SELECTIONS OF FLORISTS' TULIPS. 145 



Selection of Tulip Species UontinuecV). 



Kaufmanniaua, white, 



yellow, and red. 

 Kolpakowskiaua, yellow 



or scarlet. 

 Leichtlini,piuk and white. 

 Libanotica, purple. 



m a c r o s p e i 1 a , crimson, 



black blotch, 

 oculus-solis, red, black 



blotch, yellow edge, 

 primulina, yellow and red. 

 retroflexa, yellow. 



saxatilis, purple and 

 mauve. 



suaveoleus, red and yel- 

 low. 



S3-lvestris, yellow, 

 violacea, reddish mauve. 



Florists' Tulips, 



These constitute the aristocracy of the Tulip family. In the 

 diflferent varieties we may find the most exquisitely delicate colours, 

 as well as hues that rival the Parrot flowers in the gorgeousness 

 of their beauty, and no matter to what extreme we go there is always 

 the very essence of refinement enveloping the flower, ^^'hether the 

 variety belongs to the Bizarre, the Byblemen, or the Eose section, it 

 is sure to be of the same characteristically refined type. Let it not 

 be thought that all are of equal merit, for such is by no means the 

 case, but in the very choicest forms, such as are embodied in the 

 subjoined lists, all the best points are in conspicuous prominence. 



Selections of Florists^ Tulips. 

 Bizarres. 



Colbert, fine for the gar- 

 den, but not for show. 



Dr. Hardy, seldom seen 

 with feathering only. 



General Grant, splendid 

 feathering. 



George Hay ward, fine for 

 the garden, too heavy 

 for show. 



J ames Wild. 



Lord Trederick Caven- 

 dish, inclined to be 

 heavy. 



Adonis, fine light flamed 



and feathered. 

 Bessie, good when light, 



often heavy. 

 Duchess of Sutherland, 



almost constant, finely 



feathered and flamed. 

 Elizabeth Pegg, nice when 



feathered, often smudgy 

 Triar Tuck, generally 



good. 



Lord Lilford, good when 

 feathered, colour some- 

 times runs. 



Lord Stanley, almost con- 

 stant, generally finely 

 feathered and flamed. 



Masterpiece, sometimes a 

 good feathered flower, 

 but generally smudgy ; 

 a favourite with ex- 

 hibitors. 



Sam Barlow, superb 

 sometimes feathered, 

 and at others feathered 

 and flamed. 



Sir Josei^h Paxton, an old 

 favourite, verj^ showy, 

 and generally well 

 marked. 



Sulphui', sometimes good, 

 sometimes smudgy, fine 

 for the garden, sweetly 

 scented. 



Aglaia, large, good for 

 the garden, often too 

 heavy for show. 



Anastasia, good, often 

 too heavy for show. 



JByhlemens. 



Mrs. Jackson, fine for 

 the garden, not for 

 exhibition. 



Mrs. Pickersgill, some- 

 times good, base rather 

 yellow, requires bleach- 

 ing. 



Princess Eoyal (Queen of 

 May), fine for the 

 garden, too long for 

 show. 



Fioses. 



Annie Macgregor, one of 

 the best, generally good 

 in both feathered and 

 flamed forms. 



Proserpine, finely 



feathered. 

 Talisman, fine when well 



broken. 

 Trip to Stockport, good 



when light, often 



smudgy. 

 Wedding Coat, almost 



constantly feathered, 



small, dwarf. 



Comte de Yergennes, 

 usually feathered, and 

 fairly constant, not of 

 perfect form. 



Heroine, good feathered 

 or flame4. 



