 

 white), Fluweelen Mantel (Velvet Gem) (dark carmine), 



Gloria Solis (brown, yellow-bordered), Imperator Rubro- 

 rum (scarlet), La Candeur (white), Murillo (blush), Queen 

 Victoria (carmine), Rex Rubrorum (scarlet), Salvator 

 Rosa (dark rose), Tournsol (red and yellow forms), 

 William III. (orange-scarlet), new. 



Double-flowered Dutch or Late Doubles. — Blue Flag 

 (violet), Belle Alliance (violet- red and white-striped), 

 Mariage de ma Fille (crimson and white), Paeony Gold 

 (red, or red and gold striped), Yellow Rose (yellow). 



Parrot or Dragon Tulips. — Admiral of Constantinople 

 (red), Lutea Major (yellow), Perfecta (scarlet and 

 yellow), Cramoisie Brilliant (crimson), Coffee Colour, Fire 

 King (brown), Crimson Beauty (blood - crimson), Large 

 Yellow, Perfecta (golden-yellow). 



Darwin or Self Tulips. — Apricot (large coppery-buff), 

 Bronze King (golden - bronze), Coquette (soft -rose), 

 Dorothy (soft rose and white), Flambeau (scarlet-red), 

 Glow (vermilion), Gipsy Queen (dark -maroon), Hecla 

 (deep-maroon), Joseph Chamberlain (cherry rose-scarlet), 

 Loveliness (bright satiny-rose), May Queen (soft -rose), 

 Salmon King (salmon-rose), The Shah (dark cherry-rose), 

 The Sultan (nearly black), Herschell (dark - maroon), 

 White Queen (rose in bud, opening creamy-white). 



The Darwin Tulips are lacking in yellow colours, but 

 Mrs. Moon, Bouton d'Or, Parisian Yellow, or Gold Crown 

 may be planted with them to supply this want of bright- 

 ness. 



The Florists 1 or English Tulips (fig. 634). — Some 

 people still grow and admire these, so that a few 

 words concerning them may be necessary. As 

 raised from seed they first bloom as "breeders" 

 or self-coloured flowers, and are in that state 

 often very beautiful, but they may at any time 

 become " broken " or " rectified ", which means 



Tulipa retroflexa. 



that they produce striped or variegated flowers. 

 All Florists' Tulips must have a pure and clean 

 white or yellow circular base to the flower on 

 which the dark anthers show up conspicuously. 

 The old growers planted each bulb separately, in 



