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BECKERT'S ANNUAL AUTUMN CATALOGUE OF CHOICEST BULBS 



Planting of Breeder Tulips 



APRICOT. 25. Dull, bronzy buff, shaded deep Doz. 100 

 aprioot; base olive-green. A fine border variety.. .#1 15 $8 00 



BACCHUS (Rasonia). 28. Deep violet-blue — a 

 rare color in Tulips. The large, beautifully 

 formed flowers have a white blotch at the base 

 of the petals inside 1 70 12 00 



BRONZE QUEEN (Biscuit; Clio). 24. Soft buff, 

 shaded bronze; inside golden bronze with yel- 

 low base. Large, sturdy flowers; particularly 

 fine out-of-doors and a good forcer 85 6 00 



CARDINAL MANNING (Goliath: King's 

 Court). 28. A giant among Tulips. The flowers 

 are dull wine-red, flushed rosy bronze, chang- 

 ing to rosy violet, shaded bronze 1 00 7 00 



CHESTNUT (La Nuit). 24. Deep chestnut- 

 brown, shading to deep mahogany inside, with 

 black base. Very distinct and makes a fine con- 

 trast with yellow 1 00 7 00 



COPERNICUS. 28. Light brown, flushed with 

 bronze and old-rose; greenish yellow base in- 

 side. Extra-large flower on long, strong stem 1 15 8 00 



DUKE OF EDINBURGH. Deep violet, with 



lighter shading; very fine strong flower 8 00 



FAIRY (Panorama; The Monument). 20. deep 



orange-red, shaded mahogany. Best for forcing 1 70 12 00 



GARIBALDI. 31. One of the finest breeders ever 

 introduced, a long graceful flower of pale lilac 

 bronze color, with primrose yellow margin 9 00 



GODET PARFAIT. 30. Violet-purple with a 

 white base. Tall and vigorous, with very large 

 flowers of striking appearance. One of the best 1 30 9 00 



GOLDEN BRONZE. 24. Outside brownish yel- 

 low, inside mahogarv, lighter at edges, yel- 

 low base - 1 00 7 00 



Beckert's 

 Mammoth Breeder 

 Tulips 



THE Breeder Tulip has had an interesting 

 history. Formerly listed among the Cottage 

 Tulips, they now form a very distinct class of 

 their own, being unbroken forms of the old-time 

 Florist Tulip. Discarded by their originators, the 

 old Dutch gardeners, because they had no stripes 

 or feathers, they were more or less neglected and 

 grown only in Holland for several centuries, un- 

 til a taste for the so-called "art colors" awakened, 

 and with the new vogue for bronze, brown and 

 buff tones, the Breeder Tulip may now rival the 

 wonderful Darwin. And they deserve their popu- 

 larity — not only for their peculiar and odd colors, 

 but also for their unusual lasting qualities, which 

 make them especially suited for garden decora- 

 tion. In size and height they frequently surpass 

 the finest Darwin. Breeder Tulips require the 

 same cultural treatment as the Darwin Tulips. 

 Many of the flowers are sweet-scented and are all 

 splendid for cutting, as they retain the form and 

 color for a long time. The figures following va- 

 rieties indicate height in inches. 



INDIAN CHIEF. 3 3. The largest Breeder Tulip D°*- 100 

 we know. The flower is of peculiar shape, in- 

 tense light brown in color and carried on a 

 long stem. Each _ #1 00 $9 00 



JAUNE D'OEUF. 26. Splendid large flower of 

 distinct shape on tall stem, color aprioot, soft 

 yellow inside with black base _ 1 00 #7 00 



LOUIS XW. 28. Without a doubt the finest of all 

 Tulips. Enormous, globular flowers; dark pur- 

 ple, flushed bronze, with a broad margin of 

 golden brown _ 1 15 8 00 



LUCIFER. 28. Rich rosy orange, edged orange- 

 scarlet. Of majestic form, on a tall stem 2 15 15 00 



MADRAS. 26. Golden bronze, with dull helio- 

 trope stripe on outer petals; yellow base starred 

 green. A large long flower on tall stem 85 6 00 



PRINCE OF ORANGE. 2?. Large, showy 

 flowers; terra cotta, edged orange with yellow 

 base and black center _ 1 20 8 50 



VELVET KING. 25. Glossy purplish maroon with 

 yellow base. Extra-large flowers, very effective 

 for the border 1 30 9 00 



VULCAIN. 25. Fine rosy apricot, shading to buff 

 and yellow at the margain, with green base. 

 Large, globular flower. Distinct in color, and 

 brilliant against shrubbery _ 1 40 10 00 



YELLOW PERFECTION (Old Gold; Empress 

 of China). 24. Light bronze-yellow, edged with 

 gold; inside bronze. A large and noteworthy 

 flower 1 00 7 00 



BECKERT'S SUPERB MLXTURE OF BREED- 

 ER TULIPS. Composed of the finest named 

 varieties of this unusual class 70 5 00 



