I November, 1919 t3l)eTFlower (Brower 
Tulips and Their Culture. 
By Bertha Berbert Hammond. 
I [if'ritten expressly for The Flower Cromer. ] 
Tulips have enjoyed great popularity 
I for over three hundred years, and are 
still easily the most widely and favor- 
ably known of the Dutch bulbs. This 
is due to the fact that they possess un- 
i usual beauty, hardihood and that they 
! will produce in the spring when garden 
flowers are rare and most appreciated, 
a glorious display that by a careful 
] selection of early, medium and later 
blooming varieties, may be made to 
| extend over a period of about two 
months. Succession of bloom may 
also be secured by making plantings a 
; week or two apart, during the late fall 
until the end of December. Even 
should the ground seem hopelessly 
frozen, it will not prevent the planting 
I of the tulips, for if the bulbs are set on 
i. top of the frozen soil, covered firmly 
with earth obtained elsewhere, and 
then well mulched, they will bloom a 
little later but just as beautifully as 
those planted earlier, and when Tulips 
i! are in bloom then indeed 
The spring clad all in gladness 
Doth laugh at winter's sadness. 
—Morle y. 
To the flower grower who is ac- 
quainted with only the older sorts, the 
'i newer imported varieties will prove an 
agreeable surprise. Among the most 
1 desirable of late or May-flowering Tu- 
lips are the sturdy, stately Darwins 
l! that produce on long stems very large, 
i showy flowers. Though they exhibit 
no pure whites or clear yellows, they 
, display a wide range of coloring from 
blush pink to nearly black. The new 
Rembrandt Tulips are closely related 
to the Darwins. They are very grace- 
1 ful in form but instead of solid colors 
j show rich variegations, stripes, blotches 
and other markings beautifully blended. 
Another distinctive class of May-flow- 
I ering Tulips is found in the Breeder 
1 Tulips that bear enormous flowers in 
I which rich browns, odd buffs and bronze 
I shades predominate. 
Some beautiful novelties are to be 
| found among the Cottage Tulips which 
were so named because many of the 
bulbs of this class were found growing 
in old and often neglected cottage 
gardens of Great Britain where the 
original bulbs had been, presumably, 
carried by religious refugees in the 17th 
century. That off-sets from such bulbs, 
in spite of neglect, should have sur- 
vived speaks eloquently for the hardi- 
hood and tenacity of this variety which 
includes some of the most beautiful of 
Tulips both in form and coloring. 
Exquisite Tulips are the Picotees, 
which bear on graceful stems large 
flowers, the distinguishing feature of 
which being the bright crimson bor- 
dered petals. 
Strikingly odd are the fantastic Par- 
rot Tulips, so called because the bud 
resembles somewhat the head of a 
parrot. These gorgeously colored flow- 
ers with their grotesquely horned, 
twisted, curved or fringed petals are 
interesting, but only the best developed 
bulbs of this singular novelty, are de- 
pendable for bloom. 
As they are not in common use, one 
rarely sees the variegated Tulips with 
their broad cream-white bordered or 
striped leaves and brilliant flowers that 
produce an unusually odd and showy 
bed. 
Ill 
__ The large, gayly colored Gesneriana 
Tulips, (named after Conrad Gesner 
who, in 1559, introduced Tulips into 
Augsburg,) are a late blooming variety 
that possess the additional merit of re- 
maining in bloom a long time. 
Due Van Thol Tulips are dwarf in 
growth and bear rather small but 
beautifully colored flowers. Because 
they come into bloom about two weeks 
before any other variety and that they 
are about the most reliable Tulip for 
indoor forcing, in the hands of the 
amateur, make them popular. 
There are numerous other fine va- 
( Concluded on page 117.) 
NYMPHAEACEAE RICHARDSONI. 
Photograph from the ponds of F. P. Clark, Garrettsville, Ohio. The scientific 
name indicates the Water Lily family in general, the last half of the name that 
this particular variety was originated by Mr. Richardson. 
“ Water Lilies or Nymphaeas are among the most royal, gorgeous, diversified and universally 
admired plants in cultivation.”— Sturtevant. We have here Nymphea odorata common in Wisconsin.— 
(From Wisconsin Horticulture.) 
Those who are especially interested in Water Lilies should refer to the following issues of The 
Flower Grower : March, 1918, page 26 ; May, 1918, page 50; June, 1918, page 70 ; July, 1918, page 76. 
