EXTRAORDINARY PERSONAL 
Stern’s tulip experts 
select Holland’s Most Beautiful 
Darwin Tulips for American growing conditions 
Here’s a sure sensation for your garden! Stern‘s Holland tulip 
breeder personally selected these 10 varieties as the finest and 
most beautiful tulips of all time for cultivation under American 
climatic conditions. Their large flowers of spectacular colors and 
shades, on strong graceful stems, are a sight of rare splendor. 
And these Stern’s selected tulips excel in a surprising longer 
blooming period—your assurance of thrilling delight even with a 
warm, short spring. 
Every tulip in this Stern's Personal Selection Group has been care- 
fully checked under all types of American weather and growing 
conditions. Their early bloom, strong frost-resistant buds, their sturdy 
growth of stem and foliage, and their exceptionally long period of 
bloom make these the outstanding tulips for experts and beginners, 
too! The ten varieties in this Stern's Personal Selection Group repre- 
sent, in the opinion of our Dutch experts, your finest investment and 
reward in tulip beauty. GUARANTEED TO BLOOM. 
Top-Size Holland bulbs, your choice of named varieties. 
10 for 25 for 50 for 100 for 
Postpaid: $1.50 $3.25 $6.00 $11.00 
STERN’S PERSONAL SELECTION DARWIN TULIPS 
ARISTOCRAT. Lovely shade of silvery rose, shading into carmine- 
rose toward the center. Unusually large, oval-shaped flower of great 
beauty. : 
CLARA BUTT. Lovely old-time clear salmon-pink, Base white marked 
and blue. Lovely in the garden or as cut flower. 
DUKE OF WELLINGTON. A delightful, pure white flower of great 
beauty and substance, having white anthers and a white base. The 
beautifully shaped flowers are very large and will last as long as 
three weeks in the garden or when cut. This is, in our estimation, the 
finest of all the white tulips. 
Named Variety Collection 
DARWIN TULIPS (24-463) 
100 Darwin Tulips, Named Varieties (10 bulbs of each) for 
50 Darwin Tulips, Named Varieties (5 bulbs of each) for 
25 Darwin Tulips, Named Varieties (5 bulbs of any 5 varieties) for $ 3.25 Postpaid 
ECLIPSE. Glowing deep blood-red with white 
margined, dark blue base. An elegant, very attrac- 
time larger flower. 
INSURPASSABLE,. Lively lilac, turning slightly 
lighter towards edges. Very large flower of great 
substance. 
PRIDE OF ZWANENBURG. Exquisite shade of old 
rose with a delicate, silvery flushed rose toward 
the edges. The interior is a stunning watermelon 
pink with white base. Very large flower which al- 
ways attracts great attention. 
QUEEN OF THE NIGHT. A really black tulip of 
great beauty! One of the darkest tulips ever intro- 
duced. The large flower is held on a strong, straight 
stem. The unusually dark color lends itself to 
magnificent color combinations. 
SCARLET LEADER. Most brilliant glowing scarlet 
flower on tall straight stems, 
SUNKIST. The best yellow Darwin. The flowers 
have great substance and are borne on tall, sturdy 
stems. The extremely thick petals enable it to with- 
stand extreme weather conditions. 
YELLOW EMPEROR. Warm, golden yellow. The 
flower is unusually large and egg-shaped. Very 
attractive and effective. 
$11.00 Postpaid 
$ 6.00 Postpaid 
DARWIN 
RAINBOW MIXTURE ‘vuies 
Our most popular collection of Holland-grown Darwin Tulips 
Top-Size for real reason! We have placed in it many famous ‘name varie- 
Holland Bulbs ties’ that were considered surplus in Holland—would otherwise 
cost you considerably more if purchased by name. 
25 for $2.25 Stern's has carefully blended the colors in this Rainbow Mix- 
50 for $4.25 ture to give your garden a stunning harmony of hues usually 
seen only in finest professional gardens! Each tulip is selected — 
for largest size, height and strength of stem, brilliance and purity 
of color. Each flower is a masterpiece in itself—all together they 
form a spectacular, breathtaking display that will make your 
grounds a showplace of floral splendor. Plant an extra quantity 
exclusively for cutting. 
100 for $8.00 
200 for $15.00 
Postpaid 
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