BODDINGTON'S 



BULBS 



BODDINGTON^S QUALITY 

 SINGLE LATE OR MAY - FLO WERING TULIPS 



For Herbaceous Borders and Among Formal Borders of Shrubbery, etc. 



It is surprising that these grand Tulips have not been more largely planted. As an early display they are magnificent in their 

 beauty and coloring, coming into flower as they do, from May 15 to the first week of June, according to the season, and are most 

 useful from a decorative point of view, after the early-flowering Tulips are past. The colors are various, as described in the fol- 

 lowing varieties, and their height, after being well established, reaches nearly three feet in some types. After planting they need 

 not be disturbed for years and fill in the space until .spring plants can be set out in the beds. There are many more beautiful late- 

 flowering Tulips, but the following are a few of the most distinct varieties. No pretentious garden, or public park where flowers 

 are grown extensively under appropriate surroundings, should be without a selection of them, for they afford immense enjoy- 

 ment to large numbers of people, as we know from e.xperience. 



Bizarre Tulips. Handsome, rich flowers, with yellow ground, 

 feathered or striped with crimson, purple and white ; finest mixed. 

 30 cts. per doz., $1.25 per 100, $10 per 1,000. 



Bybloems. Beautiful late Tulips, with white ground, blotched, 

 striped or feathered with lilac, purple, violet, blue or black; finest 

 mixed. 35 cts. per doz., $1.50 per 100, $14 per 1,000. 



Bouton d'Or. Has deep clear yellow, globular medium-sized blos- 

 soms, with curious black-anthered stamens. When massed by 

 itself it strikes a very pleasing and cheerful note in any general 

 color effect. 35 cts. per doz., $1.50 per 100, $14 per 1,000. 



Darwins. Very large flowers of good shape, on tall, strong stems ; 

 for brilliancy of color they surpass any other Tulip; they include 

 every known shade, from the lightest tint to the brightest hue ; 

 finest mixed. 35 cts. per doz., $1.50 per 100, $14 per 1,000. For 

 named varieties, see page 10. 



Bridesmaid. A beautiful reddish violet, delicately striped. 40 cts. 

 per doz., $1.75 per 100, S15 per i .ooo. 



Beauty of America. Pale yellow, passing to white ; exceedingly 

 handsome. 35 cts. per doz., $1.50 per 100, $14 per 1,000. 



Single Late May-flowering or Decoration Day Tulips. 



Isabella, or Shandon Bells. This also is one of those varieties 

 of which a description fails to give a correct idea of its beauty. 

 The petals are a rose color flushed or flaked with white when they 

 first open, and after two or three days it changes to a suffused deep 

 rose and red color. It remains longer in good bloom than a great 

 many other Tulips, and stands well when cut. 40 cts. per doz , $2 

 per 100, $17.50 per 1,000. 

 Retroflexa. This va iety has light yellow flowers with the petals 

 long pointed and elegantly recurved. Miss Gertrude Jekyll, the 

 gifted English horticultural writer, in her charming book, "Wood 

 and Garden," pays high tribute to this Tulip. It usually flowers 

 about the second week in May, and a little in advance of most of 

 the late Tulips. 40 cts. per doz., ^82.50 per 100, $20 per 1,000. 

 Gesneriana spathulata, or major. This variety has long been 

 in cultivation. The beautifully curved flowers are brilliant scarlet, 

 with a bluish black center, on tall stems. A large group of this 

 Tulip massed by itself looks very striking. There are a number 

 of forms of this Tulip lately sent out, and a few of them are very 

 high-priced, but hardly any of them excel the type in genuine 



beauty. 35 cts. per doz., $1.75 

 per 100, $15 per 1,000. 

 Gesneriana macrospila. 

 Crimson-Scarlet, black and yel- 

 low center. 30 cts. per doz., 

 $1 .25 per 100, $10 per i ,000. 



Golden Eagle. Is a showy 

 and attractive variety, with 

 a rich deep yellow color, and 

 the petals edged and tingtd 

 with red. It blooms about 

 the same time as Gesneriana 

 major. It forms a pleasing 

 combination with the latter, 

 and when grouped so that 

 they meet in curving lines 

 they give a fine color effect. 

 35 cts. per doz., $1.75 per 100, 

 $15 per 1,000. 

 Maiden's Blush, or Picotee. 

 Clear white, margined on the 

 edge with pink. The flower is 

 beautifully curved, but it is 

 somewhat difficult to give a 

 correct idea of the color. When 

 it opens, the petals are white 

 and margined or penciled with 

 pink to cerise. After two or 

 three days the flowers change 

 to a deep rose, and unless one 

 is acriuainted with it, it would 

 not be recognized as the same 

 Tulip. It stands remarkal)ly 

 well when cut, and a vase 

 gracefully arranged with it 

 would giace the table of the 

 n)ost dignified monarch. 40c. 

 per doz., $2.25 per ux), $20 per 

 1000. (See illustration on 

 page 10). 

 Boddington's "Quality" 

 Superfine Mixture May- 

 flowering Tulips, for accli- 

 mating and for planting in 

 herbaceous or s h r u bb o r y 

 borders. 40 cts. per doz., %% 

 per 100, $15 per 1,000. 



