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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
December  19, 1895. 
THE  FLORISTS’  TULIP. 
[By  JAS.  W.  Bentley,  Hon.  Secretary  of  the  Eoyal  National  Tulip  Society.] 
Descriptive  Catalogue.  ^Continued  from  page  SOS.") 
Gem  (Abbott). — Bybloemen.  Shape  fair  ;  base  requires  bleaching: ; 
white  ground  good  ;  petals  broad,  but  reflex  a  little  at  the  tops.  A 
favourite  feathered  flower  forty  years  ago,  although  the  feathering  was 
rather  rosy  and  apt  to  flush. 
Gem  (Battersby). — Rose.  Dwarf ;  shape  good  ;  a  good  rose  breeder, 
which  was  broken  finely  feathered  in  1851.  It  is  now,  I  fear,  lost. 
Gem  (Goldham). — Rose.  Very  similar  to,  if  not  identical  with, 
Elizabeth  (JeSries). 
Gem  OP  Gems  (Willison). — Bybloemen.  Shape  long  ;  base  pure.  A 
heavily  pencilled  feathered  flower,  much  liked  thirty-five  years  ago,  but 
never  deserving  its  name. 
General  Baena veldt  (Dutch  ?). — Bybloemen.  Tall  ;  shape  not 
very  good,  as  the  petals  do  not  clip  closely  enough  together  ;  base  and 
white  ground  beautifully  pure.  This  variety,  notwithstanding  its  sixty 
years  of  service,  is  still  useful  as  a  flamed  exhibition  flower,  the  markings 
of  rich  dark  purple  on  the  pure  white  ground  being  very  effective.  As  a 
bed  flower  it  is  not  a  success,  the  stem  being  too  weak  to  keep  the  flower 
upright.  Syn.,  General  Bournonville. 
General  Gordon  (Norman). — Bybloemen.  Shape  good ;  base 
pure.  A  showy,  heavily  feathered  variety  of  large  size  which  is  not 
quite  first  class,  as  the  feathering  lacks  refinement  and  the  white  ground 
brilliancy.  Well  worth  growing,  but  very  scarce. 
General  Grant  (Hepworth). — Bizarre.  Shape  good  ;  base  may 
be  considered  pure,  although  there  is,  to  a  practised  eye,  a  slight 
greasiness  apparent.  The  ground  colour  is  a  rich  golden  yellow,  and 
when  feathered  the  marking  colour  is  a  bright  scarlet  beautifully  and 
evenly  “  laid  on.”  It  is  by  far  the  best  scarlet-feathered  bizarre  I  know. 
It  is  steady,  and  its  chief  fault  is  a  tendency  to  flush  as  it  gets  old.  An 
early  bloomer,  and  very  scarce,  as  it  increases  slowly. 
George  Delapoece  (Headly).  —  Bizarre.  Shape  good  ;  pure  ; 
valuable  only  in  feathered  state,  when  the  feathering  is  a  deep  purplish 
red  on  a  pale  yellow  ground. 
George  Edward  (Schofield). — Bybloemen.  Shape  good  ;  petals 
stout ;  base  cloudy  at  opening,  but  bleaches.  Usually  this  variety  is 
flamed  with  deep  purple,  and  in  this  state,  although  not  quite  first  rate, 
is  a  good  exhibition  flower.  This  year,  however,  it  mostly  came 
beautifully  feathered,  and,  of  course,  became  doubly  interesting.  It 
blooms  early,  lasts  a  long  time,  and  to  grow  it  to  perfection  must  have 
plenty  of  sunshine.  Raised  from  Lord  Denman,  and  still  in  few  hands, 
having  only  come  into  notice  during  the  last  two  or  three  years. 
George  Glenny  (Zuill). — Bybloemen.  A  delicately  flamed  variety, 
of  good  form  and  exquisite  purity.  A  Scotch  seedling,  now  I  fear 
entirely  lost. 
George  Hardwick  (Hardwick). — Bybloemen.  Tall ;  shape  good  ; 
base  pure.  This  variety  is  generally  seen  as  a  breeder,  when  the  colour 
is  light  purple.  Asa  broken  flower  it  has  not  much  merit,  although 
occasionally  it  is  fairly  good.  It  comes  into  bloom  rather  late. 
George  Lightbody  (Headly). — Bizarre.  Dwarf ;  shape  good  ; 
very  pure.  A  first-rate  feathered  variety  with  a  shining  black  feather 
on  a  clear  yellow  ground.  Broken  about  thirty-five  years  ago  by  Mr. 
Headly,  and  named  in  honour  of  the  well-known  florist  Mr.  Lightbody 
of  Falkirk.  Very  scarce. 
George  Hayward  (Lawrence). — Bizarre.  Shape  good  ;  base  pure  ; 
flower  large.  A  once-famous  heavily  feathered  red  bizarre  with  a  rich 
golden  yellow  ground.  First  broken  in  1853,  it  was  certificated  in  1854, 
in  which  year  it  was  figured  in  the  “  Florist,”  and  for  many  years  was 
justly  considered  the  best  red-feathered  variety.  It  has  a  good  con¬ 
stitution,  but  is  now  of  little  value  as  an  exhibition  flower,  having 
apparently  lost  its  cunning  in  the  matter  of  feathering,  and  when  flamed, 
although  it  makes  an  attractive  bed  flower,  it  is  far  inferior  to  Storer’s 
varieties. 
George  Scholes  (Hepworth),— Bizarre.  An  exquisitely  feathered 
dark  bizarre  with  a  wretched  constitution,  and  now,  I  fear,  lost. 
Glencoe  (Lawrence). — Bizarre.  Shape  rather  long  ;  base  pure.  A 
dark  flamed  variety  with  a  rich  yellow  ground.  A  great  favourite  in 
the  south  forty-five  years  ago,  but  now  discarded.  Syn.,  Leonatus 
Posthumus. 
Glory  (Buckley). — Bybloemen.  Shape  long ;  base  creamy,  but 
bleaches.  A  large  flowered,  heavily  flamed  variety,  formerly  much 
grown  in  Lancashire,  but  now  discarded, 
Gloria  Mundi  (Dutch). — Bizarre.  Dwarf ;  shape  long.  A  deli¬ 
cately  feathered  dark  bizarre,  with  an  intense  yellow  ground.  Intro¬ 
duced  over  100  years  ago,  it  was  a  favourite  flower  for  forty  or  fifty 
years,  but  is  now  only  seen  in  the  pages  of  a  Dutch  catalogue. 
Glory  of  Abingdon  (Betteridge). — Bizarre.  Shape  long  ;  base 
not  strictly  pure.  A  richly  feathered  and  flamed  dark  bizarre,  with  a 
deep  yellow  ground.  Forty-five  years  ago  considered  first  rate,  but  now 
quite  neglected. 
Glory  op  Stakehill  (Ashmole). — Bybloemen.  Tall ;  shape  good  ; 
base  and  filaments  beautifully  pure.  A  large  and  splendid  breeder,  rosy 
purple  in  colour,  which  has  for  the  last  twenty  years  been  the  most  pro¬ 
minent  exhibition  bybloemen  breeder.  As  a  bed  flower  it  is  excellent, 
having  a  strong  stem,  which  carries  the  large  flower  well.  A  vigorous 
grower,  and  worthy  of  a  place  in  the  choicest  collection.  As  a  broken 
flower  it  is  of  little  value  for  exhibition,  being  too  rosy  in  colour  and 
poorly  marked. 
Glory  op  Walworth  (Maddocks). — Rose.  Shape  too  long  ;  base 
very  yellow,  A  feathered  variety,  introduced  in  1790  ;  for  many  years 
a  great  favourite,  but  now  quite  valueless,  and  only  interesting  as  being 
an  early  English  variety. 
Gold  Cup  (Clegg?). — Bizarre.  Shape  good;  a  feathered  variety 
of  which  great  things  were  expected  forty  or  fifty  years  ago.  With 
many  good  properties  it  lacked  steadiness,  and  is  now  only  seen  flamed, 
and  of  little  exhibition  value.  Raised,  I  believe,  by  the  same  florist  who 
raised  Catharina. 
Godet  Paepait  (Dutch). — Bybloemen.  Shape  long  ;  base  pure. 
Formerly  a  much  esteemed  dark  feathered  variety,  but  not  grown 
nowadays. 
Goldpinder  (Hepworth). — Bizarre.  Shape  good  ;  base  pure.  A 
beautiful  orange-scarlet  breeder,  with  a  rich  golden  base.  A  fine  exhibi¬ 
tion  breeder,  but  rather  scarce.  As  a  broken  flower  it  is  flamed,  but  is 
of  little  value  in  that  state,  except  as  a  bed  flower. 
Goud  Beues  (Dutch).  —  Bizarre.  Shape  long ;  base  pure.  A 
feathered  variety,  feathered  with  brown  on  a  good  yellow  ground.  It 
was  much  grown  fifty  years  ago,  although  most  unsteady  in  its 
markings. 
Grace  Darling  (Gibbons), — Bybloemen.  Shape  fair  ;  base  pure. 
A  dark  feathered  and  flamed  variety  much  liked  forty  years  ago. 
Guido  (Cotterill).  —  Bybloemen.  Shape  fair ;  base  yellow  on 
opening,  but  bleaches ;  petals  stout,  A  feathered  variety  which, 
although  it  cannot  be  called  first  rate,  is  a  very  useful  exhibition  flower 
when  well  grown.  The  feathering  is  of  a  pleasing  purple  shade,  and 
rather  plated  than  pencilled.  Its  great  fault  is  a  tendency  to  flush  if 
exposed  to  much  direct  sunlight,  and  as  exposure  to  light  is  necessary 
to  bleach  the  base  many  growers  failed  with  this  flower.  A  grower 
named  Bromley  used,  however,  to  bring  it  to  the  local  exhibitions 
perfectly  bleached  and  yet  not  flushed.  For  some  time  he  kept  his 
secret,  but  at  last  it  was  discovered  that  he  put  a  shade  of  oiled  paper 
over  each  bloom,  which  transmitted  sufficient  light  to  bleach  the  base 
but  not  to  flush  the  colour.  It  came  out  about  1850  and  is  still 
grown. 
Hamlet. — Syn.  of  Polyphemus. 
Hannah  (Battersby). — Bybloemen.  Shape  good  ;  base  pure.  A 
very  attractive  feathered  variety,  seldom  seen  at  exhibitions,  but  well 
worth  growing.  It  can  also  make  a  good  flamed  flower. 
Harry  Lowe  (Storer). — Bizarre.  Shape  good  ;  base  pure.  A 
large  flowered,  finely  feathered  bizarre  of  great  promise.  One  of  Mr. 
Storer’s  latest  seedlings,  which,  if  a  good  grower  and  constant,  will,  in 
my  opinion,  be  one  of  the  finest  feathered  bizarres  ever  raised. 
Hebe  (H.  Goldham). — Rose.  Dwarf.  A  second-rate  feathered 
rose  that  is  very  yellow  at  the  base  and  bleaches  with  difficulty.  A 
seedling  from  Portia  x  Arlette. 
Henrietta  (Slater) — Rose.  Tall;  pure;  shape  good.  As  a 
breeder  it  is  light  rose-carmine  in  colour ;  when  broken  it  is  generally 
flamed,  and  although  it  can  make  a  well-marked  flower  it  is  far  inferior 
to  such  varieties  as  Annie  M'Gregor  and  Mabel.  Syn.,  Queen  Henrietta. 
Henry  Groom  (Groom). — Bizarre.  A  flamed"  variety  much  liked 
formerly  in  the  south,  but  grown  no  longer, 
Hepworth’s  Seedlings — There  are  many  of  Hep  worth’s  seedlings 
still  unnamed,  and  only  distinguished  by  seedling  numbers.  It  is 
scarcely  likely  that  any  of  them  will  ever  be  of  much  value,  as  they  are 
over  thirty  years  old — quite  old  enough  to  have  given  an  idea  of  their 
worth ;  I  therefore  only  mention  the  best  known  to  me. 
Roses. — 23/61,  breaks  well ;  flamed.  25/62,  good  shape ;  deep  rose 
coloured;  breeder,  34/63,  breeder.  138/63,  good  breeder ;  breaks  flamed. 
9/64,  good  breeder  ;  blooms  rather  late  ;  about  the  best.  21/64,  a  shy¬ 
growing  feathered  variety. 
Byhloemens. — 61/62,  a  good  dark  breeder.  65/62,  a  good  breeder  ; 
breaks  badly.  68/62,  a  good  dark-flamed  flower;  promising.  81/63,  a 
very  dark  purple  breeder  ;  too  long,  and  breaks  badly. 
Bizarres. — 58/62,  good  brown  breeder.  140/62,  long  shape ;  red- 
brown  breeder.  104/62,  good  shape ;  brown  breeder,  not  quite  pure. 
29/63,  red-brown  breeder ;  when  broken  much  resembles  Sulphur 
flamed,  15/64,  a  brilliant  orange-red  breeder;  breaks  badly,  36/64, 
red-brown  breeder  ;  breaks  badly.  94/64,  brown  breeder.  180/64,  good 
dark  brown  breeder  ;  breaks  feathered.  190/64,  good  shape ;  flamed 
bizarre.  194/64,  good  red-brown  breeder ;  breaks  both  feathered  and 
flamed  ;  well  worth  growing. 
Hepworth’s  seedlings,  speaking  generally,  are  far  from  robust.  In 
his  cross  fertilisations  I  fear  Mr.  Hepworth  overlooked  the  necessity  for 
constitutional  vigour  in  his  desire  for  refinement,  consequently  his 
varieties,  being  mostly  poor  growers,  are  gradually  refining  themselves 
away  altogether. 
Herald  (Battersby). — Bizarre.  Shape  good  ;  base  pure  ;  petals 
rather  narrow.  A  fine  variety,  feathered  with  reddish  brown  on  a  deep 
yellow  ground.  It  is  about  forty-five  years  old,  and  not  much  grown  at 
present. 
Hercules  (Thurstan). — Bizarre.  Shape  good  ;  base  pure  ;  petals 
wide  and  stout.  A  promising  flamed  variety,  somewhat  resembling  Dr. 
Hardy.  A  seedling  from  Dr.  Hardy  X  Sir  Joseph  Paxton.  Still  entirely 
in  the  possession  of  the  raiser. 
Heroine  (Dutch),— Rose.  Shape  too  long,  and  petals  rather 
pointed  ;  base  and  white  ground  beautifully  pure.  It  is  at  its  best 
when  feathered,  when  the  edges  of  the  petals  are  beautifully  pencilled 
with  crimson.  Although  Heroine  has  been  known  in  England  for  over 
100  years  there  are  few  feathered  roses  that  can  beat  her  when  she  is  in 
her  best  dress.  Unfortunately  age  appears  to  be  telling,  and  good 
feathered  examples  are  scarcer  every  year.  When  flamed,  the  flower, 
following  a  bad  old  custom,  is  called  Triomphe  Royale,  and  is  often 
