BOTANICAL BULB LIST 
Tulip Species 
We list below rare and hard to secure 
species of Tulips, anyone of which will be 
an attractive addition to your garden; 
many of the small and dainty flowered 
kinds are recommended for the rock gar- 
den. If you have never grown these beau- 
tiful little flowers before, at least plant a 
collection of them this year, that you may 
be able to order your favorite next year. 
TULIP SPECIES 
PRICES: 25 and 50 at 100 Price; 6 at Dozen 
Price. Prepaid. Dozen 
—Acuminata. 106—$i4.00 $2.50 
The Horned Tulip; long curiously twist- 
ed petals of red and yellow makes this 
little gem an interesting cut flower; 22’. 
—Batalini. 100— $18.00 $2.40 
Charming in April, dainty flowers of 
pretty form and distinct color, soft chrome 
yellow with deeper yellow center, beauti- 
ful companion to T. linifolia; beautiful as 
it is rare; 6 inches. 
—Billora. 109—$7.00 $1.40 
Probaby is the smallest Tulip grown 
bearing on branching stems small white 
flowers with yellow centers; give it a warm 
sunny spot in the rock garden for March 
flowers. 
—Chrysaztha. 100—$6.50 $1.25 
A pretty little species similiar to T. clus- 
iana, yellow with red on outside of petals; 
perfect drainage, warm place, with pocket 
of sand under each bulb; 16 inches. 
—Dasystemon. 100—$10.00 $2.00 
Very attractive low growing species, 3-5 
flowers on a stalk, yellow edged with 
white, very pretty for rock garden; 6’. 
—Eichleri. 100—$7.00 $1.40 
Large dazzling scarlet flowers with cent- 
er of yellow, edged black and a most satis- 
factory flower in the border, lasting a long 
time; sun; 12 inches. 
—Fosteriana Red Emperor. 100—$11.00 $1.25 
This variety is beyond description, it has 
the largest flowers of any Tulip and 
claimed positively the best Tulip in culti- 
vation; the loveliest shade of glowing scar- 
let imaginable, base yellowish; 22 inches. 
—Greigii. Each $2.00 
One of the best wild Tulips, very beauti- 
ful with its glowing vermilion-scarlet flow- 
ers, with yellow base and large maroon- 
black blotches, flowers are large; give a 
warm place and sandy soil; 9 inches. 
—Hageri. 169—$12.60 $2.30 
Quaint little globular flowers of copper 
color with black base, edged yellow, now 
very rare; April flowering; 9 inches. 
—Kaufmanniana. 100—$7.00 $1.25 
Water Tulip. This is one of the finest 
botanical Tulips, being amongst the earl- 
iest to flower, April, color soft creamy 
white, center slightly marked with car- 
mine red. The petals reflex upon opening 
and appear much like a Nymphaea; they 
are especially recommended for groups in 
the rock garden, where they wil) last and 
flower for years; 6 inches. 
—-—Scarlet Elegance. 100—$16.00 $2.00 
This is a very brilliant variety with its 
numerous small searlet flowers with ex- 
terior orange-red, very early and well 
recommended; 5 inches. 
——The First. 100—$10.00 $1.40 
The earliest to flower of the Kaufmann- 
ian; deep cream-yellow passing to white 
exterior of flower scarlet; 8 inches. 
—Kolpakowakiana. 100—$10.00 $1.70 
This has become rather rare; very pretty 
with slender stems and yellow flowers 
with exterior markings of red; 14 inches. 
—linifolia. 100—$93.00 $1.25 
One of the most beautiful of the dainty 
species flowering in April; small brilliant 
searlet-vermilion flowers with black base; 
makes a beautiful sight with Sedum glau- 
cum or in groups with the Batalini species 
in the rock garden; 8 inches. 
—Marjoletti. 100—$9.00 $1.30 
An especially fine cutting flower, soft 
red; 18 inches high. 
—Orphanidea. 90¢ Each $10.08 
A very rare April flowering Greek spec- 
ies with orange flushed bronze and green 
center, 3 to the stem, the purplish foliage 
forming a rosette on the ground; 12 inches. 
—Ostrowskilana. Each 50¢ 
A really beautiful species with orange- 
red flowers gracefully reflexed petals on 
slender stems; 8 inches. 
——persica. 100—$20.00 $4.00 
Breyniana. A very valuable rock garden 
species, late blooming, flowers glowing 
yellow with copper flushed on exterior, 
fragrant and produces several flowers on 2 
stem; 8 inches high. 
—Praestans. 100—$9.00 $1.75 
An interesting April flowering species, 
producing 3-4 flowers per stem of the 
loveliest orange-scarlet imaginable; 16”. 
—pulchellia humilis. 50¢ Each $5.00 
This is a very rare and beautiful species 
which always attracts attention; Crocus- 
like flowers of a pretty violet-pink shade 
with very large and distinct yellow base 
making an ideal flower in the rock garden 
or border; 6 inches high. 
—saxatilis. 100—$18.00 $2.40 
Another very rare species from Crete 
bearing 1-3 pretty pure lilac flowers with 
a deep yellow center; plant where it will 
be dry during the summer or they may be 
lifted and stored in a dry warm place 
till planting time in the fall; 4 inches. 
—tarda. 100—$9.00 $1.25 
Dasystemon. A fine rock garden spec- 
ies, starry white flowers with yellow eye, 
3-5 to the stem; exterior shaded green or 
grey; 6 inches high. 
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