FALL AND WINTER CATALOGUE, 1897. 



11 



TULIPA QREIQI 



The Royal Tulip 



also called the 



Queen of Tulips, 



Tulipa Greigi. 



THIS is a rare and costly 

 variety, but is as easily 

 grc vn as any tulip, and re- 

 quires the same treatment, 

 whether in pots or open ground. 

 The large handsome foliage is curi- 

 ously spotted with dark rich maroon, 

 the flowers are remarkably rich and 

 handsome ; color, brilliant orange 

 scarlet, with yellow and black cen- 

 tre, undoubtedly the grandest of all 

 tulips. Price, 20 cts. each; 3 for 50. 



I Bizard and Bybloom 

 Tulips. 



We ask special attention to the 

 Bizard, Bybloom and Breeder types 

 of tulips. Their large <:up-shaped 

 flowers somewhat resemble the Ges- 

 neriana type, and are always greatly 

 admired for their brilliant and strik- 

 ing colors. The Bizard have yellow, 

 grounds, flamed and blazed maroon, 

 black, scarlet, bronze and brown. The Byhlooms have white light or violet grounds, flaked and 

 feathered with rose, pink, purple, scarlet, black and crimson. Price,. fine mixed Bizard Tulips, 

 elegantly variegated, 4c. each, 40c. per doz. Bybloom Tulips, fine mixed, white grounds, 

 elegantly variegated, 4c. each, 40c. per doz. Bizard and ByblOOm Tulips, all COlors mixed, 

 4c. each, 40c. per doz. 



Parrot or Dragon Tulips. 



THESE are very curious and remarkable, they belong to 

 the late or May flowering tulips. The flowers are very 

 large, frequently six or seven inches across, with 

 petals deeply toothed, fringed and twisted in the most 

 striking and fantastic manner, sometimes representing the head 

 and beak of a parrot. The colors are exceedingly brilliant and 

 showy, crimson andyell.ow, flaked dashed and feathered with green, 

 gold and scarlet. Fine for bedding and to plant among shrubbery. 

 They grow ten inches high and always attract attention. 



Each 

 Belle Jauue — Pure deep yellow, 

 Cafe B'run — Coffee color and yellow, 

 Constantinople— Deep blood red, - 

 Feu Brilliante — Rich satiny crimson, 

 Mark Graaf — Crimson and orange, very 



handsome, - - - - - 

 Rubra Major — Elegant crimson scarlet, - 

 Perfecta — Red and yellow, extra fine, 

 Set of 7 Parrot Tulips for 30 cts., postpaid. 

 Fine Mixed Parrot Tulips ($1 .75 per 100) ,03 .zo Parrot Tulips. 



$ .04 

 .04 

 .04 

 .08 



.04 

 .06 

 -04 



Per Doz. 



$ .40 

 .40 



