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A Group of May-flowkking Tulips 
May Flowering 
Cottage Garden 
or 
Boulevard 
TULIPS 
This beauiiful class is becoming more popular each season. 
Within the last two years we have sold many thousands of 
bulbs, and have received a large number of highly compli¬ 
mentary reports as to their great beauty and usefulness. They 
are quite distinct from the early-flowering sorts offered on the 
preceding pages, coming into bloom in the vicinity of Phil¬ 
adelphia about May 10th, or two to three weeks later than the 
early-flowering types, and extending the Tulip season over 
a period of four weeks or more. For the most part they 
have been collected from the old Cottage Gardens of 
England, Scotland and Ireland, where they have been, 
in some cases, for over half a century. They are 
said to be the offspring of Tulipa Gesneriana, and, while pos¬ 
sessing infinite variety and brilliancy of color, all have the 
fine form and stately yet graceful character of the parent. On 
account of their extreme hardiness, they are specially adapted 
for the permanent hardy flower border, where they should be 
liberally planted in clumps or masses. They may also be 
naturalized in grass, wild gardens, etc. For bedding they are 
superb, while as cut flowers they are much to be preferred 
to the early type, having long stems with flowers of great 
substance that stand cut in a perfect condition for a long time. 
During the past three seasons we have tested over one hundred of the best 
varieties, and offer the selection of sixteen sorts with every confidence 
that they will give complete satisfaction. The heights given are actual 
measurements taken at our trial grounds May 10th to 15th. These, of 
course, are liable to vary according to soil and other conditions. In plant¬ 
ing, the bulbs should be set a little deeper than ordinary Tulips, a 
covering of 4 inches being about right. 
Billietlana (22 inches). Brilliant golden-yellow pointed flowers, each 
petal strikingly flamed with rosy scarlet; very showy. 35 Cts. per doz.; 
$2.50 per 100 ; $20.00 per 1000. 
Bizarres (24 inches). An odd and striking class. The ground color 
of the flowers is some shade of yellow quaintly marked, in a greater or 
lesser degree, with brown, violet or crimson ; mixed colors. 20 cts. per 
doz.; $1.25 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. 
Bouton d’Or, or Golden Beauty (21 inches). Rich, buttery orange- 
yellow cup shaped flowers. The anthers are black and make a striking 
contrast with the yellow when the flowers are expanded. 30 cts. 
per doz.; $1.75 per 100; $15 00 per 1000. 
Golden Crown (22 inches). Large flowers with pointed petals, color 
rich yellow, petals faintlv edged with red; a good bedder. 20 cts. per 
doz.; $1 25 per 100 ; $10.00 per 1000. 
Gesneriana spathulata f28 inches). A superb Tulip of strong yet 
graceful growth, and bearing very large flowers of an intense brilliant 
crimson-scarlet with glittering blue-black centre. No words or picture 
can begin to do this Tulip justice. It should be planted in generous 
quantity. There are a number of inferior types of this Tulip. The 
variety spathulata is the finest of all. 30 cts. per doz.; $1.75 per 100; 
$16.00 per 1000. 
May-flowering Tulips are continued on next page. 
