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If you are the least interested in the new things that have been happening in 
Tulipdom, then you can’t refrain from reading every word that follows. Many of 
the new ones are obtainable only from Wayside Gardens. 
There is no one in this country who has such direct connections with the Holland 
growers that we do. The House of Grullemans, the largest in Holland, frequently 
give us first preference on their new things, as they did with the Ideal Darwin Tulips, 
of which we have exclusive sale in this country. 
Now for a chat about each of these new Tulips. There’s the wizard-like Chinese 
Lantern, so rightly named. And the mysterious color-changing Chameleon. Let’s 
take the Chameleons first. 
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Everyone knows the old-fashioned Cottage Tulip Picotee and how 
it changes from white with a pale pink edge to deep rose as the 
flower ages. In order to improve this Tulip but retain this attractive 
habit of color changing, a great deal of work was done and the result 
is the fascinating Chameleon Tulips. 
They resemble in form the Darwin Tulips. Stems are strong, flow¬ 
ers are large, petals quite substantial. When they come into bloom 
they are white to cream-white with a faint red, pink or rose margin 
on the edge of the petal, which spreads over the entire flower as it 
develops. By the time these Tulips are full grown, the colors have 
changed completely to pink, rose or red. A number of bulbs will 
be selected and named, but at present we are contenting ourselves 
in offering them to you without names. 
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They begin to bloom when the Darwin Tulips, which they re¬ 
semble in growth, are finished. The flowers, however, are much more 
globular in form and when they are fully open and the sun plays on 
them, resemble lighted Chinese lanterns. 
The colors of this group of Tulips are delicate and almost im¬ 
possible to describe. The magnificent pastel tones vary from salmon 
through the shades of pink and orange. Grown in full sunlight they 
have a beautiful iridescent glow, not seen in any other Tulips. 
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These Tulips, listed on page 18, are most interesting. Instead of 
producing the one stem with a solitary flower on top, this group, 
which in height and structure resemble the Breeder Tulips, grow a 
stout stem which when about 12 to 18 inches above the ground, 
divides into numerous smaller stems, each carrying its own blossom. 
When you cut 2 or 3 of these Tulips you really have some 12 to 
14 blooms. The effect is most attractive and colorful. The variety 
Wallflower, for instance, is an outstanding brilliant one. The blos¬ 
soms are a rich Wallflower-mahogany brown with a brilliant golden 
yellow center. 
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In the Breeder Tulips a new type has been developed known as 
the Giant Breeders, which, if properly grown, will grow i /2 to 4 feet 
high, with immense blossoms. It requires a good rich soil to bring 
these plants to perfection, but varieties such as Jessey and Thomas 
Stephenson are magnificent to behold. They make the good old, 
well known, Louis XIV look like pigmies. Amongst the regular 
Breeders we find such new varieties as Rayon d’Or, Reve d’Or, Crea¬ 
tion and Dillenburg; all have magnificent brilliantly colored blooms 
completely free from that muddy color found in so many of the 
older Breeders. An outstanding, fine variety is Golden Goblet. 
We are introducing it this year for the first time. Anyone liking the 
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rich tones of old gold and old brass will enjoy having a number of 
this new variety. We think it is the finest Breeder of today. 
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Now, last but not least, we must mention the Ideal Darwin Tulips. 
This strain is the result of very skilful breeding. Through the rein- 
troduction of the Wild Tulip blood, a strain has developed with 
much greater strength than the old-fashioned Darwin Tulips and 
with colors that are brilliantly clear. The dull, uninteresting tones 
and shadings so prevalent in the old Darwin Tulips are completely 
removed in the “Ideal Darwins.” 
Furthermore, this group contains all the shades of yellow and also 
a fine selection of pure white varieties—2 colors which heretofore 
have not been obtainable in Darwins. They begin to flower from 
3 to 5 days before the old Darwins, and these new varieties are in 
perfect condition when the old Darwins are fading or have gone. 
The flowers of the Ideal Darwins in most instances are 2? per cent 
to 30 per cent larger than the ordinary Darwin Tulips. Their strength 
of stem, richness and clearness and brilliancy of color, as well as the 
substance of the petal which seems to defy the hottest weather, makes 
this group one of the most worth-while contributions to your spring 
garden. 
Ideal Tulips Adoration, Caroline Testout, Cote d’Azur, Glacier, 
Grulleman’s Giant, Helen Gahagan, Insurpassable, Kriemhilde, La 
France, La Tosca, Mrs. Grullemans, Niphetos, Queen of England, 
Queen of the Night (which incidentally is the blackest Tulip in ex¬ 
istence), and Scotch Lassie are but a few of truly magnificent Tulips. 
It won’t be many years before we will import them exclusively. 
Lack of space prevents us going into a detailed explanation of 
crosses of Tulipa Kaufmanniana and Darwin Tulips resulting in the 
so-called Grullemanni Tulips, of which Inga Hume is an excellent 
example. 
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Allow us to extend to you a cordial invitation to see these Tulips 
in bloom in our trial gardens during the spring. All these new types 
mentioned here have been tested for several years before we accepted 
the request of their originators to introduce them into American 
gardens. 
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The Wayside Gardens Company are the largest distributors of fine 
bulbs in the United States, and we, therefore, have been asked to 
popularize these magnificent new things. While some of these Tulips 
are still somewhat high priced, many of them may be had at modest 
cost and in order to popularize the Ideal Darwin Tulips as quickly as 
possible, we have arranged with the originators—the House of Grul¬ 
lemans—to prepare for us choice mixtures of these Ideal Darwins 
which we are now offering at a decidedly reasonable price, See page 7. 
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