Cottage anes Hybrid Tulips 
“This old world seems young once more.” 
COTTAGE TULIPS are varie- 
ties which have been found, for 
the most part, sequestered in the 
old cottage gardens of the British 
Isles. Hybrid Tulips are the re- 
sults of crosses between the Cot- 
tage, Breeder and Darwin Tulips. 
The flower approximately at the 
same time as the Breeder and Dar- 
win Tulips, during the month of 
May, with exception of the far 
southern section, where they 
bloom in April. They are often 
marked by long, rather pointed 
petals and thin, wiry stems. 
All the Tulips offered in our list 
are beautiful, presenting a great 
variety in form and coloring. They 
are prized for cutting because of 
their long stems and graceful habit, and are especially 
adaptable for permanent, hardy flower borders where 
they should be freely planted in large clumps and in 
masses. 
ARETHUSA. The artistically formed flower is of a 
translucent, light chrome-yellow. There is hardly a tint 
just like it, contrasting perfectly with the green of its 
leaf, adding to its other charms an exquisite spring-like 
fragrance, all that makes spring intoxicating to sense 
and spirit. Massed over brown wallflowers or rising out 
of drifts of trembling Forget-me-nots, or in combination 
with Bizarre Tulips, they will create unforgetable pic- 
tures. Height, 26 inches. $1.35 for 10; $11.00 per 100. 
See illustration, Color Guide. 
CARRARA. This is a fair pale Tulip, which has already 
created, by its beauty, a sensation at the great flower 
shows. It is as round as the breast of a swan; as purely 
white as the marble from which it takes its name, and 
is in all ways an enchanting Tulip. Height 27 inches. 
$1.35 for 10; $11.00 per 100. See illustration, Color 
Guide. 
CONDE NAST. An outstanding novelty of great charm. 
One of the latest Tulips to flower. Of barium-yellow, 
almost the color of straw and with delicate pencilings of 
geranium-pink outlining the petals. Its long, slender cup 
opens only slightly even in bright sunshine. Planted 
near bleeding heart and in front of a pink dogwood will 
greatly enhance its beauty. Height, 28 inches. $1.50 for 
10; $12.50 per 100. See illustration, Color Guide. 
DIDO. Here is a perfect flower, bewitching in its lovelli- 
ness. Unspeakably glorious in its extraordinarily lumi- 
nous light effects and its long and slender form, poised 
firmly at the top of its tall, straight stem, it must strike 
everyone as among the wonders of the world of Tulips. 
Its color is deep rich pink or light jasper-red, with Lam- 
bert topaz lights and amber edges to the petals, the base 
and anthers pale corn-yellow. A lovely ensemble and 
warmly fragrant. Where a bright color effect is needed 
it is superb. Height, 32 inches. $1.45 for 10; $12.00 per 
100. 
GEISHA. A most attractive tulip. Flowers are very large 
of soft greyish lilac on outside with a delicate bright 
purplish violet on inside, black anthers and a blue center. 
An exquisite flower. Height, 29 inches. $1.45 for 10; $12.00 
per 100. 
GENERAL DE LA REY. Large flower with broad pointed 
petals. Salmon-rose shading to buff and cream at the 
edges of the petals. Inside of bloom is light lilac rose 
shading to soft shell pink and a yellow base. Unusual 
and outstanding in its colorings. Height, 27 inches. 
$1.75 for 10; $15.00: per 100. 
G. W. LEAK. A charming cup-shaped flower, the outer 
petals slightly flared, showing the influence of the Cottage 
Tulip blood. The color is amazing, a pure spectrum-red 
with a scarlet interior. The anthers are apricot-yellow 
with a light yellow base that reflects slightly on the out- 
side of the petals. Picture this Tulip rising from the 
silvery Artemisia frigida and amidst drifts of Cottage 
Tulip “Arethusa.” Height, 29 inches. $1.55 for 10; 
$13.00 per 100. 
JEANNE DESOR. A large, long flower much resembling 
the Darwin type is carried erect on a strong, tall stem. 
The color is very striking, of a deep orange-yellow with 
a suffusion of scarlet towards the edges of the petals. 
A late bloomer, it has increasing value as a variety that 
should be carefully considered when adding to your col- 
lection for the border. Height, 28 inches. $1.55 for 10; 
$13.00 per 100. See illustration, Color Guide. 
MAJESTIC. One of the most beautiful of recent introduc- 
tions. By far the brightest. Scarlet-orange that immediately 
attracts attention in the garden; especially valuable when 
planted with blues and purples to bring out the colors 
for full enjoyment. The glistening black base adds to its 
beauty. Height, 27 inches. $2.25 for 10; $20.00 for 100. 
