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HENDERSON'S AUTUMN BULB CATALOGUE—1927 



PARROT or DRAGON TULIPS 



These belong to the late or May-flowering garden tulips, and have im- 

 mense attractive flowers of singularly picturesque form and brilliant and 

 varied colors. The petals are curiously fringed or lacinated on the edges, 

 and the form of the flower, especially before it opens, resembles the head 

 and neck of a parrot. Only the strongest bulbs of Parrot Tulips can be 

 depended upon to flower. The smaller, younger bulbs often throw no 

 flowers — or at best produce weak, sprawling stems. Our bulbs are the 

 best Holland produces, (see engraving) 

 Admiral de Constantinople. Red tipped orange. 

 Lutea Major. Bright yellow. 



Monstre Cramoise. Deep crimson, black center. 

 Perfecta. Yellow striped red. 

 Margraff von Baden. Yellow, scarlet and green. 



Prices of Named Sorts per doz., 80c; per 100, 16.00 



Choice Mixed Varieties per doz., (iOc; per 100. 4.50 



BIZARRE TULIPS 



One of the oldest races of Tulips, grown extensively in Europe during the 

 seventeenth century. It is this class that is credited as being responsible 

 for the famous tulip craze in 1635. Bizarre Tulips are all queerly striped 

 and varigated; they belong to the May flowering group, and flower on tall 

 stem3. 



Choice Mixed Varieties. Yellow ground colors, variegated with crim- 

 son, purple, white lips per doz., 80c. per 100, $6.00 



"Henderson's Bulb Culture." This is a book of OS pages, size 

 7^sS'., inches. This year we hare gotten out a neir edition with 32 pages of 

 illustrations. The price post /««/ is 75 cents and we also send 

 it free with every order for bvlbf^ arnovntivg in thr/ > dollars or over. 



Rembrandt Tulip 



REMBRANDT TULIPS 



These late or May-flowering garden tulips form a new class of stately 

 beauty. They are in reality Darwin Tulips which have "broken" into 

 permanent variegations — the flowers of various rich colors being striped, 

 blotched and marked with different shades and colors. The flowers, large, 

 of perfect form and lasting substance are borne on sturdy stems about two 

 feet in height. These Rembrandts are very effective planted in groups in 

 the herbaceous or shrubbery border and will remain 3 i or 4 years without 

 replanting. The cultural directions given for Darwin Tulips apply to these. 

 (See engraving). 

 Choice Mixed Varieties per doz., $1.00; per 100, $7.50 



BYBLOEMEN TULIPS 



Like the Bizarre varieties these tulips were evolved at the time of the 

 Tulipomania which swept Holland and neighboring European coun- 

 tries early in the seventeenth |century. They have been grown and 

 sold quite largely in European countries ever since, and to a lesser extent 

 in America; but are considered by many to be too gay for large plantations. 



Nevertheless, for indoor decoration, in the month of May when they 

 bloom, their vivid and contrasting colors are very welcome. For outdoor 

 borders, and for planting among the perennials, there is nothing better; 

 as they impart gay coloring much wanted at that time. 



The "Rose" Rybloemen tulips are those marked with crimson, rose, pink 

 and scarlet on a white ground, and the "Violet" Bybloemen are those 

 marked with blue, purple and violet also on a white ground. 



They flower at the same time as the Darwin and Breeder varieties, and 

 the culture is the same; but the stems are not so long, averaging not more 

 than twenty inches. 



Per Doz. Per 100 

 Rose Bybloemen Tulips, Choice Mixed Varieties $1.00 $7.50 



Violet Bybloemen Tulips, Choice Mixed Varieties 1.00 7.50 



We can supply individual bulbs of varieties described above at 

 one-tenth of the dozen price. 



Six Bulbs of a Variety Sold at the Dozen Rate, 25 at the 

 Hundred Rate 



