miIANT DARWIN TULIPS 
AS SHOWN IN COLOR ON BACK COVER 
N: MORE magnificent spring-flowering bulbs are obtainable than the Giant Darwin 
Tulips. When once planted you can have them for years, for, if allowed to ripen, the 
new bulbs which form each season will produce blooms the following spring. 
You have in the list below a splendid range of colors from which to choose, 
so you can 
arrange almost any color scheme you want, from light lavender to rich purple or light pink 
to maroon. 
together several of each variety. 
To get the most impressive effect of their beauty, we suggest that you plant 
A bed of these graceful, perfectly formed, brilliantly colored, Peale flowers, gently 
swaying in a soft spring breeze, is a pleasant sight to remember 
r, and they come at a time 
in the spring when you are heart-hungry for just such color and fragrance. 
The great, bowl-shaped flowers, on stems 2 to 3 feet long, are beautiful beyond de- 
scription and remarkable for their brilliancy. They look well when planted freely in 
perennial beds, also along shrubbery borders, in broad ribbon rows around porches or in 
flower-beds where Cannas can be planted after the Tulips have finished blooming. 
The name “Darwin” was given these Tulips in 1889, in honor of the great evolutionist, 
because they marked a distinct advance over other kinds. 
Since then their popularity 
has increased to such an extent that scarcely enough can be grown to meet the demand. 
One cannot grow these glorious Darwins and not become enthusiastic about them. 
They have a charm and dignity all their own. They begin to bloom in this latitude about 
May 15, which is at least two to three weeks later than the other types. 
in bloom much longer and carry the ‘“‘Glory of the Garden” 
They continue 
right up till the roses bloom. 
The figures, opposite some varieties below, correspond with the varieties so numbered on back cover page. 
See prices below 
(6) BARONNE DE LA TONNAYE. Vivid pink, 
margined with silvery rose or blush. The 
leading pink variety. 
BLEU AIMABLE. Bright violet, with distinct 
steel-blue shading, the inside dark violet- 
purple with blue base, starred white. 
CENTENNAIRE. Enormous flowers’ of 
violet-rose with electric-blue center. 
(2) CLARA BUTT. Soft salmon-pink, shaded with 
rose, inside much deeper, with blue base. For 
planting in solid beds this is most effective. 
DREAM. Beautiful, uniform light lilac or pale 
heliotrope. 
EDMEE. Vivid shade of cherry-rose, edged with 
soft old-rose. A very large, beautiful flower 
with most attractive color. 
rich 
FAUST. Lustrous deep pansy-violet color with 
blue base. Large flower. 
(4) GLOW. Vermilion-scarlet with white 
marked with blue. 
Merit R. H. S. 
ISIS. Flowers intense fiery scarlet with blue base. 
Exceptionally brilliant. 
KING HAROLD. Glossy ox-blood-red with 
purple-black base; very large flower of fine form. 
LA TRISTESSE. A Tulip of very distinct color, 
being a true slate-blue with white base. 
Awarded certificate of 
base, - 
(5) LA TULIPE NOIRE. Color is deep maroon- 
black, the darkest of all the Tulips, and it has 
a rich velvety sheen in the sunlight. 
(3) MR. FARNCOMBE SANDERS. Rich orange- 
scarlet with rosy bloom, inside vivid cerise- 
scarlet with white center marked blue. 
(7) MRS. POTTER PALMER. Deep, rich, glowing 
purple that goes well with the lavender and 
red varieties. 
NAUTICUS. Silky carmine-rose, base dark violet 
shaded bronze. 
PRIDE OF HAARLEM. Brilliant rosy carmine 
with electric-blue base; very large flower of 
superb form. A wonderful Tulip, stately in 
habit, sweet-scented and unsurpassed for 
mass planting. (Natural size on back cover.) 
PRINCE OF THE NETHERLANDS. Glowing 
cerise-scarlet, flushed salmon-rose, with blue 
base. Extra-large flower. 
PSYCHE. Rich rose, inside shaded silvery rose with 
pale blue base. Very beautiful when massed. 
(1) REV. H. EWBANK. Soft 
heliotrope, 
the flower. 
WHITE QUEEN. The flower at first is tinted 
rose but becomes pure white, with black 
anthers. A lovely variety. 
lavender-violet or 
darkening toward the base of 
PRICE. All above named varieties, 7 cts. each, 12 for 75 cts., 100 for $5.50, postpaid 
CAAA 2 | One each of the 20 named Darwin Tulips for $1.25, or 5 of each, 100 in all, for $5.00, ppd. 
SEE DARWIN TULIPS IN MIXTURE FOR MASS PLANTING, PAGE 26 
