. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 2604. Tunica Saxifraga, Flower about natural size. Var. Drac6ntia, Baker (Fig. 2599). Parrot Tulip. Similar in habit : perianth usually yellow and red striped and splotcheil; segments deeply cleft and la- ciniately dentate. 21:2211 (as T. Turcica). Var. spathulita (T. spatJiuUta, Bertol.). This differs fro
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 2604. Tunica Saxifraga, Flower about natural size. Var. Drac6ntia, Baker (Fig. 2599). Parrot Tulip. Similar in habit : perianth usually yellow and red striped and splotcheil; segments deeply cleft and la- ciniately dentate. 21:2211 (as T. Turcica). Var. spathulita (T. spatJiuUta, Bertol.). This differs from the type in its larger fls. of a brilliant red color, with a large purplish black blotch at the base of each of the segments. Italy. —Probably the largest of the wild Tulips. Catalogued by many bulb growers as " T. G. vera.'' Var. Strangewaysiana, Reboul. Very large, brilliant, dar-k scarlet flowers, with a handsome dark basal blotch. One of the naturalized Tulips found without disposi- tion to vary in fields near Florence, Italy. F. 1880:05. Var. 41bo-ocuIita, Krelage. Deep campanulate fl., with a slight sweetish mawkish odor, bright red, with a distinct white basal bk-tcli : inner segments oljtuse, outer acute; filaments white. T. tlma, Hort., Krelage, is "often confused with vitellina in gardens, though perfectly distinct. Flava is yellow, very ro- bust, tall, and at least a fortnight later in blooming. Vitellina is almost white when old " Imperfectly known.—T. lanata, Kegel. Dwarf: fls. large, goblet-shaped, rich vermilion, with a large black spot at the base of each of the segments. Imper- fectly known,—r. Pirsiea, Wilhl., is a synonym of T. patens, Agardh, a Siberian species not known to tlie trade. It has hs. about H in. across, greenish outside,whitish inside, with a yellow eye. The outer segments are narrower. It is figured in 3887 as T. tricolor. T. Persica of the trade has been confused by the Dutch with T. Breynhana, Linn., the proper nam
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