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stored on a shelf until planting time arrives. 
The offsets that form around the base of 
these bulbs should be planted separately in a 
sandy loam, where they can develop into 
flowering bulbs, which usually takes from 
two to three years. 
There are hundreds of named varieties 
offered by the dealers in their catalogues, each 
one of which has some special merit—maybe 
of season of bloom, of striking color, or com- 
parative height. These varieties are distinct 
and are also satisfactory in other respects’ 
EARLY SINGLES IN SCARLET AND CRIMSON 
Brutus. The earliest scarlet, very bright 
with a very slight yellow feather on the edges. 
Grows 8 inches high. 
Artus. Brilliant dark scarlet, a few days 
later than Brutus. Grows 8 to ro inches high. 
Belle Alliance. The best bright scarlet 
in the early flowering section. Grows about 
to inches high. The flower lasts well. 
Couleur Cardinal. Rich, dark red, with a 
bright crimson edge, a little later than the 
foregoing varieties. An excellent tulip of 
rigid habit. Grows ro to 12 inches high. 
Thomas Moore. Rich orange scarlet. 
Grows 12 to 15 inches high; sweet-scented. 
Keiserskroon. Vivid red, with a broad 
deep yellow margin. Grows 15 inches high, 
lasts well. An-excellent tulip in every respect. 
PINK FLOWERED EARLY SINGLES 
Rose Grisdelin. The dwarfest and best 
bright pink bedding tulip. Grows only 6 
inches high. 
THE BEST EARLY YELLOW SINGLES 
Chrysolora. The best early yellow bedder. 
A large and beautiful flower. Grows 10 
inches high. 
Canary Bird. Clear yellow. Grows 10 
inches high; very early. 
Pottebakker. Pure yellow. Grows 12 
inches high. A well-known. large flower. 
Double flowers last longer than single, and are good for 
cutting. Couronne d’Or, best rich yellow, early double 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
Early single tulip, Thomas Moore. Orange-scarlet; 12 
to 15 inches high, fragrant 
Yellow Prince. Rich golden yellow; large 
and sweet-scented. Grows 12 inches high; 
very early. 
Mon Tresor. 
Large flower. 
Grows ro to 12 inches high. 
MAY-FLOWERING OR COTTAGE TULIPS 
These are the most popular for the average 
garden, coming into flower from one to two 
weeks later than the early varieties. 
As cut flowers they are superior, lasting a 
week or more in water. ‘They are of a free 
and graceful habit, and grow from 18 to 24 
inches high, bearing flowers of brilliant color- 
ings on long, strong stems. ‘They can be 
used with great effect in both borders and 
beds, either in solid colors or in combina- 
tions. Among the best of this section are: 
Giant Gesneriana. Dazzling crimson- 
scarlet, with metallic blue-black centre. 
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Good type of the single{early tulip. Prince of Austria. 
Orange-red, fragrant. Good for bedding only 
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Grows 2 feet high. The showiest, tallest, 
and largest-flowered of all tulips. 
Golden Eagle. Deep yellow. Similar, ex- 
cept in color, to Giant Gesneriana. 
Bouton d’Or. Deep, rich golden yellow, 
with dark centre. A small flower, but very 
effective; considered by many to be the finest 
yellow tulip. 
Nigrette (the black tulip). Jet black in 
color, resembling in form Bouton d’Or. 
Shandon Bells. When opening the flowers 
are a delicate primrose, flushed with pink, 
changing as they age to rosy carmine. 
Maiden Blush, or Picotee. A beautiful 
white flower, the edges changing to clear pink. 
Very dainty in effect, and long lasting. 
Florentina. A very small bulb that bears 
one or two large, handsome yellow flowers on 
each stalk. 
WHITE SINGLE EARLY 
Pottebakker White. The best early white 
bedding tulip. Grows ro to 12 inches high. 
White Hawk. A _ beautiful large pure 
white. Grows 10 to 12 inches high. 
La Reine. White, slightly tinted pink; 10 
to12inches high. Excellent form; lasts well. 
L’ Immaculée. One of the dwarfest and 
earliest of pure white tulips. Grows 6 inches 
high. 
DUC VAN THOL FAMILY 
The varieties of this group form a distinct 
class of themselves. They come in scarlet, 
red and yeuiow, yellow, crimson, rose and 
white. They are grown because they are 
among the earliest to flower; the different 
colors come into bloom simultaneously, and 
the plants crow to the same height, 7 to 8 
inches high. ‘There are also a double yellow 
anda double scarlet Duc Van Thol. 
DOUBLE FLOWERING TULIPS 
While these are not equal to most of the 
single ones in brilliancy, yet they are valued 
Yellow, 
May flowering or Cottage tulip, Golden Crown. 
splashed with red. Good for cut flowers 
TYPES OF THE SIMPLY AND BRILLIANTLY COLORED EARLY AND GARDEN TULIPS 
