MAY-FLOWERING COTTAGE AND SPECIES TULIPS. 



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and Eoses, or Parrot Tulips. The following list contains 144 distinct 

 cottage and species Tulips, whereas the Chiswick report only refers to 

 thirty-eight varieties of the same class : — 



1. Acuminata, Vahl. {syn. cornuta, stenopetala). — Long narrow 

 petals, scarlet and yellow. Chiswick, Nos. 110, 120, and 121. Red. Lil. 

 t. 445 ; Bot. Reg. t. 127 ; Loh. Herb. Amat. iii. t. 171 ; Drap. Herb. 

 Amat. V. t. 327 ; Album v. Eeden, tab. 80. 



2. Acuminata lutea. — Nearly pure yellow sport of the former. 



3. Armena, Boiss. — A dwarf-growing species, with massive crimson 

 flowers with a black eye at the base. 



4. Aurora. — A showy cottage of the Billietiana type, but with larger 

 flowers ; yellow, heavily tinged with deep scarlet at the border. 



5. Avis Kennicott. — A most beautiful large flowering yellow Tulip, not 

 yet in the trade. 



6. Aximensis. — From Savoy ; crimson-scarlet, with black basal eye. 



7. Batalini, Kegel. — A dwarf species with pale sulphur flowers ; very 

 scarce. Gartenfiora, 1889, t. 1307, fig. 2 ; Gard. Chron. 1890, i. fig. 131. 

 A.M. (R.H.S.) May 23, 1900. (Fig. 340.) 



8. Beauty of America. — Pale sulphur-yellow, passing to a sulphury- 

 white. 



9. Billietiana, Jord. — From Savoy; yellow with orange- scarlet 

 margin; very showy. Chiswick, No. 113. Rev. Hort. 1887, p. 399, 

 fig. 81. (Fig. 342.) 



10. Billietiana nana (syn. Biebersteiniana false). — A dwarf, small- 

 flowering form of the above ; very late. Chiswick, No. 114. 



11. Blyhof. — A bold flower, rosy-pink and white. 



12. Bouton d'Or [syn. Ida, Lutea, Golden Beauty). — Showy orange- 

 yellow flowers, with black anthers. Chiswick, Nos. 116 and 134. Garden, 

 1895, t. 1035, fig. 1 ; Floril. Haarl. t. 59, fig. 2. 



13. Bridesmaid {syn. Gesneriana striata). — Bright rose, heavily 

 streaked with white, blue centre. Chiswick, No. 130. 



14. Bronze King. — Large flower, rich bronze. 



15. Buenaventura. — Scarlet, striped and flaked with golden yellow. 

 Chiswick, No. 117. 



16. Caledonia. — Bright fiery-scarlet, black and yellow base. 



17. Canary. — A new pure yellow cottage Tulip. 



18. Carinata rubra. — Dull crimson, centre of petals yellowish green. 

 Chiswick, No. 118. 



19. Carinata violacea. — Like the former, with rosy- violet instead of 

 dull crimson. 



20. Celsiana, B.C. — From the South of France. A form of the weU- 

 known T. australis or persica, from the Levant. — Redoute, LUiac&es, 

 t. 38. 



21. Ciliatula, Baker. — From Asia Minor. Red, with black central 

 blotch. 



22. Cloth of Gold (syn. Billietiana 'Cloth of Gold ').— Yellow, 

 margined orange-scarlet. 



23. Clusiana, B.C., the * Lady Tulip.' — White, striped red, with violet 

 base. Red. Lil. t. 37 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1,390. 



24. Columbus (syn. ' French Crown,' 'Gala Beauty '). — Pointed petals, 



