TULIPS OF VARIOUS SPECIES 
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Tulip Species 
The various species of botanical Tulips are natives of Asia 
Minor and Central Asia; indeed, the ancestors of all our garden 
Tulips have had their home in parts of Turkey and Asia Minor. 
These species show an almost endless variety of color, shape, 
height and season of bloom, though the general characteristics 
are bright colors and pointed or recurved petals. Only a few of 
the sorts retain a robust constitution when transferred from 
their habitat, yet for rock-gardens or spring borders many kinds 
are fairly well adapted, and will be contented for two or possibly 
three seasons, if care is taken to provide suitable quarters for 
them. Those who desire to have a fairly representative collection 
of Tulips will not fail to plant at least some of these. A few of 
the best sorts are included in the following list: 
CARINATA RUBRA. Dark crimson, center of the petal 
having a stripe of apple-green; medium-sized. An unusual 
combination of color, which I would recommend highly for 
formal planting with dwarf evergreens, and particularly in 
conjunction with edgings of low box. Height 15 in. 10 bulbs, 
50 cts.; 100 bulbs, $4; 1,000 bulbs, $32. 
CLUSIANA. Outer petals bright cherry-red, inner petals 
creamy white, with violet base; small flower, but very distinct 
and beautiful. It should be planted in light soil 6 to 9 inches 
deep in the rock-garden in a sheltered place or among stones 
in the front of the herbaceous border. Late April. Height 
8 in. 10 bulbs, 45 cts.; 100 bulbs, $3.75; 1,000 bulbs, $34. 
FOSTERIANA. As bulbs of this Tulip are collected in parts of 
Europe now affected by the war, it is impossible to offer them 
for sale. 
GREIGI. See remarks under Fosteriana. 
KAUFMANNIANA. Creamy white, more or less tinged rosy 
red on the outside; among a number of bulbs there will be a 
difference in the character of the markings. Large flower of 
handsome form, with broad, reflexing petals. The earliest 
of all Tulips, flowering late in March or early in April. Height 
12 in. 10 bulbs, $1; 100 bulbs, $8.50. 
MARJOLETTI. Soft primrose, shaded carmine-red, green 
star at base of petals; small flower of very attractive color. A 
Tulip from Savoy, flowering about the second week in May. 
Height 14 in. 10 bulbs, 35 cts.; 100 bulbs, $2.50; 1,000 
bulbs, $20. 
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