Page 30 Rare Tulip Species 
Eichleri Excelsa (13), an improved form with extra large crimson-scarlet flowers, very fine. 
$ 1.10 per doz.; $ 7.50 per 100 
Greigii (Turkestan) (9), beautiful glowing vermilion-scarlet, with yellow base having large 
maroon-black blotches; beautiful brown spotted foliage. $ 1.50 each; $ 15.00 per doz. 
Hageri (9), very attractive little globular flowers of dark crimson-scarlet, outside shaded copper-red 
with black base, now very rare, April-flowering. 85 cts. per doz.; $ 6.00 per 100 
Kolpakowskyana, yellow, outer petals red, now very rare. $ 1.20 per doz.; $ 8.50 per 100 
linifolia, (8) A.M., R.H.S., as a plant for the rock garden, in our opinion one of the most beautiful 
and dainty species, native of Darwos in Eastern Bokhara flowering in April, it has glowing 
scarlet cup-shaped flowers with a conspicuous black centre, very charming for any choice spot 
in the garden, strongly recommended. $ 2.15 per doz.; $ 15.00 per 100 
Marjoletti (18), producing pretty little flowers of creamy-white flaked with pink, very fine for 
cutting. 85 cts. per doz.; $ 6.00 per 100 
Maximowiczii (8), also from the Bokhara, very much like Tulipa linifolia with the same scarlet 
flowers, but with different foliage, flowering about ten days earlier, very pretty, scarce. 
80 cts. each; $ 8.00 per doz. 
Orphanidea (9), a very distinct and interesting species, flowering in late April; it has the unusual 
but attractive combination of buff-orange, shaded bronze-green and yellow at base, while the 
pretty flowers show the grace of line and the slender beauty of that conventional Tulip immor- 
talized on the tiles of Kutahia in Greece, very rare. $ 2.15 per doz.; $ 15.00 per 100 
persica (Breyniana) (8), a very beautiful little dwarf species, producing several flowers on 
branched stems, interior of fragrant flowers brilliant yellow, exterior golden-bronze, very 
valuable for the rock-garden. $ 1.40 per doz.; $ 10.00 per 100 
praestans (suaveolens sylvestris), (Bokhara) (7), this is a very interesting variety which we 
can strongly recommend, it produces 3 to 4 flowers on a stem and its color is of the loveliest 
orange-scarlet imaginable, flowers in early April. 85 cts. per doz.; $ 6.00 per 100 
praestans Fusilier (7), a recent new introduction of very upright habit with several flowers on a 
stem, like a big bunch; color a lovely shade of orange-scarlet, a variety of great interest. 
$ 2.00 per doz.; $ 14.00 per 100 
praestans Zwanenburg’s Variety (10), expanded vermilion blossoms with pointed segments, 
somewhat resembling a miniature Poinsettia. $ 1.70 per doz.; $ 12.00 per 100 
pulchella humilis, this is a very rare and beautiful species, which always attracts much attention 
when flowering in the early days of Spring; it grows with Crocuslike flowers of a pretty violet 
pink shade and a very large and distinct yellow base, giving a splendid account of itself in the 
rock-garden or other choice spots in the garden. 30 cts. each; $ 3.00 per doz. 
pulchella Violet Queen (6), a very rare species of great beauty, flowers are cup-shaped of a red- 
dish-purple color, carried on a slender stem and having great lasting qualities, truly a charming 
little Tulip, unequaled in color and is the first to bloom, usually in February, very scarce. 
50 cts. each; $ 5.00 per doz. 
saxatilis, a very interesting and distinct species with graceful flowers of a delicate satin-pink color, 
large yellow base, may be successfully planted in a sunny position of the rockery, it is advised 
to place stones about 3 inches underneath the bulbs. $ 2.15 per doz.; $ 15.00 per 100 
sylvestris (Florentine Odorata), a sweet scented wild English Tulip, flowers drooping, color 
pure yellow, must become established before flowering freely. 
70 cts. per doz.; $ 5.00 per 100 
sylvestris Major (18), a free flowering garden form of this species bearing 2 to 3 large golden- 
yellow flowers on a graceful slender stem. $ 1.15 per doz.; $ 8.00 per 100 
sylvestris var. Tabris, a very beautiful species from Persia, it is an enlarged form of Sylvestris 
of very free flowering and upright habit. $ 1.40 per doz.; $ 10.00 per 100 
tarda (dasystemon), producing early in April 3 to 5 small flowers on a stem, color canary- 
yellow and white, exterior shaded green and grey, very fine for the rock-garden. 
$ 1.10 per doz.; $ 7.50 per 100 
turkestanica (8), this interesting species is closely allied to Tulipa biflora, but is much more robust 
in habit and has 5 to 9 flowers on a stem, creamy white flowers with a green and bronzy flush 
on the exterior and has great lasting qualities. 70 cts. per doz.; $ 5.00 per 100 
Wilsoniana (9), a rare and very little known species form Turkestan with handsome dark ver- 
milion-scarlet flowers with conspicuous yellow stamens. $ 1.00 each; $ 10.00 per doz. 
