Breeder 
Most garden Tulips begin life as self-colored flowers. 
After a time the coloring matter gets broken up into 
stripes and blotches. Before this change takes place, they 
are known as "Breeder” Tulips. 
They flower approximately at the same time as the 
Cottage and Darwin Tulips, during the month of May, 
excepting in southern sections where they bloom in April. 
These aristocrats of the Tulip family, with their immense 
blooms, borne on strong, stiff stems, frequently exceeding 
BACCHUS. Long ago the bloom-like effect of 
color of the Early Tulip, Couleur Cardinal, made 
a great impression on those who look at tulips 
with an eye to texture and color: here is the rich¬ 
est of violet-blue tulips, Bacchus, with that same 
dusky bloom on its outer petals, that grape-like 
bloom. The flower is held very straight at the 
top of a two and one-half foot stem; the beau¬ 
tiful tone of purple makes it especially nice to 
use with sky-blue spring flowers, and the sug¬ 
gestion of Anchusa myosotidiflora is given here 
as a companion or foreground for this tulip. 
Height, 33 inches. $0.95 for 10; $7 per 100. 
BRONZE QUEEN. This flower carries one of 
those subtle blendings of deep yellow and brown 
with a touch of rose in it which only belongs to 
the great Hybrids of today in tulips. It has a 
shadowy beauty of its own, is very tall, has a 
flower not especially large but very distinct, and 
could be used most effectively in drifts with the 
familiar and glorious Louis XIV. Height, 28 
inches. $0.90 for 10; $6.50 per 100. 
CARDINAL MANNING. Very large, egg-shaped 
flower; bishop’s purple, flushed rosy bronze, 
changing to an almost pure orange at the extreme 
edges of the petals, the base is tinged yellow; 
filaments blue at apex. Height, 34 inches. $0.90 
for 10; $6.50 per 100. 
CHERBOURG. In this tulip are seen first a deep 
golden yellow, growing stronger toward the 
edges of the petals, and then a charming flush of 
terra-cotta along the center of each petal outside. 
The resultant color is extremely interesting and 
as the tulip itself is of beautiful rounding form, 
the petals smoothly overlapping one another, and 
the whole well held on a most capable and grace¬ 
ful stem, this is a tulip which should be in great 
demand for various purposes. Nothing more de¬ 
lightful than plantings of Wallflowers below 
Cherbourg could be imagined for spring; but pale 
Munstead Primroses would answer too. Height, 
32 inches. If ordered with other tulips, $2.10 for 
10; $18.50 per 100. 
COPERNICUS. A warm-toned coppery-bronze 
variety with a soft rose bloom on the exterior of 
the petals, a wood-brown interior, a yellow base 
and sable anthers. This is one of the best of the 
so-called “brown” tulips and makes a fine effect 
with Cheiranthus allionii and brown Pansies. 
A splendid large flower. Height, 27 inches. $0.95 
for 10; $7.25 per 100. 
CORIDION. A very distinct tulip. Clear yellow, 
overlaid with stripe of lilac through center of 
petals. The best in this color class. Height, 29 
inches. $1.05 for 10; $8 per 100. 
Tulips 
a height of forty inches, have become, of recent years, the 
most sought-after of all the Tulips. 
The Rembrandtesque tone in their deep coloring and the 
artistic blending of shades as well as the great possibilities 
offered in combinations of color, have made them especially 
valuable to the critical garden enthusiast. 
The following list contains all of the most beautiful, 
most fascinating sorts—plant the rarest in small groupings, 
the better known sorts in extensive plantings. 
DILLENBURG. A very beautiful tulip of a glori¬ 
ous salmon-orange. Flower is large, of elegant 
loose shape, borne on a tall stem. This is the 
best variety in this color group. Height, 32 
inches. $1.40 for 10; $11.50 per 100. 
DON PEDRO. Coffee-brown on a cadmium-yellow 
ground, interior dark reddish mahogany, yellow¬ 
ish base streaked olive, filaments olive. A beau¬ 
tiful, large fragrant flower. Combines wonder¬ 
fully with lighter varieties. Height, 28 inches. 
$0.95 for 10; $7 per 100. 
GARIBALDI. L ong flower of fine form on tall 
stem; pale lilac-bronze with pale yellow border; 
a pale form of Bronze Queen, with a bluish tinge. 
Combines effectively with Velvet King and Louis 
XIV. Height, 32 inches. $1.20 for 10; $9.50 
per 100. 
GODET PARFAIT. Like a fine Damson Plum in 
color and in texture, a charming tulip of great 
richness and nice habit of growth. Its slender 
stem permits it to bend ever so little, a pleasant 
variety in these late tulips where erectness is 
counted such a virtue, and its wondrous bloom 
and rich deep reddish purple color touched with 
feathers of brownish black which are almost in¬ 
distinguishable in the darkness of the flower, 
make it exceedingly distinguished. The outside 
of the flower is a duller purple than the inside, 
which is of an incomparable richness. This tulip 
is one to group with other violets, lavenders and 
bronzes thus securing a rich effect in the shaded 
border. Height, 30 inches. $1 for 10; $7.50 per 
100 / 
GOLDFINCH. Well formed, large, pointed flower 
on tall strong stem. Golden chestnut, interior 
mahogany-brown, shaded golden brown, yellow 
base streaked olive. Very fine. Height, 30 inches. 
$0.95 for 10; $7 per 100. 
HUCHTENBURG. Exceedingly large flower on 
a tall stem, of very good form and substance. 
This beautiful tulip is of bluish lilac color flushed 
with chestnut-red. If is margined with brownish 
gold and has black anthers. Height, 36 inches. 
$2.65 for 10; $24 per 100. 
INDIAN CHIEF. Perhaps the most artistic of all 
Breeder Tulips; a flower of enormous size carried 
on a very tall stiff stem. Of glorious coloring 
and in every way desirable for every purpose. 
The beautiful intriguing color is of an Indian- 
brown, flushed coppery brown; a very effective 
dark, wood-brown tulip with a burnished metallic 
sheen and illusive rose-colored lights. One of the 
