TULIPS 
exquisitely modeled and gives forth a delicious fragrance. 
It does not fade in the sun and lasts in perfection for a 
much longer period than most tulips. A luminous and 
beautiful flower, worthy of a line name, undoubtedly 
destined for a great future. Height, 36 inches. $1.65 for 
10;$14 per 100. See illustration, page 42. 
BELLE JAUNE. One of the most beautiful of the deep- 
yellow tulips. Very fine egg-shaped flower of deep golden 
yellow with a bright yellow interior, a light base and 
yellow anthers, and carried on a strong, erect stem. A 
planting of this tulip in front of lilac Katherine Have- 
meyer” will create an unforgettable picture. Very scarce. 
Height 30 inches. Each, $1.75. 
BERANSER. An outstanding tulip of unusually vivid 
orange coloring, a brick red suffused salmon-orange. The 
interior of the flower being a deeper orange with yellow 
stripes through center of each petal. Slender shaped cups 
formed by long, narrow, somewhat reflexing petals. Rising 
from a foreground planting of Iberis sempervirens a very 
effective picture can be created. Height, 30 inches. $ 1.40 
for 10; $ I 1.50 per 100. 
CARRARA. This is a fair pale tulip, which has already 
created, by its beauty, a sensation at the great flower 
shows. It is as round as the breast of a swan; as purely 
white as the marble from which it takes its name, and is in 
all ways an enchanting tulip. A most entrancing and 
delicate flower. Height, 27 inches. $1.05 for 10; $8 per 
100. 
CLAUDIUS PERNET. A beautiful flower which has 
been one of the favorites of the visitors to "Paradou.” 
This graceful tulip is refined in form and is carried on firm, 
erect stems. 1 he color is a most charming salmon-buff, 
seemingly overlaid with light orange, which deepens on 
the inner side of the petals to pure grenadine-red, a glow¬ 
ing color, seldom seen outside of the flowers of the tropics. 
Very lasting and holding its color remarkably well without 
burning or fading. Grow amidst Anchusa myosotiflora. 
Height, 26 inches. $1.35 for 10; $11 per 100. 
CONDE NAST. An outstanding novelty of great charm. 
A seedling of the well-known hybrid tulip. 'Mrs. F. E. 
Dixon,” it is similar in habit of form, growth, strength and 
lasting quality of flower. One of the latest tulips to flower. 
Of barium-yellow, almost the color of straw and with 
delicate pencillings of geranium-pink outlining the petals. 
Its long slender cup opens only slightly even in bright sun¬ 
shine. Planted near bleeding heart and in front of a pink 
dogwood will greatly enhance its beauty. Height, 28 
inches. $2.35 for 10; $21 per 100. 
DIDO. Here is a perfect flower, bewitching in its love¬ 
liness. Unspeakably glorious in its .extraordinary lumi¬ 
nous light effects and its long and slender form, poised 
firmly at the top of its tall straight stem, it must strike 
everyone as among the wonders of the world of tulips. Its 
color is deep rich pink or light jasper-red, with Lambert 
topaz lights and amber edges to the petals, the base and 
anthers, pale corn-yellow. A lovely ensemble and warmly 
fragrant. It has no peer as an unusually magnificent tulip, 
the sweet fragrance adding much to the value of the 
flower. Where a bright color effect is needed it is superb. 
Height, 32 inches. $.80 for 10; $5.50 per 100. See illus¬ 
tration, page 24. 
DOSIA. A most unusual tulip by reason of its unique 
coloring. Of a very fine deep red with yellow shadings 
towards the edges with a yellow interior that is sprayed 
deep red. A very strong and vigorous grower, and a color 
that will serve nicely as a break between the yellow and 
red varieties. Height, 28 inches. $2.45 for 10; $22 per 
100 . 
GEISHA. A very lovely tulip with large flowers of ex¬ 
quisite shape. The warm glow of spinel pink, finely 
flamed inside of cup, is faintly reflected on the outside, 
and overlaid with delicate violet tinge. Black anthers are 
raised high above a blue center. The delicate lilac-pink 
shading invites planting in combination with lilacs of blue 
shadings rising from a ground cover of Jacob’s ladder. 
Height, 30 inches. $1.30 for 10; $10.25 per 100. 
GOLDEN AGE. This is one of the most beautiful of 
all yellow hybrids of recent introduction. The large flower 
of a bright golden yellow with orange fleckings is carried 
on tall stiff stem. A valuable addition to your collection; 
may we suggest that you try a few of these, to put a 
clump here and there in your border plantings? Height, 
28 inches. $4.05 for 10; $38 per 100. 
GOLDEN STATUE. A deep yellow tulip of tremendous 
size, oval-shaped flowers, slightly serrated at edge of 
petals, with tall stiff stem. The inner petals are pale 
yellow with a deepening on the outside. This is one of the 
loveliest of the late yellow tulips. A fine exhibition tulip 
that looks striking rising from a clump of Phlox divaricata, 
var. Laphami. Height, 28 inches. $4.05 for 10; $38 per 
100 . 
GRISILDE. A most beautiful tulip difficult to describe. 
The ground color in this tulip is cream-white, delicately 
reticulated with rose-purple, the color varying in depth in 
individual blooms and also in the amount of the surface 
suffused. Very large flower and carried on a fine strong 
stem. Perfect, if planted in front of purple lilacs and rising 
from a ground cover of nepeta mussini. An excellent ex¬ 
hibition tulip. Height, 30 inches. $1.85 for 10; $16 per 
100 . 
G. W. LEAK. A charming cup-shaped flower, the outer 
petals slightly flared, showing the influence of the Cottage 
tulip blood. The color is amazing, a pure spectrum-red 
with a scarlet interior. The anthers are apricot-yellow 
with a light yellow base that reflects slightly on the outside 
of the petals. Picture this tulip rising from the silvery 
Artemisia frigida and amidst drifts of hybrid tulip Vesta. 
Height, 29 inches. $1.40 for 10; $1 1.50 per 100. 
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