TULIPS OF VARIOUS SPECIES 



Tulip Species 



The various species of botanical Tulips are natives of Asia 

 Minor and Central Asia; indeed, the ancestors of all our garden 

 Tulips have had their home in parts of Turkey and Asia Minor. 

 These species show an almost endless variety of color, shape, 

 height and season of bloom, though the general characteristics 

 are bright colors and pointed or recurved petals. Only a few of 

 the sorts retain a robust constitution when transferred from 

 their habitat, yet for rock-gardens or spring borders many kinds 

 are fairly well adapted, and will be contented for two or possibly 

 three seasons, if care is taken to provide suitable quarters for 

 them. Those who desire to have a fairly representative collection 

 of Tulips will not fail to plant at least some of these. A few of 

 the best sorts are included in the following list: 



CARINATA RUBRA. Dark crimson, center of the petal 

 having a stripe of apple-green; medium sized. An unusual 

 combination of color, which I would recommend highly for 

 formal planting with dwarf evergreens, and particularly in 

 conjunction with edgings of low box. Height 15 in. 10 bulbs, 

 50 cts.; 100 bulbs, $4.20; 1,000 bulbs, $35. 



CLUSIANA. Outer petals bright cherry-red, inner petals 

 creamy white, with violet base; small flower, but very distinct 

 and beautiful. It should be planted in light soil 6 to 9 inches 

 deep in the rock-garden in a sheltered place or among stones 

 in the front of the herbaceous border. Late April. Height 

 8 in. 10 bulbs, 60 cts.; 100 bulbs, $5; 1,000 bulbs, $45. 



FOSTERIANA. As bulbs of this Tulip are collected in parts of 

 Europe now affected by the war, it is impossible to offer them 

 for sale. 



GREIGI. See remarks under Fosteriana. 



KAUFMANNIANA. Creamy white, more or less tinged rosy 

 red on the outside; among a number of bulbs there will be a 

 diflference in the character of the markings. Large flower of 

 handsome form, with broad, reflexing petals. The earliest 

 of all Tulips, flowering late in March or early in April. Height 

 12 in. 10 bulbs, $1; 100 bulbs, $8.50. 



MARJOLETTL Soft primrose, shaded carmine-red, green star at 

 base of petals; small flower of very attractive color. A Tulip 

 from Savoy, flowering about the second week in May. Height 

 14 in. 10 bulbs, 35 cts.; 100 bulbs, $2.75; 1,000 bulbs, $22. 



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