TULIPS, EARLY DOUBLE, GESNERIANA, VARIEGATED-LEAVED, & SPECIES. 17 
Tulips, Early Double— continued. 
grown for Covent Garden Market. Imperator Rubromm is the best scarlet, and Toumesol Yellow the best of 
the yellows. For indoor decoration, the Tulip, Double and Single, should have the same cultural treatment as 
the Hyacinth. For beds or masses, Rex Rubrorum, scarlet, is the best to associate with La Candeur, white, and, 
so arranged, the effect is unrivalled amongst Spring flowers. 
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OUR OWN SELECTIONS. 
5 each, 15 splendid varieties 9 o I 668 1 each, 12 splendid varieties 2 o 
3 »* *5 *» »» 5 6 659 Fine mixed 4*. 6 d. per ioo, 8 d. per dor. 
1 ,, 15 ., 2 6 | 660 Choice mixed 6 s . 6d. ,, is. ,, 
Double Due Van Thol, red, margined yellow. This dwarf showy early-flowering Tulip is useful for edging 
and broad marginal lines. 36J. per 1000 ; 4 s . 6d. per 100 ; 9 d. per dozen. 
per 100. perdoz. 
8 . d. 8 . d. 
♦Albano, ivhite, tinged rose 10 6...1 6 
♦Blanche Hative, white, the earliest 
and best for pot culture 4 6 
♦Couronne de Cerise, deep cerise, 
very beautiful 9 6...1 6 
♦Extremity d'Or, bright crimson- 
scarlet , edged yellow, fine 12 6. ..2 o 
Gloria Soils, scarlet, deeply edged 
with bright yellow, fine 6 6...1 o 
♦Imperator Rubrorum, rich crim- 
son-scarlet, beautiful 8 6...1 3 
♦La Candeur, pure white 5 6...1 o 
♦Le Blason, rose and white, fine 7 6...1 3 
♦Murillo, rose and white, beautiful . 10 6...1 6 
per 100. per doi. 
8. d. 8. d. 
671 ♦Mariage de ma Fille, pure white, 
striped cerise 18 0...2 6 
672 ♦Overwlnnaar, white, striped rose- 
violet, handsome 7 6... 1 3 
673 *PceonyGold, crimson, striped gold... 6 6...1 o 
674 *Rex Rubrorum, brilliant crimson- 
scarlet, spletidid 6 6...1 o 
675 *Rose Blanche, the purest white 3 6 
676 Rose Crown, rich pure rose 12 6... 2 o 
677 ♦Tournesol, scarlet, edged yellow, 
very beautiful 7 6...1 3 
678 ♦Toumesol Yellow, yellow, flushed 
orange, very fine 10 6...1 6 
679 ♦Yellow Rose, very beautiful pure 
yellow, fragrant flowers 6 6...1 o 
GESNERIANA TULIP, OR TULIPA SINENSIS HORTENSIS. 
Gesnerlana. The tallest, largest-flowered, and showiest of all Tulips, rich scarlet, with glittering black 
centre ; valuable for distant effect in beds, lines, or ribbons, per 100, 8s. 6 d. ; per doz., u. 3 d. 
VARIEGATED LEAVED TULIPS. 
These are decorative from the time they appear above ground, and are ornamental for in or out of doors. 
per doz.— each. 
681 Due Van Thol, leaves margined sil- 
very white 1 6...0 3 
682 Feu de l’Empire, leaves golden- 
variegated 3 6...0 4 
683 Greigil, leaves spotted like Orchis macu- 
lata. Figured in The Garden, 1877 18 0...2 o 
684 Lac Van Rhine, leaves broadly mar- 
gined silvery yellow 1 6...0 3 
per doz.— each. 
685 Purple Crown, leaves finely banded 
golden-yellow 1 6...0 3 
686 Rex Rubrorum, leaves variegated 
white, lined with a reddish hue ... 2 6...0 3 
687 Sliver Standard, leaves variegated 
white 3 6...0 4 
688 Yellow Rose, leaves gold-striped 1 6...0 3 
MAY-FLOWERING SINGLE TULIPS. 
The May-flowering Tulips are beautiful, possessing a great variation in colour ; they follow in succession 
the Early Single Tulips, and are planted to form a connecting link between the spring and summer flowers. 
8. d. 
689 Fine Mixed, all colours of Blzarres, Byblcemens and Roses per 100, 7s. 6d.\ per doz. 1 3 
PARROT TULIPS, WITH LACINIATED PETALS. 
Blossoms large, curiously laciniated, and with varied shades of rich colours, in the same flowers. These 
Tulips are strikingly effective in flower borders, and in hanging baskets the drooping flowers look like orchids. 
per doz. — s. 
690 Admiral de Constantinople, red, slightly 
tipped orange 1 
691 Coffee Colour, crimson-brown, striped 
yellow and green 1 
692 Large Yellow, pure yellow, slightly striped 
crimson and green 1 
per doz,- 
693 Monster Rouge, large crimson 
691 Markgraaf Van Baden, bright yellow, 
striped bright scarlet and green 
695 Perfecta, jv/iW, striped green, tipped scarlet 
696 Fine Mixed per ioo, 5/6 
697 Splendid Mixed per 100, 7/6 
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SPECIES OF TULIPS. 
These are beautiful. Clusiana, with Ixia-like flowers, is agent ; Cornuta, with twisted spiral horn petals is 
remarkable i Oculus Solis, has a crimson-black centre ; Viridiflora, the flowers are yellow, margined green ; 
Sylvestris, the sweet-scented Tulip ; Relro/lcxa and Elegans have gracefully recurved petals ; Persica, is dwarf, 
fragrant, floriferous, and useful for edgings. 
each—*, d. 
698 Clusiana, white, striped red, with violet 
centre, beautiful per doz. 3/6 
699 Cornuta, yellow and red . . 
700 Elegans, rich carmine 
701 Fulgens, red 
702 Haageri, dark red, black and 
yellow centre 
1/6 
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4/6 
each— t. 
703 Oculus Solis, crimson, black centre 
per doz. 2/6 
701 Persica , yellow, fragrant, dwarf, and valu- 
able for edging per ioo, 7/6 ; perdoz. 1/3 o 
705 Retroflexa, yellow „ 1/6 o 
706 Sylvestris , yellow, sweet-scented ,, 1/6 o 
707 Viridiflora, green, edged yellow ,, 1/6 o 
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CROCUS. 
The Crocus is one of the earliest flowers of Spring, and occupies a prominent place in every garden. 
When planted as an edging in triple lines of one or more colours, the effect is striking. No Spring display sur- 
passes that of broad wavy bands of golden-yellow, of striped, of purple, or of pure white Crocus, when they 
expand their blossoms in February and March. In lawns and pleasure parks, planted in the grass the Crocus is 
extremely effective. For several years “ Rotten Row/’ and other parts of the Royal Parks, Crocus , Snowdrops, 
Daffodils, &c.. have been planted in the grass, to the delight of visitors. In wild gardens, woodland walks, etc., 
the Crocus should be associated with the violet, the primrose, and the oxlip. 
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