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group vii— NITIDUS. 
1 hose are hardy species growing in the meadows from Oregon Lo 
Montana, where they endure much cold. They form a connecting link 
between the Giant Star Tulips and the true Mariposas. Their leaves 
are like those of the Star Tulips, long, broad and glossy. LiketheStar 
Tulips too the seed pod is handsome, three cornered and winged. The 
stems are stiffly erect. The flowers cup-shaped, not so brilliant as the 
true Mariposas, but very delicate. The plants are hardy, healthy, and 
are to be highly recommended for cold climates. 
58. C. NITIDUS. 
This species has a large showy flower, pale lilac with a large 
indigo colored blotch in the centre of each petal. It is lined with 
long' cobweby hairs. 
C. PARONACEUS. Not quite as large. Lilac with a peacock 
like spot on each petal. 
5 9. C. LONGEBARBATUS. 
A good species in same line. Purple. 
GO. C. HOWELLII. 
Straw color. Very pretty. 
section II.— STAR TULIPS. 
GROUP I—GLOBE TULIPS. 
These have a shiny leaf often a foot long. The stalks are slender, 
branching in graceful curves. Few to many flowers are borne, of the 
most exquisite silky texture which hang in pendent globes. These are 
the perfection of grace in outline and while not brilliant are unsur¬ 
passed in delicate tints. Plants of the woodland. 
61. C. ALBUS. 
Fairy Bell, white Globe Tulip. A strong grower, often a foot 
high with ten or twenty globular flowers ot an exquisite pearly 
white. The flowers an inch in diameter, edged with silky hairs, 
and hanging like bells. 
62. C. amcenus. Much like preceding but a glowing rose pink. 
63. C. PULCHELLUS. 
Like preceding in leaf and stem, but the flowers flattened like a 
child’s pin wheel, of a golden yellow beautifully margined with 
stiff hairs. A perfect gem, no collection is complete without it. 
group ii — STAR TULIPS. 
Like the Globe Tulip but smaller as a rule, and the flowers dainty 
open cups. All of the species resemble each other, and were first in¬ 
cluded under C. elegans. 
64. C. ELEGANS Var NANUS. 
A dainty sort with cream colored flowers lined with yellow 
hairs. 
