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■JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
June  11.  1898. 
THE  FLORISTS’  TULIP. 
[By  J/s  W.  Bentley,  Honorary  Secretary  of  the  Royal  National  Tulip  Society.] 
Descriptive  Catalogue.  ( Continued  from  page  264.) 
Lloyd’s  Seedlings.— Raised  by  the  late  Mr.  Alfred  Lloyd  of  Sheet, 
near  Petersfield,  principally  from  Mr,  Henry  Goldham’s  varieties.  It  was 
only  after  the  death  of  Mr.  Lloyd  in  1893  that  Tulip  growers  were  made 
aware  of  the  efforts  he  had  been  making  for  many  long  years  to  improve 
his  favourite  flower.  At  the  death  of  his  daughter,  Miss  Sarah  Lloyd, 
the  best  of  the  breeders  came  into  the  possession  of  Dr.  Hogg,  Mr.  C.  W. 
Needham,  and  myself.  As  they  were  neither  named  or  numbered, 
numbers  were  given  to  them  in  order  to  distinguish  them.  The 
bizarres,  which  are  mostly  raised  from  Star  of  India  x  Defiance,  are  the 
most  promising,  but  there  are  also  good  flowers  of  the  other  two  classes. 
Up  to  the  present  few  good  breaks  have  occurred  amongst  them,  but  as 
the  breeders  are  of  great  merit  I  mention  the  numbers  of  those  best 
known  to  me. 
Bizarres. — 27A,  47,  103,  113,  119,  127,  141,  155,  157,  208,  210,  217, 
219,  221,  233,  237. 
Roses.— 19,  99,  105,  129,  133,  207.  209. 
Bybloemens . — 137,  161,  69A. 
Lord  By'RON  (Ashmole).—  Bizarre.  Shape  good  ;  base  pure.  A 
brown  feathered  variety  raised  by  Mr.  Luke  Ashmole  of  MiddletoD, 
broken  and  named  by  Mr.  W.  Lea  of  Bedford  Leigh.  It  is  rarely  seen 
nowadays,  as  it  is  of  no  value  when  flamed,  and  feathered  examples  are 
very  scarce. 
Lord  Delamere  (Hardy). — Bizarre.  Shape  long  ;  base  pure.  A 
second-rate  variety,  generally  seen  in  breeder  state,  when  it  is  a  yellowish 
brown  in  colour.  As  a  flamed  flower  it  is  sometimes  correctly  marked, 
but  its  shape  and  dullness  of  colour  cause  it  to  be  little  valued. 
Lord  Denman  (Abbott). — Byblcemen.  Shape  fair  ;  base  greasy.  A 
correctly  marked  flamed  variety,  and  often  in  the  front  rank  at  exhibi¬ 
tions.  Its  shape,  although  beautifully  rounded  at  the  tops  of  the  petals, 
i9  “tundisby,”  and  the  marking,  although  correct,  is  too  rosy.  As  a  bed 
flower  it  is  not  a  success,  the  stem  being  too  weak  to  keep  the  bloom 
upright.  It  is  sometimes  seen  in  feathered  state,  when  it  gets  called 
Lady  Denman.  It  appeared  about  forty-five  years  ago,  and  i9  still 
grown. 
Lord  Derby  (Clegg). — Rose.  Shape  good  ;  base  not  quite  pure. 
A  beautiful  scarlet  breeder  with  a  fine  shape.  An  old  variety  not  often 
seen  now,  owing  to  a  bad  habit  the  bulbs  have  of  splitting  up  into  small 
pieces.  It  is  worthless  when  broken. 
Lord  Derby  (Walker).  —  Rose.  Shape  fair  ;  base  pure,  but 
filaments  generally  yellowish.  It  is  rosy  scarlet  in  colour,  worthier 
when  broken,  and  decidedly  inferior  to  Clegg’s  Lord  Derby. 
Lord  Frederick  Cavendish  (G.  Hardwick).— Bizarre.  Shape 
fair  ;  base  pure  Only  of  value  in  feathered  state,  when  the  marking 
colour  is  red  brown  on  a  good  yellow  ground.  The  petals  are  rather 
thin  and  the  flower  is  inconstant,  but  when  at  its  best  is  one  of  the  best 
of  red  feathered  bizarres. 
Lord  Hill  (Sherwood). — Rose.  Shape  bad  ;  base  impure  ;  petals 
pointed.  An  obsolete  flamed  rose  ;  marking  colour  scarlet.  Syn., 
Josephine. 
Lord  Lilford  (Crompton).  —  Bizarre.  Tall  ;  shape  good  but 
longish  ;  base  rather  greasy.  A  correctly  marked  feathered  variety,  the 
feathering  being  bright  brown  on  a  good  yellow  ground.  The  fi'aments 
are  often  stained.  In  the  flamed  state  it  is  uselpssj  being  very  impure. 
Introduced  over  fifty  years  ago,  and  still  grown. 
Lord  Provost  (Walker).  —  Bizarre.  Shape  fair  ;  base  pure  ; 
petals  flimsy.  As  a  breeder  it  is  pale  orange-red  ;  when  broken  it  is 
flsmed  with  dull  red  on  a  weak  yellow  ground. 
Lord  Sidney  (Haynes).  —  Bizarre.  Shape  longish;  base  pure. 
A  correctly  marked  flamed  bizarre,  with  a  ground  colour  of  lemon- 
yellow.  The  marking  colour  is  rather  weak  and  dull  in  colour,  prevent¬ 
ing  the  variety  being  classed  as  first-rate.  A  seedling  from  Polythemus. 
Lord  Belper  (Haynes)  is  a  very  similar  variety. 
Lord  Stanley  (Storer).  —  Bizarre.  Tall  ;  shape  very  good  ;  base 
pure  ;  flower  small.  A  constant  correctly  marked  feathered,  and  also 
flamed  variety.  The  marking  colour  is  rich  brown  on  good  yellow 
ground.  Had  this  variety  been  larger  in  size  it  would  have  been  one  of 
the  finest  for  exhibition  purposes,  in  both  feathered  and  flamed  states. 
Lorenzo  (Gibbons). — Byblcemen.  Dwarf;  shape  very  long;  base 
pure.  A  flamed  variety ,  well  marked  with  bright  purple  in  the  style 
of  Adonis.  It  is  much  too  long  for  modern  ideas,  and  has  no  exhibition 
value. 
Louis  W,  Morris  (Morris). — Bizarre.  Shape  good,-;  base  pure.  A 
good  feathered  variety,  much  like  Lord  Stanley.  Raised  from  Sir  Joseph 
Paxton  x  Surpass  Catafalque,  by  Mr.  John  Morris. 
Louis  XVI.  (Dutch). — Bybloemen.  Tall ;  shape  good  ;  base  impure. 
As  a  dark  feathered  variety  Louis  XVI.  was,  100  years  ago,  in  great 
request.  About  1827  Mr.  John  Goldbam  was  offered  £100  for  it  in  this 
slate.  It  is  of  no  value  now,  and  but  little  grown. 
Luke  Ashmole  (Ashmole). — Bizane.  Shape  good  ;  base  pure.  A 
fine  red  feathered  variety,  broken  from  one  of  Asbmole’s  seedling 
breeders,  and  named  by  Mr.  C.  W.  Needham  of  Royton. 
Lustre  de  Beaute  (Dutch). — Bizane.  Shape  long  ;  base  f°ir. 
An  obsolete  dark  flamed  bizarre,  much  esteemed  sixty  years  ago. 
Mabel  (Martin). — Rose.  Shape  longish;  base  pure.  One  of  the 
most  valuable  rose  Tulips  in  cultivation,  although  it  is  narrow  at  the 
base  and  the  petals  are  “  hooked  ”  in  at  the  top.  As  a  breeder  it  is 
good,  being  a  soft  rose  in  colour  ;  as  a  feathered  flower  excellent,  and  as 
a  flamed  variety  one  of  the  very  best,  being  correctly  marked  with  bright 
rose  on  a  clear  white  ground.  A  good  grower,  it  is  cheap  and  abundant, 
Syns.,  Mrs.  Lomax,  Charmer,  Pretty  Jane,  Mary  Barber. 
Madame  St.  Arnaud  (Martin). — Rose.  Shape  longish  ;  base  pure. 
A  sister  seedling  of  Annie  M'Gregor,  which  it  much  resembles.  It  is, 
however,  longer,  wider  at  the  base,  not  so  good  a  marker,  and  rather 
deeper  in  the  colour  of  its  marking.  It  is  a  good  exhibition  breeder 
shown  young,  and  occasionally  valuable  as  a  feathered  and  as  a  flamed 
flower,  but  not  very  constant.  Introduced  about  forty  years  ago,  and 
still  grown. 
Madame  Vestris  (Lawrence). — Rose.  Shape  good  ;  base  pure.  An 
obsolete  feathered  and  flamed  rose,  dull  in  colour  and  ages  to  a 
byblcemen.  A  formerly  famous  southern  flower.  Syns.,  Clark’s  Clio, 
Rutley’s  Princess  Sophia  of  Gloucester. 
Magnificent  (Hay  ward). — Rose.  Tall;  shape  long  ;  base  impure. 
An  obsolete,  poorly  marked  flamed  variety,  marking  colour  pale  dull 
rose  ;  base  very  yellow  Nothing  good  about  it  but  the  name,  which 
was  given  in  order  to  sell  it,  and  its  purchasers. 
Magnum  Bonum  ( - ). — Bizarre.  Shape  longish  ;  base  pure. 
An  old-time  plated  feathered  bizarre,  the  marking  colour  being  rich  red 
brown  on  a  good  yellow  ground.  It  is  still  grown,  and  occasionally 
useful  as  an  exhibition  flower.  Of  no  value  when  flamed.  Syn.,  Sir 
Sidney  Smith. 
Maid  of  Falaise  (Dixon). — Rose.  Shape  longish  ;  base  pure.  A 
nicely  marked  flamed  variety,  its  chief  drawback  being  its  colour,  which 
is  too  dark  for  a  rose  and  too  rosy  for  a  bybloemeD. 
Maid  of  Harwood  (Martin). — Rose.  Shape  good  ;  base  yellow  on 
opening,  and  requires  much  bleaching.  Very  good  as  a  feathered,  and 
also  flamed  flower,  resembling  Mabel  in  colour. 
Majd  of  Orleans  (Gibbons). — Byblcemen.  Tall;  shipe  long; 
base  pure.  A  famous  feathered  flower  forty  years  ago,  the  feathering 
being  glossy  black,  beautifully  pencilled,  on  a  fine  white  ground.  This 
variety,  first  broken  in  1840,  the  most  famous  of  the  renowned  Chellas- 
ton  seedlings  for  many  years,  had  the  well  deserved  repute  of  being  the 
finest  feathered  byblcemen,  but  now  is  seen  only  in  the  flamed  state,  and 
is  of  little  value.  It  was  generally  called  Princess  Royal  when  flamed, 
although  that  name  properly  belonged  to  a  distinct  but  similar  variety. 
Maid  of  the  Mill  (Hepworth). — Byblcemen.  Shape  good  ;  base 
pure.  A  fine  light  coloured  breeder,  which  occasionally  breaks  into  a 
good  flamed  flower.  It  is,  however,  inconstant  when  broken.  Syn  , 
Hepworth’s  244/64. 
Maitre  Partout  (Dutch). — Bybloemen.  An  obsolete  feathered 
variety  of  long  and  bad  shape,  introduced  about  1782  ;  for  more  than 
sixty  years  highly  esteemed  in  the  North  under  the  name  of  “  Toot.” 
Majestic  (Gill). — Bybloemen.  Dwarf  ;  shape  longish  ;  base  yellow. 
A  heavily  feathered  variety  which  would  be  valuable  were  it  possible  to 
bleach  it. 
Malakoff  (Martin). — Byblcemen.  Shape  good  ;  base  yellow  on 
opening,  and  needs  much  bleachir  g.  A  well-marked  flamed  variety  with 
a  bold  branching  beam  of  pure  bright  purple.  Not  much  growD,  but 
worthy  of  a  place  in  any  collection,  especially  those  grown  in  favoured 
places  where  the  sun  really  shines. 
Martin’s  Seedlings. — There  are  several  of  these  still  unnamed. 
Nos.  2  and  12  are  roses  ;  both  are  good  breeders,  rather  pale  in  colour, 
and  No.  2  makes  a  good  flamed  flower.  Nos.  101  and  117  are  byb’cemens  ; 
the  former  has  much  the  same  shape  as  Lord  Denman,  but  is  pure,  and 
can  make  a  good  feathered  flower.  No.  117  is  best  as  a  breeder,  pale 
lilac  in  colour,  and  rather  long  ;  it  breaks  feathered,  and  is  sometimes 
useful  as  an  exhibition  flower  in  that  state. 
Martha  (H.  Goldham).  —  Rose.  Shape  good  ;  base  pure.  A  correctly 
marked  flamed  rose,  the  marking  colour  being  dull  red  on  a  pure  white 
ground.  One  of  the  best  of  Henry  Goldham’s  roses,  but  being  a  po  r 
grower  is  scarce. 
Mary  (Crook). — Rose.  Shape  good  ;  base  pure.  A  fine  feathered 
variety  with  fine  broad  petals,  lightly  feathered  with  bright  rose.  I  fear 
this  fine  variety  is  completely  lost. 
Mary  Jackson  (Knowles).  —  Rose.  Shape  good  ;  base  pure. 
A  feathered  and  also  flamed  variety  of  much  merit.  The  shape  is  tbe 
best  of  any  rose  Tulip  in  cultivation.  The  marking  colour  is  rather  dull 
in  shade,  and  not  at  all  constant.  Raised  by  Mr.  James  KnowleB  of 
Staleybridge. 
Mary  Lamb  (Zuill) — Rose;  Shape  long  ;  base  yellow  on  opening, 
and  needs  bleaching.  An  obsolete  feathered  variety,  much  esteemed 
forty  years  ago.  It  was  the  best  feathered  flower  at  the  National  show 
in  1855. 
Masterpiece  (Slater).— Bizarre.  Shape  rather  long  and  petals 
pointed  ;  base  pure.  As  a  feathered  flower  it  well  deserves  its  name, 
being  richly  pencilled  with  black  on  a  golden  orange  ground.  It  is, 
however,  inconstant  in  this  state.  As  a  flamed  flower  it  is  richly  and 
correctly  marked,  but  has  scarcely  any  base  ;  as  a  breeder  it  is  dull 
yellow  brown  in  colour.  A  seedling  from  Surpass  Catafalque.  It  was 
first  broken  in  1847,  and  is  still  in  the  front  rank  of  feathered  bizarres. 
It  is  cheap  and  plentiful,  and  indispensable  to  the  exhibitor. 
Matilda  (Mason).  —  Rose.  Shape  long;  base  pure.  A  flamed 
variety,  which  resembles  Triomphe  R<  yale  so  much  that  it  would  be 
undistingu>shable  f  xcept  for  a  trace  of  blue  at  tbe  base  of  the  beam.  It 
is  now  of  no  impoitsnce. 
Merit  (Gibbons) — Bizarre.  Shape  fair;  base  puie.  A  flamed 
reddish  bizarre  much  like  Pilot,  but  rather  darker  than  that  once  famous 
variety,  and  the  beam  is  the  same  colour  as  the  feathering.  First  broken 
in  1840,  and  still  to  be  found  in  some  collections,  although  it  is  now  of 
little  importance. 
