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GOLD MEDAL TULIPS 
We make a great Speciality of Tulips 
Tulips belong to the most beautiful of Spring Flowers. Graceful and of impressive beauty they provide a 
brilliant colour display in the garden for at least two months in succession. Tulips are of easy culture as 
they are quite hardy and free flowering in either a sunny or shady situation. 
A careful selection of varieties is advised to ensure a continuous flowering period. Kaufmanniana 
Tulips and other Rare Tulip Species bring a gay colour riot in the Rockery or border when Narcissi 
are almost over. Early in April, the Single Early Tulips are in bloom, celebrating with fine colours the 
arrival of a new season. A little later the Early Double Tulips attract the attention with their colourful 
and peony-like flowers, Mendeland Triumph Tulips with their long stems, vigorous habit and wonder- 
ful shades are the finishing touch of April. In a wide range of shades, self-colours and bi-colours, they 
give brilliancy to the Garden when flowers are needed to bridge the interval until May. 
All through May, Darwin, Cottage, Lily-Flowering, Parrot, Breeder and Double Late Tulips 
are in bloom at almost the same time or in this succession. They give a parade of brilliant colours from 
pure white to almost black, from softest pink to deepest purple, all on splendid stems and with great 
alterations in form. 
All Tulips are extremely useful for the garden and bring gaiety, pleasure and satisfaction. 
Collections of Tulips: Of all different sections of Tulips, we offer in this catalogue very fine Collections 
which are carefully chosen and assembled to give entire satisfaction in your garden, border or for 
plantings anywhere around your home. The easiest to grow, distinct and dependable varieties are 
selected to produce an harmonious display of balanced beauty in a full range of colours. 
Each variety is separately packaged and correctly labelled. All bulbs are choice selected varieties of top 
size. 
Anyone not familiar with names of Tulips may order de Jager’s Collections with every confidence and 
which are offered at a good saving too. 
Outdoor Planting: Plant Tulips in groups of 6 or 12 to make a good display in the border or bed, 6 in. 
apart and 4 in. deep. They can be planted in Autumn until severe frosts set in. Tulips thrive well in any 
type of soil but if heavy, add some sand. Well cultivated and well drained soil is important. Dig soil 
before planting and do not have Tulips in the same location some years in succession, unless the soil has 
been removed and replaced with fresh at a depth of at least one foot. Inattention to this matter is often 
the cause of failure with Tulips. It is advised never to allow any part of the dead foliage or flower to drop 
on the ground. These parts carry diseases and infect the soil. Only use well decayed and old manure. 
For Forcing: Early Tulips (single and double) including Mendel Tulips are suitable for earliest forcing, 
while Darwin and Triumph Tulips are for late forcing. After planting and plunging the Tulips it will 
take at least 10-12 weeks, before the shoots and sprouts are high enough that they may be brought into 
a dark room at a temperature of 55—60° F. to allow the stems to lengthen. After 10 days to two weeks 
the Tulips can be removed into a light warm room. For a few days, the bulbs should be covered with 
some paper before exposing to the full light. Tulips should never be hurried and bottom heat and 
draught should be avoided. Generally speaking, Amateurs should never bring in the bulbs, until the 
shoots are 3 to 4 in. high and after the middle of January. 
Origin: The first time Tulips were ever mentioned, was in 1554, when Busbequis found a few specimen 
near Constantinople. Six years later, Carolus Clusius brought some of these Tulips to Holland and in 
1601 he described 19 varieties in full detail and added 5 pictures. Dodonaeus wrote about Tulips in his 
Kruydtboek in 1618 and made three different sections. Most of the Tulips had broken colours and this 
was considered very fashionable. In 1634—1637, during the Tulipmania, fantastic prices were paid for 
bulbs, e.g. 1 Semper Augustus $ 2200.—., weight 2000 aces. The bulbs were sold per ’ace’, one ounce is 
5900 aces, and a good tulip bulb weighs now 7000 aces. 
