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NEW :: GIANT :: DARWIN :: TULIPS. 



THE TULIP ARISTOCRATS. 



These gorgeous new late or May-flowering tulips are very stately and 

 beautiful — producing immense flowers on tall sturdy stems attaining a height 

 of from two to three feet. The flowers are models of perfection in form, last- 

 ing wax-like substance — and in a great variety of both dainty and richly 

 brilliant colorings ranging from blush through pinks, rose, salmon-red, crimson, 

 etc., to rich ox-blood reds, from lavender through mauve, light blue to violet- 

 purple, and black. The centers of many of them are beautifully marked. The 

 Darwins also include two or three " near whites " — but clear yellows have not 

 yet been produced. Therefore where the latter color is desired selection 

 should be made from the " Cottage " Tulips offered on pages 20 and 21. 

 The Darwin Tulips are exceedingly effective when grown in groups of a 

 dozen or more bulbs of one variety in the garden or herbaceous border with 

 a back ground of greenery which enhances their magnificence. The beauty, 

 hardiness and perpetuity of the Darwin Tulips is making them very popular. 

 As cut flowers they are unsurpassable. The long-stemmed bold, durable flowers 

 have a dignity and character exclusively their own. 



To aid in making selections of varieties for continuity of bloom, etc., we 

 have indicated their relative time of flowering by the letters E, F, G, H and I, 

 The E's being the earliest to bloom, just succeeding the latest of the early 

 single and double Tulips offered on pages 10 to 16. The normal height is also 



given but may vary according to soil, culture and location. The bulbs should 

 be spaced about 5 inches apart and base of the bulbs should be 5 to 6 in. 

 deep on heavy soils and 6 to 7 inches deep on light soils. 



Darwin Tulips for Winter Flowering in Pots and Forcing: (See illustration 

 page 19.) Darwin Tulips may be successfully flowered in pots or pans of soil 

 or fibre in the house in winter if not brought in from the cold frame or out-door 

 plunge before the middle of January and then grown on cool and slowly in a 

 temperature of about 60°. The early flowering ones — those marked E, F and 

 G — will then flower in February and March — the later ones requiring a little 

 more time. Too much heat is apt to cause them to grow spindling and inferior. 

 The varieties marked * are especially good for late winter flowering and forcing. 



Hundreds of thousands of some varieties of Darwin Tulips are now forced 

 into flower in winter by English florists for the London and other city flower 

 markets, and find a ready and profitable sale, the demand for them increasing 

 every year. 



The Darwin Tulips comprising our collection— as offered on the 

 succeeding pages — have been selected while in bloom at our own trial grounds 

 as the best of their various colors and shades from hundreds of named 

 varieties. The bulbs — all largest flowering size are imported by us direct 

 from the Holland growers. 



Giant Darwin Tulips as grown for exhibition at Haarlem, Holland. 



