TULIPS 
TANTALUS. Probably the most stately and beautiful of 
the new giant Breeder tulips. An outstanding exhibition 
tulip. The very large cup-shaped flowers are of a light 
cadmium-yellow overlaid with dull slate-violet. Base is 
dark yellow with black anthers. A most beautiful color 
picture can be created by planting them in drifts along the 
purple “Velvet King” and rising from a foreground plant¬ 
ing of Scilla campanulata. Height, 32 inches. $4.45 for 
10; $42 per 100. 
THOMAS STEPHENSON. To one who enjoys size in 
pastel colorings, this tulip must certainly appeal. An 
enormous flower of light lavender with slight red feather¬ 
ings. Tall and vigorous grower. A most outstanding tulip 
that will combine very well with a planting of Alyssum 
saxatile compacta, var. Citrinus. Very scarce. Each, $1. 
VELVET KING. An immense flower on an extra-strong 
stem. Its robust growth makes it one of the showiest and 
most conspicuous; of fine cup-shaped form; bright, dark, 
royal purple, small, white, sharply defined base. A giant. 
Magnificent planted in masses of yellow pansies, or dotted 
through a large planting of the fine pale heliotrope 
Darwin tulip Duchess of Hohenberg. Combines beauti¬ 
fully with breeder “Garibaldi.” Superb above a floor of 
the darkest purple pansies. Height, 3 I inches. $ 1.40 for 
10; $1 1.50 per 100. 
WILLIAM THE SILENT. What a marvel is this among 
the purple breeder tulips. Its widely opened cup of warm 
reddish purple, its generally superb appearance, the fine 
texture of its petals make it an outstanding purple tulip, 
and one deserving its illustrious name. The flower is 
carried on a strong tall stem. With its striking creamy base 
outlined with blue, and its purple velvet anthers, it is a 
variety to adorn the stateliest garden. A beautiful com¬ 
bination may be had by planting Cottage tulip Ad¬ 
vance” or a similar shade among, or in front of, “William 
the Silent.” Height, 30 inches. $2.45 for 10; $22 per 100. 
See illustration, page 35. 
COTTAGE AND HYBRID TULIPS 
C "1 OTTAGE TULIPS are varieties which have been found, for the most part, sequestered in the old cottage gardens 
^ of the British Isles. Hybrid tulips are the results of crosses between the Cottage, Breeder and Darwin tulips. They 
flower approximately at the same time as the Breeder and Darwin tulips, during the month of May, with exception of 
the far southern section, where they bloom in April. They are often marked by long, rather pointed petals and thin, 
wiry stems. 
All the tulips offered in our list are beautiful, presenting a great variety in form and coloring. They are prized 
for cutting because of their long stems and graceful habit, and are especially adaptable for permanent, hardy flower 
borders where they should be freely planted in large clumps and in masses. 
Plant six inches deep and not less than five inches apart. In planting in clumps, set the bulbs about three inches 
apart. To insure proper drainage, sand, to the depth of an inch, should be put underneath the bulb. 
ADVANCE. Truly a remarkable tulip, the result of a 
cross between gesneriana spathulata and the botanical 
tulip Greigii.” One of the largest flowers seen in tulips, 
reminding one when fully open of an Oriental poppy. 
The color is difficult to describe, a fiery red with a blue 
base. One of the earliest of the Mayflowering tulips. 
Height, 30 inches. $2.05 for 10; $18 per 100. 
AMBROSIA. A rich and luscious flower of pale terra 
cotta, with amber lights and a rosy glow throughout, this 
is a tulip that commands delighted attention wherever 
seen. It sets one to marveling at what has been done in 
hybridizing. Ambrosia” is a flower of great size and 
rather slender form, held at the top of a very long fine 
stem. It is the artist’s tulip. To its other charms it adds 
that of delightful fragrance. Long lasting and especially 
fine for cutting. Plant or cut this new beauty with Darwin 
tulip Faust,” its perfect foil. Height, 30 inches. $.85 for 
10; $6 per 100. See illustration, page 29. 
ARETHUSA. A charming two-tone tulip. A gloriously 
large and freely opened cup with broad petals slightly re¬ 
flexing, of unusual grace and beauty. The artistically 
formed flower is of a translucent, light chrome-yellow. 
There is hardly a tint just like it, contrasting perfectly with 
the green of its leaf, adding to its other charms an ex¬ 
quisite spring-like fragrance, all that makes spring intox¬ 
icating to sense and spirit. Massed over brown wallflowers 
or rising out of drifts of trembling forget-me-nots, or in 
combination with Bizarre tulips, they will create un¬ 
forgettable pictures. Height, 26 inches. $1.10 for 10; 
$8.50 per 100. 
AVIS KENNICOTT. Very large, chrome-yellow flower, 
with striking black base and anthers. Sometimes appears 
without this black base. Effective grown near iris “Kochii,” 
planted among blue myosotis or Mertensia virginica, or 
have them rise in quantity from a solid bed of white 
pansies or arabis, the long flower held up straight on a 
strong stem. Lleight, 27 inches. $.80 for 10; $5.50 per 
100 . 
BARBARA PRATT. One of the most remarkably beauti¬ 
ful and brilliant tulips of recent introduction. The color 
is a most radiant cherry-pink with an extraordinary effect 
of golden light shining through it. The flower is long and 
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