TULIPS— VARIEGATED, MAY-FLOWERING, DRAGON, SPECIES; AND CROCUS, is 
GESNERIANA TULIP OR TULIPA SINENSIS HORTENSIS. 
789 Gesneriana. This is the largest flowered and most showy of all Tulips, it grows taller than any other 
variety ; this, combined with the intense dazzling scarlet colour and glittering black centre of the 
flower, indicates its value for distant effect in isolated beds, in lines, ribbons, or groups in front of shrubs, 
per ioo, 7J. 6 d. : perdoz., is. 
VARIEGATED FOLIAGED TULIPS. 
These are very attractive, the leaves being beautifully variegated, are decorative from the time they appear 
above ground. They are equally ornamental in and out of doors. 
per doz.- 
d. 
790 Due Van Tliol, leaves margined sil- 
very white 2 
791 Feu de T Empire, leaves golden 
variegated 4 
792 Greigii, leaves spotted like Orchis 
mac u lata 
793 Lac Van Rheim, leaves broadly mar- 
gined silvery yellow 1 
■each. 
d. 
per doz - 
d. 
each. 
1. d. 
794 Maria de Medicis, leaves variegated 
6...0 3 795 Purple Crown, leaves finely banded 
golden yellow 2 6...0 3 
6...0 6 796 Rex Rubrorum, leaves variegated 
white, lined with a reddish hue ... 4 6...0 6 
797 Silver Standard, leaves variegated 
white 4 6...0 6 
6...0 3 798 Yellow Rose, leaves gold striped 1 6...0 3 
MAY-FLOWERING SINGLE TULIPS. 
The May-flowering Tulips are valuable, as they produce a grand display of rich and varied coloured 
flowers in close succession to the Early Single Tulips, and should, therefore, be freely planted. 
per 100 perdoz. 
d. *. d. 
6.. .1 6 
6. . .1 o 
6 .. . 1 6 
6... 1 6 
799 Mixed Bizarres, yellow ground , 
striped crimson, purple , or white.. 
800 Mixed Byblcemens, white ground. 
per 100. per doz. 
*. 
d. 8 . 
d. 
, IO 
6...1 
6 
IO 
6... 1 
6 
IO 
6... 1 
6 
802 Mixed Roses, white ground, striped 
crimson, pink, or scarlet 10 
803 Fine Mixed Varieties 7 
804 Choice Mixed Varieties 10 
805 Splendid Mixed English Varieties. 10 
PARROT OR DRAGON TULIPS, WITH LACINIATED PETALS. 
These have large curiously laciniated picturesque flowers ; the varied and rich colours in the same flower form 
brilliant and beautiful combinations. In mixed flower and shrubbery borders these Tulips are strikingly effective. 
Cultivated in hanging baskets the large flowers droop over and have quite an orchidaceous appearance. 
d. per doz. — *. d. 
809 Monster Rouge, large crimson 1 6 
810 Markgraaf Van Baden, bright yellow, 
striped bright scarlet and green 1 6 
811 Perfecta, yellow, striped green, tipped scarlet 1 6 
812 Fine Mixed per 100, 5/6 1 o 
813 Splendid Mixed ,, 8/6 1 6 
VARIOUS SPECIES OF TULIPS. 
These are beautiful and very interesting. Clusiana, with its Ixia-like flowers, is a gem ; Cornuta, 
has long twisted petals resembling spiral horns ; Oculus Solis, has a conspicuous crimson-black centre ; 
Viridiflora is green margined yellow ; Sylvestris is the sweet-scented Wood-Tulip ; Retrofiexa and Elegans 
have gracefully recurved petals ; Persica, is dwarf, fragrant, very floriferous, and is useful for edgings. 
per doz. 
306 Admiral de Constantinople, red, slightly 
tipped orange 1 
807 Coffee Colour, crimson-brown, striped 
yellow and green 1 
308 Large Yellow, pure yellow, slightly striped 
crimson and green 1 
each—*, d. 
814 Clusiana, white , striped red, with violet 
centre, beautiful per doz. 3/6 o 4 
815 Cornuta, yellow and red ,, 1/6 o 3 
816 Elegans, rich carmine ,, 1/6 o 3 
817 Fulgens, red 1/603 
318 Oculus Solis, crimson, black centre , , 2/- o 3 
each — 8 . 
819 Persica , yellow, fragant, dwarf, and valu- 
able for edging, per 100, 10/6; perdoz. 1/6 < 
820 Retrofiexa, yellow „ 1/6 < 
821 Sylvestris , yellow, sweet-scented ,, 1/6 < 
822 Viridiflora.^/w/z, edged yellow, ,, 1/6 < 
823 Fine Mixed Species ,, 1/6 , 
CROCUS. 
The Crocus is charmingly beautiful, and among the first to unbosom its flowers in Spring. It possesses consider- 
able diversity of colour, and deservedly occupies a prominent place wherever Spring flowers are prized. As a per- 
manent edging to beds, planted in triple lines, in distinct or diverse colours, the display is remarkably striking. 
The effect is also grand planted in broad marginal lines in the flower border. We have seen long, wavy bands of 
golden yellow, of striped, of purple, and of pure white Crocus, also fancy devices, and groups of 10 to 1,000 bulbs 
expand, in February and March, with such brilliant effect as to elicit the most unbounded admiration. Planted 
in lawns and pleasure parks, where the grass is not mown very early, the Crocus and Snowdrop are extremely 
effective. The frequenters of Rotten Row were this season charmed with the profusion of Crocus dotted all 
over the grass. In wildernesses, woodland walks, rockeries, etc., they are universal favourites as associates of 
the sweet-scented violet, the primrose, and the oxlip. 
The Autumn and Winter fimuering Species of Crocus, page 16, cannot be too highly praised. Early in 
September, Speciosus, the only really blue Crocus, commences flowering, and continues a long time effective, while 
one or other of the species follcrw in succession till the Spring varieties are in bloom. 
CHEAP DUTCH CROCUS. 
These are offered by the thousand to induce extensive planting as edgings to flower-beds, or in shrubbery 
borders, woodland walks, wild gardens, lawns, pleasure parks, etc. One season we supplied a customer with 
about 50,000 Golden Yellow Crocus to edge off beds cut in the grass, and such was the effect produced that he 
has gone on edging beds and borders with Crocus throughout his garden, and with such surpassing results that 
in February and March the skill of the artist fails to portray the gorgeous effect. On another occasion the 
same customer had 20,000 purple, white, and striped Crocus to plant in alternate lines with Early Tulips. 
824 1000 m 8 varieties 16 o I 826 250 in 8 varieties 4 6 
825 500 in 8 ,, 8 6 | 827 100 in 8 ,, 2 o 
828 Mixed, all colours per 100, is. 6 d., per 1000, 12 s. 6 d. 
iz. per 1000. per 100. per doz. 
d. 8 . d. 8 . d. ». d. 
4 835 Cloth of Silver, white, striped 
4 purple or lilac 18 0...2 0...0 4 
4 836 Cloth of Gold, golden yellow, 
3 striped brown 18 0...2 O...0 4 
4 837 Scotch, white, striped purple.. 25 0...3 0...0 6 
6 838 Versicolor, white, stripedpurp. 18 0...2 0...0 4 
per 1000. per 100. per doz. 
d. 8 . 
829 Blue and Purple, mixed 15 
830 Striped, mixed 15 0...1 
831 White, mixed 15 0...1 
832 Golden Yellow, very fine 13 6...1 
833 Large Golden Yellow 18 0...2 
834 Extra large Golden Yellow.. 25 o. 
d. 
9...0 
9...0 
9.. .0 
6.. .0 
0...0 
0...0 
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