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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— BULBS. 



PARROT, 



^ OR Dragon Tulips. 



1/ desired hy >Kail, add Jc. per dozen or 

 40c per icx>. Single bulbs ma-iled/ree. 



These belong to the late or May-flower- 

 ing luUps, and have immense attractive 

 flowers of singular and picturesque forms 

 and brilliant and varied colors. 1 he petals 

 are curiously fringed or cut, and the form 

 of the flower, especially before it opens, 

 resembles the neck of a Parrot. They 

 form extravagantly showy flower b ds, 

 are of endless variety of form and color, 

 and should be grown in every flower gar. 

 den in quantities. {,See cut.) 



Admiral de Constantinople. 



Large red flowers tipped organge. 3 for 



IOC, 25c, per doz,, $1.75 per 100. 

 Monstre Rouge. Very handsome, 



large, deep crimsun scarlet. 3 for loc, 



30c. per do2., $2.25 per 100. 

 Monstre Cramoisie. Splendid 



improvement, deep crimson with large 

 black star-shaped centre, flowers and 

 bulbs larger than other Parrots. 5c. 

 each, 50c. per doz., $3 50 per 100. 

 Markgraaff van Baden. 



Yellow, striped with scarlet and green. 



3 for IOC., 25c. per doz., $1.75 per 100. 

 Lutea Major. Large, bright yellow. 



3 for IOC, 25C. per doz.. Si. 75 per 100. 

 Perfecta. Yellow, stripped red. 3 



for IOC, 25c. per doz., $1-75 P^f i°o- 



Parrot Tulips, Mixed Colors. 



2CC. per doz., §1.25 per 100, §10.00 per 

 1,000. 



PARROT TULIPS, 



{(eW "DarWiii" Tulips 



These brilliant novelties constitute a new race of Tulips, of the 

 «elf..colored or "breeder" type. They are of Flemish origin, and 

 ■were raised from seed sown between the 3-ears i860 and 1872, this seed 

 liiaving been saved from the best " breeders" out of the most famous 

 eollection in French Flanders, which in turn had been under- 

 going the process of selection in the hands of one family 

 for over a century. 



Darwin Tulips belong to the late or May-flowering 

 section, are destined to be extensively grown for bedding or 

 massing purposes. The flowers are very large, of symmetrical 

 form, and are borne on tall, strong stems, often two feet high. They by 

 far surpass in colors and brilliancy anything before known ia Tuhpt,. 

 The colors are so glowing and bright that in the sunlight the effect is 

 fairly dazzling. They include almost every conceivable color and shade, from 

 the daintiest blue to the darkest violet, from soft rose to the most bnlhant red, and 

 from light brown to what is believed to be the darkest black in the floral wcrld. T he 

 magnificent appearance of the beds of Darwin Tulips as we saw them in the introducer's 

 grotinds in Holland, in the full flush of their beauty, defies description 



They have been enthusiastically talked and written about by the horticultural press of Europe, 

 and at several exhibitions they ha\'e created a sensation. They caused quite a /urore at the 

 last Paris Exposition. The six beds in the lawn surrounding the Trocadero (a place of honor) 

 contained about three thousand bulbs of this strain, and when in bloora they were the 

 admiration of all visitors and were awarded a go'.d medal. {See cut.) 



Price, Darwin Tulips, mixed colors, 5c. each, 50c. per doz., 

 $3.75 per 100. 



^\Named Varieties of Darwin Tulips./"^ 



Anton de Bary. Rich purplish wine. 

 Buys Ballot. Light Carmine red. 

 Coros. Fiery rich blood scarlet. 

 Decamps. Mahogany red. 

 Europe. Bright orange crimson. 

 Le petit BlOndin. silvery Jilac shaded 

 white. 



Mad. Bosboom Toussaint 



cherry crimson. 



Mad Lethierry. Rosy flefh color. 



Prof Balfour. Dark brownish blood red 

 Prof. McOwan. Violet blue. 

 Reve de jeunesse. Lavender. 

 I Terpsichore Heliotrope, shaded claret. 



Price, for any of the above Named Darwin Tulips, 1 Oc. each, 

 $1 .00 per doz., or the colle^+ion of I 2 varieties for $ 1 .OO 

 ir&^ by mail 



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