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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. 40 cts. each; $ 4.00 per doz. 
Marjolettii (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. $ 1.85 per doz.; $ 13.00 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 
praecox (20), an interesting species from Asia-Minor and around the mediterranean, a rather 
robust, dull scarlet flower with reflexing, pointed outer petals and broadly rounded inner 
petals, deep olive base broad yellow margin and yellow and black on the back, carried on a 
stout stem, with glaucous foliage 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. $ 1.40 per doz.; $ 9.75 per 100 
praestans Fusilier, another beautiful species worthy of a prominent position in any rockery, a 
brilliant orange-scarlet dwarf growing variety, producing 4 to 6 flowers on each stem, rising 
out of luscious dark green leaves, lovely as a potplant in the Alpine house too. (See illustration) 
'$ 2.60 per doz.; $ 18.00 per 100 
praestans Zwanenburg’s variety (10), expanded vermilion blossoms with pointed segments, 
somewhat resembling a miniature Poinsettia. $ 2.00 per doz.; $ 14.00 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 Crocus-like 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. $ 1.00 per 3; $ 3.75 per doz. 
pulchella violacea (Violet Queen) ( 6), a very rare species of great beauty, flowers are cup- 
shaped of a reddish-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. $ 1.70 per doz.; $ 12.00 per 100 
sylvestris (florentine odorata), the sweet scented wild English Tulip, their fragrance is like that 
of violets, color beautiful rich pure yellow, elegant flowers which open very wide in full sun; 
must become established before flowering freely, rapid increaser. 
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) (5), one of the most desirable Tulips for the rock-garden, producing a lovely 
bunch of 3 tot 6 delightful star-shaped flowers standing gracefully out of the spreading foliage, 
outer segments tinged with green, interior soft yellow emerging into white at end of petals, 
truly a most charming species. $ 1.40 per doz.; $ 9.75 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. 
