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BECKERT'S ANNUAL AUTUMN CATALOGUE OF CHOICEST BULBS 



Late Single-Flowering Tulips 



Known as Cottage or May-Flowering Tulips 



This class, as well as the Darwin Tulips, is becoming very popular. 

 J. hey are very hardy and robust; flowers are large in size and verv rich 

 in coloring. The stems are long and wiry and the flowers are durable in 

 a cut state. They are effective planted in clumps or borders, and may 

 be grown m pots as recommended for other Tulips and brought in to 

 succeed the earlier classes. 



Each Doz. 100 



Bouton d'Or (Ida; Golden Beauty). 17-B. Fine, 

 dark golden yellow; very showy bedder; excellent 



for cutting .... _ ...$0.05 $0.50 $ 3.25 



Carnation. _ 18-C. The Old English Picotee; 

 snow-white, with carmine-rose edges; 



most lovely _ 05 .55 3.75 



21-C. Charming globular flower on tall 

 stem; center of petal purplish rose, edges blush, 



shading to soft orange-rose 05 .55 4.00 



Elegans alba (White Crown). 20-B. Creamy 



white with a narrow margin of carmine-rose 08 .75 5.50 



Elegans, Crimson. 14-B. Brilliant Crimson; 

 petals elegantly recurved; one of the few late 



Ellen Willmot, 24-E. Primrose-yellow; flower 

 long and narrow; slightly reflexing petals; tall 



Fairy Queen. 20-D. Rosy heliotrope, broadly 

 margined yellow; flowers of enormous size and 



last a long time 



Fulgens, Scarlet. 24-B. Dark scarlet; long, re- 



Glare of the Garden. 18-C. A giant amongst the 



late Tulips; flowers dazzling scarlet 



Gesneriana aurantiaca maculata (Orange Globe.) 

 22-D. Bright orange-red, flushed golden yellow; 



Gesneriana lutea. 24-D. Golden yellow; most 



effective bedder of all yellow Cottage Tulips 



Gesneriana marginata alba (Sweet Nancy.) 20-C. 



Gesneriana spathulata. 24-C. Dazzling scarlet, 

 with blue base; enormous flower of dazzling 



Golden Crown. 18-C. Yellow, bordered and 



Late Single or Cottage Tulip 



Each Doz. 



Parisian White (La Candeur). 15-B. 

 White, changing to soft rose; ..$ .05 $ .55 



Picotee (Maiden's Blush). 20-C. White, 



margined rose-pink; 05 .55 



Retroflexa. 17-A. Yellow; elegant, re- 

 curved petals; very handsome 05 .55 



Royal White. 12-A. Pure white, with 

 primrose on the center of the petals. 

 Largest late white. 06 .60 



Striped Beauty (Summer Beauty). 20-C. 

 Rose, flaked crimson and white, large .08 .75 



The Fawn. 21-D. Large, oval flower; 

 light grayish rose, changing to soft rosy 

 white ; 05 .55 



Union Jack (Distinction). 20-V. Light 

 violet, feathered purple, with white 

 markings; unique and interesting 07 .70 



Vitellina. 22-C. Light sulphur-yellow, 



becoming almost white.. 06 .60 



Yorkand Lancaster. 18-C. Creamy 

 white, shaded carmine-rose; very rec- 

 ommendable _ 05 .55 



Inglescombe Pink (Salmon Queen). 24-C. Soft rose 



100 

 $3.50 

 3.50 

 3.75 



4.25 

 5.50 



3.50 



5.00 

 4.25 



4.00 



Inglescombe Scarlet. 20-D. Brilliant 

 scarlet, with black base; large flower.... 



Inglescombe Yellow. 18-D. Glossy 

 canary-yellow; the large globular flower 

 has the cup-shape of the Darwin type.... 



Isabella (Blushing Bride; Shandon Bells.) 

 15-C. Creamy white, shaded carmine- 

 rose and changing to dark pink 



Konigskroon. 20-B. Carmine-scarlet 

 with broad yellow border; resembles 



.05 



.55 



3.75 



.06 



.65 



4.50 



.05 



.55 



3.50 



.05 



.55 



4.00 



.06 



.60 



4.25 



.05 



.55 



3.75 



.05 



.55 



3.75 



.05 



.55 



3.75 



.05 



.55 



3.50 



.05 



.50 



3.25 



.05 



.55 



3.75 



.05 



.55 



4.00 



La Merveille. 18-E. Orange-cherry; 

 flushed rose, with yellow base; very 



Moonlight. 20-A. Long, oval-shaped, 

 soft yellow flower, on strong stem 



Mrs. Moon. 28-D. Large yellow flower 



BECKERT'S SUPERB MIXTURE OF 

 COTTAGE TULIPS. This is our own 

 special mixture, made up in well-balan- 

 ced proportion of the above-named Doz. 

 sorts 55 



FINE MIXTURE. As imported from our 

 growers in Holland. Very fine -40 



.05 



.55 



4.00 



.05 



.55 



4.00 



.05 



.55 



3.75 



.05 



.50 



3.25 



.09 

 .07 



.90 

 .70 



6.50 

 5.00 



100 

 4.00 



1000 

 37.50 



2.75 25.00 



