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the above are all that can be desired by the amateur. A 

 list for pots and for forcing in the greenhouse will be 

 found on another page. 



Due van Thol Tulips. — This is a distinct class, 

 known by the botanists as T. suaveolens, and is one of 

 the most generally grown, either in the garden, in pots 

 in the house, or by the florists for cut flowers, because it 

 is one of the earliest. The true Due yan Thol Tulip 

 may always be known by its fragrance, as indicated by 

 its specific name, suaveolens. The varieties are white, 

 yellow, scarlet, vermilion and variegated. There is of 

 it, also, a double form, yellow and scarlet, and if any of 

 the double forms are to be tolerated in the garden, this 

 one should have a place ; it is showy and effective. Of 

 this class there are many counterfeits ; the varieties of 

 T. oculus-solis, bearing the closest resemblance, are fre- 

 quently substituted for it. 



Parrot Tulips. — These are not in good repute 

 with the Tulip growers, who consider them degenerate 

 forms of T. Gesneviana, and some of the growers assert 

 that they are all sports, and that it is not an uncommon 

 occurrence to meet them in their highly prized named 

 sorts. Without regard to their parentage, they certainly 

 have come to stay, as they propagate freely, and remain 

 true to colors. The so-called Dragon Tulips are the 

 most striking, in many respects. The petals are curi- 

 ously laciniated or slashed, the colors rich and varied, 

 and the form, especially before the flower opens, some- 

 what resembles the neck or beak of the parrot, from 

 whence it derives its popular name. They have a strik- 

 ing and singular effect in the garden, because of their 

 unique forms and strangely contrasted colors. There 

 are but few varieties, none too many for even a small 

 garden. We give them as follows : 



Admiral de Constantinople. — Red, striped 

 orange. 



