Cottage and Hybrid Tulips 
“This old world seems young once more.” 
COTTAGE TULIPS are varie- 
ties which have been found, for 
the most part, sequestered in the 
old cottage gardens of the British 
Isles. Hybrid Tulips are the re- 
sults of crosses between the Cot- 
tage, Breeder and Darwin Tulips. 
They flower approximately at the 
same time as the Breeder and Dar- 
win 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. 
ARETHUSA. A charming two-tone Tulip. A gloriously 
large and freely opened cup with broad petals slightly 
reflexing, 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 
exquisite spring-like fragrance, all that makes spring 
intoxicating 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 unforgettable pictures. Height, 26 inches. 
$1.35 for 10; $11.00 per 100. See illustration, page 9. 
BARBARA PRATT. One of the most remarkably beau- 
tiful and brilliant Tulips of recent introduction. The color 
is a most radiant cherry-pink with an extraordinary effect 
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of golden light shining through it. The flower is long and 
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 fine name, undoubtedly des- 
tined for a great future. Height, 36 inches. $1.50 for 10; 
$12.50 per 100. See illustration, page 21. 
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. $1.35 for 10; $11.00 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. $1.40 for 10; 
$11.50 per 100. See illustration, page 9. 
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 pencilings of geranium-pink outlining the 
petals. Its long, slender cup opens only slightly even in 
bright sunshine. Planted near bleeding heart and in front 
of a pink dogwood will greatly enhance its beauty. Height, 
28 inches. $1.75 for 10; $15.00 per 100. See illustration, 
page 8. 
DIDO. Here is a perfect flower, bewitching in its loveli- 
ness. Unspeakably glorious in its extraordinarily 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 Lam- 
bert 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 mag. 
nificent 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. $1.50 for 10; $11.50 per 
100. See illustration, page 17. 
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 out- 
side of the petals. Picture this Tulip rising from the silvery 
Artemisia frigida and amidst drifts of Cottage Tulip “Are- 
thusa.” Height, 29 inches. $1.50 for 10; $12.50 per 100. 
INGA HUME. An exquisite variety of creamy white with 
cherry flushes. Inside of bloom a deeper yellow with 
cherry markings. Long lasting flower strong stems. 
Height, 24 inches. $1.45 for 10; $12.00 per 100. See 
illustration, page 20. 
JEANNE DESOR. A large, long flower much resembling 
the Darwin type is carried erect on a strong, tall stem. 
The color is very striking, of a deep orange-yellow with 
a suffusion of scarlet towards the edges of the petals. 
A late bloomer, it has increasing value as a variety that 
should be carefully considered when adding to your col- 
lection for the border. Height, 28 inches. $1.70 for 10; 
$14.50 per 100. See illustration, page 9. 
MARJORIE BOWEN. This extraordinary variety dis- 
plays unusual coloring. The beautifully formed flower, 
which is large and carried on a strong, tall stem, is of 
a shade of buff and salmon which passes into deep rose- 
pink with salmon shades; the center is white. Its best 
use is with Forget-me-nots near, though in any spot 
where the Myrtle’s lavender-blue flowers abound, this 
Tulip would be charming rising from among them. 
Height, 26 inches. $1.50 for 10; $12.50 per 100. See 
illustration, page 8. 
