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Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa. 



May=fIowering, Cottage Garden or Boulevard 



TULIPS. 



We illustrated in colors eight of these beautiful Tu- 

 lips on the cover of our last year's autumn Catalogue ; 

 many thousands of bulbs were sold and we have received 

 a large number of highly complimentary reports as to 

 their great beauty and usefulness. They are quite dis- 

 tinct from the early-flowering sorts offered on the pre- 

 ceding pages, coming into bloom in the vicinity of 

 Philadelphia about May ]Oth, or two to three weeks 

 later than the early -flowering types, and extending the 

 Tulip season over a period ot four weeks or more. For 

 the most part they have been collected from the old 

 Cottage Gardens of England, Scotland and Ireland, 

 where they have been, in some cases, for over half a 

 century. They are said to be the offspring of Tuli|ia 

 Gesneriana, and, while possessing infinite variety and 

 brilliancy of color, all have the fine form and statelv 

 yet graceful character of the parent. On account of 

 their extreme hardiness, they are specially adapted 

 for the permanent hardy flower border, where they 

 should be liberally planted in clumps or masses. 

 They may also be naturalized in grass, wild gardens, 

 etc. For bedding they are superb, while as cut flowers 

 they are much to be preferred to the early type, hav- 

 ing long stems with flowers of great substance that 

 stand cut in a perfect condition for a long time. Dur- 

 ing the past two seasons we have tested over one hun- 

 dred of the best varieties, and offer the selection nf 

 nineteen sorts below with every confidence that they 

 will give complete satisfaction. The heights given are 

 actual measurements taken at our trial grounds May 

 10th to loth. These, of course, are liable to vary accord- 

 ing to soil and other conditions. In planting the bulbs 

 should be set a little deeper than ordinary Tulips, a 

 covering of 4 inches being about right. 



Golden Eagle (22 inches). Bright golden-yellow goblet- 

 shaped flowers, slightly sweet-scented ; very bright. 25 cts. 

 per doz.; $1.50 per 100 ; $12.00 per 1000. 



La Merveille (18 inches). A magnificent variety with very 

 large artistic, sweet-scented blossoms and of a striking color, 

 beinn- salmony-rose overlaid with orange-red, very effective 

 in beds or borders. 50 cts. per doz.; §3.50 per 100. 



Nigrette (26 inches). The black Tulip, of strong, free growth 

 with lart^e. handsome flowers of dark mahogany shaded witl\ 

 black: rich and glossy. 70 cts. per doz.; $5.00 per 100. 



Orange Globe (26 inches). A gloriously brilliant orange- 

 red, marked at the edge of the petals with chrome yellow, 

 which lights up the flower wonderfully; a strong, vigorous 

 orawer ; fine for any purpose. 75 cts. per doz.; §6.00 per 100. 



Othello (24 inches). Large, handsome globular flowers of 

 rich blackish-crimson; lasts in perfection a long time ; one 

 of the best. 75 cts. per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 



Parisian Yellow (28 inches). A beautiful large pure yell 'W 

 nf exquisite shade and shape ; grand in every way, ami of 

 special value for cutting. 65 cts. per doz.; 54.50 per 100. 



Picotee, or flalden's Blush (24 inches). Pure white, 

 d.Tintily edged with pink, which suffuses the entire flower as 

 it ages ; a beautiful cut flower, 40 cts. per doz.; $2.50 per 

 100; $22.00 per 1000. 



Rose Bybloemen (24 inches). Mostly white ground, flaked 

 with rose, scarlet or crimson, but also self or solid colored 

 sorts in various shades of rose ; mixed colors. 25 cts. per 

 doz., $1.75 per 100 ; Sl.'i.OO per 1000. 



ulevard Tulips continued on next page. 



A Group of May-flowering Tulips. 



Billietiana (22 inches). Brilliant golden-yellow pointed flow- 

 ers, each petal strikingly flamed with rosy scarlet ; very 

 showy. 40 cts. per doz.; $2.50 per 100. 



Blzarres (24 inches). An odd and striking class. The 

 ground color of the flowers is some shade of yellow quaintly 

 marked, in a greater or lesser degree, with brown, violet or 

 crimson; mixed colors. 20 cts. per doz.; $1.25 per 100; 

 $10 00 per 1000. 



Bouton d'Or, or Golden Beauty (21 inches). Rich but- 

 terv or.in'.^e yellow cup-shaped flowers. The anthers are 

 black and make a striking contrast with the yellow when 

 tlie flowers are expanded. 25 cts. per doz.; $1.75 per 100 ; 

 ^To.OO per 1000. 



Darwin (22 Inches). A very fine class of stately growth and 

 i.eauiiiul llowers in a large range of color, embracing almost 

 everv Conceivable lint in rose, heliotrope, claret, violet, mn- 

 roon, crimson and other rich and rnre shades; mixed colors. 

 30 cts. per doz.; $2.00 per 100; $18 00 per 1000. 



Golden Crown (22 inches). Large flowers with pointed 

 petals, color rich yellow, petals fnintlv edged with red ; a 

 good hedder. 20 cts. per doz.; $1.25 per 100; $10 00 per lOOO. 



Gesneriana spathulata (28 inches). A superb Tulip of 

 slroncr yet graceful growth, and bearing very large flowers of 

 an intense brilliant crimson-scarlet with glittering bine-black 

 centre. No words or picture can begin to do this Tulip 

 justice. It should be pUnted in generous quantity. There 

 are a number of inferior types of ihis Tulip. The variety 

 spathulata is the finest of all. 25 cts. per doz.; $1.75 per 

 100; $16.00 per 1000. 



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