178 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
TULIPS AT CHISWICK, 1900. 
A COLLECTION of 224 stocks of Tulips was planted in ordinary soil late 
in the autumn of 1899. The collection occupied the whole of the beds 
(forty) on the north side of the long vinery between the Paxton Green- 
house and the west wall near the Council-room. The oblong and circular 
beds on either side of the centre walk leading to the big vinery were also 
filled with bulbs (twelve of each variety), the whole creating a brilliant 
effect from about April 23 to the early part of June, and were greatly 
admired by visitors to the Garden, many of whom came from very long 
distances to see them. The Floral Committee examined the collection 
on five occasions, and recommended Awards of Merit to two varieties 
and highly commended sixty-four others. 
A.M. = Award of Merit. 
X X X = Highly Commended. 
1. — Early Single Flowering Tulips 
(April 18 to May 3). 
1. Adeline (Hogg & Robertson). — Height 4 inches; flowers of good 
form, rosy carmine with a yellow centre. In flower April 26 to May 16. 
2. Admiral Renier, x x x May 2, 1900 (Hogg & Robertson). — 
Height 10 inches ; flowers large, goblet-shaped, with broad, substantial 
petals, bright rose-pink striped with white ; yellow centre. In flower 
May 1 to May 19. 
3. Alba regalis (Jones).— Height 10 inches ; flowers of good shape 
borne on stout stems ; white faintly edged with pale yellow, and occasion- 
ally streaked with orange ; yellow centre. In flower May 1 to May 23. 
4. Artus (sijii. Garibaldi) (Jones). — Height 8 inches ; flowers rich 
scarlet with a conspicuous yellow centre, and touched with rosy carmine 
on the exterior of the petals. In flower May 1 to May 16. 
5. Bacchus, x x x April 26, 1900 (Hogg & Robertson, Jones). — 
Height 6 inches ; flowers with sharply pointed petals, deep crimson 
stained with yellow in the centre ; very showy and useful as an edging to 
taller growers. In flower April 21 to May 14. 
6. Bizard Pronkert (Hogg & Robertson). — Height 1 foot ; flowers 
large, golden yellow streaked and marked with crimson. In flower 
April 26 to May 23. 
7. Brutus Golden (Hogg Robertson). — Height 7 inches ; flowers 
orange-scarlet streaked and flushed with deep yellow. In flower May 2 
to May 21. 
8. Californie (Hogg Robertson). — Height 6 inches ; flowers canary 
yellow, with rather pointed thin petals ; not so good as No. 41. In flower 
April 23 to May 15. 
9. Canary Bird (Hogg Robertson). — Height 7 inches; rich yellow 
flowers of medium size borne on slender stems, the petals narrow and 
sharply pointed. In flower April 2() to May 10. 
