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BREEDER TULIPS 
"N AOST 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 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. 
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 richest 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 beautiful tone of purple makes it espe¬ 
cially nice to use with sky-blue spring flowers, 
and the suggestion of Anchusa myosotidiflora 
is given here as a companion or foreground 
for this tulip. Height, 33 inches. See illustration. 
$.90 for 10; $6.50 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 be¬ 
longs 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 dis¬ 
tinct, and could be used most effectively in 
drifts with the familiar and glorious "Louis XIV." 
Height, 28 inches. $.80 for 10; $5.50 per 100. 
CARDINAL MANNING: Very large, egg-shaped 
flower; bishop's purple, flushed rosy bronze, 
changing to an almost pure orange at the ex¬ 
treme edges of the petals, the base is tinged 
yellow; filaments blue at apex. Height, 34 
inches. $.95 for 10; $7 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 out¬ 
side. The resultant color is extremely interest¬ 
ing and as the tulip itself is of beautiful round¬ 
ing form, the petals smoothly overlapping one 
another, and the whole well held on a most 
capable and graceful stem, this is a tulip which 
should be in great demand for various pur¬ 
poses. Nothing more delightful than plantings 
of wallflowers below "Cherbourg" could be 
imagined for spring; but pale Munstead prim¬ 
roses would answer too. Height, 32 inches. If 
ordered with other tulips, $1.75 for 10; $15 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 Siberian wallflower and brown pansies. 
A splendid large flower. Height, 27 inches. $.95 
for 10; $7.25 per 100. 
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