. 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. TULIPA TURNIP 187J; center; filaments glabrous, flattened: ovary prismatic: stigmas large and usually crisped. Origin uncertain. Introduced from the Turkish gardens in Long since hybridized and cultivated out of all semblance to anv wild forms. Supposed original form (Baker) (as T. Schretiki
. 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. TULIPA TURNIP 187J; center; filaments glabrous, flattened: ovary prismatic: stigmas large and usually crisped. Origin uncertain. Introduced from the Turkish gardens in Long since hybridized and cultivated out of all semblance to anv wild forms. Supposed original form (Baker) (as T. Schretiki). Darwin tulips (Fig. 2597) are a recent strain of long-stemmed, late, self-colored 2604. Tunica Saxifraga. Flower about natural size. Var. Drac6ntia, Baker (Fig. 2599). Parbot Tdlip. Similar in habit : perianth usually yellow and red striped and splotched; segments deeply cleft and la- ciniately dentate. 21:2211 (as T. Turcica). Var. ST^a,tbu\ktB,{T. spathulAta,'Bevto\.). This differs from the type in its larger fls. of a Ijrilliant 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. ; Var. Strangewiysiana, Reboul. Very large, brilliant, dark 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-ocul4ta, Krelage. Deep campanulate fl., with a slight sweetish mawkish odor, bright red, with a distinct w'hite basal blotch ; inner segments obtuse, outer acute; filaments white. T, fldva, Hort., Krelage. is "often confused with vitellina in gardens, though perfectly distinct. Flava is yellow, very ro- bust, tall, and jit a fortnight later in bloomiug. Vitelliua is almost white wlien old " Imperfectly known.—T. lanata, Kegel. Dwarf: Us. large, goblet-shaped, rich vermilion, with a large black spot
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