TULIP SPECIES — TURKESTANICA 
Photo by Roche 
FASCINATING MINIATURES ... FOR THE ROCK GARDEN 
------CLUSTERED IN FLOWER BORDERS......AND 
NATURALIZED IN EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY. 
Culip Spectes 
RARE PERSONALITIES OF PIQUANT CHARM 
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Van Tubergen’s collection of Tulip Species is the largest and most comprehensive in the world, 
containing many rare and beautiful gems that deserve a place of honor in every bulb fancier’s garden. A 
portion of this collection is offered here. 
The growing of Tulip Species is one of the most 
fascinating adventures in gardening, and we are proud 
to offer the most extensive and varied collections in this 
country. For more than a half century, Van Tubergen 
has been assembling stocks of these species through plant 
collectors in all parts of the world. Many are extremely 
rare. All are exceptionally choice and unusual. 
Tulip Species or Botanical Tulips include a great 
number of beautiful and interesting varieties which show 
a bewildering variation in size, shape of flowers, structure 
of leaves, habitus, etc., and have only in common the 
Tulip Species bulbs cannot be graded according to size like the large-flowered hybrid garden Tulips. Some produce bulbs no 
larger than the size of a dime, while others are as large as a walnit. In all cases we supply the largest size produced .. . of our 
usual select quality. 
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fact that they grow wild in some parts of the world: 
Asta Minor, Central Asia, Greece, and the Mediterranean 
region. 
Culture has not modified them. A number of the 
choicest may be planted in the rock garden between 
creeping plants, or in colonies in small warm nooks where 
the larger flowered garden Tulips would be out of place. 
All appreciate perfect drainage. As the leaves appear 
early, we advise planting as late as possible, with the 
exception of Tulitpa Sprengeri which must be planted 
tmmediately upon arrival. Depth to plant 4 to 8 inches. 
