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Jo/ia and T. Batalini. The structure of the 
bulb is also like that of these two species, the 
outer skin being of a hard parchment-like 
texture, while the inner one is clothed with 
thick woolly hairs, which protrude beyond the 
neck of the bulb. This is such a distinct race 
of Tulip that a new group might well be set 
up for it. It is ridiculous to bring them under 
the Gesneriana heading, or any of the other 
groups existing under Baker's or Boissier's 
classification. The flower of T. Wilsoniana is 
of medium size, finely rounded, and of a 
peculiarly brilliant and pure vermilion-red, 
a colour so full and glowing as to be rarely 
equalled even in this genus, where reds of the 
most brilliant description abound. The pollen 
of the stamens is a very bright yellow. This 
Tulip I named in memory of my lamented 
friend the late Mr. G. F. Wilson of Wey- 
bridge. 
T. Micheliana. — Another important species 
found at the same time as T. Wilsoniana. In 
general appearance it is not unlike T. Greigi, 
and Hke it is remarkable in having its foliage 
variegated with brown, but whereas in T. 
Greigi there are a quantity of brown spots 
irregularly spread over the upper surface of 
the leaves, in this there are several unbroken 
stripes of brown running lengthwise down the 
leaf. It grows somewhat taller than Greig's 
Tulip and the colour of the flowers is much 
deeper, being a dark crimson tinged with 
purple. I have seen dried specimens gathered 
by Sintenis on the sandy steppes some distance 
from Aschabad, that were fully 2 feet high 
with very large leaves, but in our climate the 
plants are not so large. This Tulip is dedi- 
cated to Monsieur Marc Micheli of Geneva, 
one of the most distinguished continental 
growers of new and rare plants, whose loss we 
have also to deplore. 
T. Tubergeniana. — The subject of our colour- 
ed plate was the outcome of an exoedition sent 
by Mr. van Tubergen to the high mountains 
of Central Bokhara in the spring of 1901. 
This journey proved especially fruitful in good 
things, for in addition to the lordly T. Tuber- 
geniana and other promising Tulips, such fine 
Irises as bucharica and warleyensis^ and useful 
forms of Fritillaria and Corydahs, found their 
way home. T. Tubergeniana^ which bears the 
name of Mr. C. G. van Tubergen of Haarlem, 
is truly a giant in size of bulb, foliage, and 
flowers. After three years' careful cultivation 
the bulbs have now reached full size and are 
very large, with thin outer tunics, and com- 
pletely clothed on the inside with a thick layer 
1 oflong, tawny-coloured, silky hairs. The erect 
flower-stem is stout, very tall, and markedly 
pubescent. The leaves of great size, are in- 
tensely glaucous and thickly set with minute 
white hairs, while the long flower-buds are 
cone- or pyramid-shaped when of full size. 
When fully open the flowers are campanulate 
or cup-shaped, with the segments distinctly 
reflexed about half way ; their colour is an 
intense scarlet with an orange tinge, and the 
bases of the segments marked with a bold, 
elliptical black blotch, faintly outlined with 
yellows The open flower shown in the plate 
does not do justice to its fine cup-shaped form, 
thespecimenssent to England for drawinghav- 
ing suffered on the way. When the flowers 
unfold naturally on the plant they open as a 
perfectly rounded cup, and never present the 
somewhat ragged appearance of the plate. 
Having travelled better, the bud is very life- 
like. 
The three seasons during which I havegrown 
this Tulip have shown its robust and hardy 
character. It never gets mildewed or disfigured 
in bad weather, as T. Greigi too often does, 
and takes so kindly to English gardens that 
bulbs planted in Sir Michael Foster's hill- 
garden at Shelford, soon after its introduction, 
have grown into fine floweringspecimenswhich 
last season spread into a noble clump with 
about a dozen flowers open at the same time. 
Indeed it is not too much to say that T. Tuber- 
geniana is one of the finest Tulips yet intro- 
duced, imposing as regards size and colour, and 
exquisite in the shape of its immense flowers. 
Tulipa ingens. — This also came from the high 
mountains of Central Bokhara in 1901. It is 
of the same type as T. Tubergeniafja, with 
flowers of great size and deeper colour, on a 
plant of dwarfer growth. Were it not for 
botanical features that stamp it as a distinct 
species, one might best liken it to T. Eichleri. 
It does not seem to possess the hardy vigour of 
T. Tubergeniana, hwt grows well with T. Greigi. 
T.praestans. — Dr.Regel describes this flower 
