. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON florists' flowers. 77 second, third, and fourth row varieties, according to their height, the tallest of course being in the centre of the bed. They were all planted, too, according to colour and class, and no labels were used. The fancier had a book, and the plan of the. Fig. 40.—Florists' Tulips in a Bed. bed was sketched in it, and every bulb planted was entered in the book according to its name and class. There are three classes of Tulips : Bizarres, Byblcemens, and Roses. These are again divided for garden an
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON florists' flowers. 77 second, third, and fourth row varieties, according to their height, the tallest of course being in the centre of the bed. They were all planted, too, according to colour and class, and no labels were used. The fancier had a book, and the plan of the. Fig. 40.—Florists' Tulips in a Bed. bed was sketched in it, and every bulb planted was entered in the book according to its name and class. There are three classes of Tulips : Bizarres, Byblcemens, and Roses. These are again divided for garden and exhibition pur- poses into Feathered and Flamed Tulips. The ground-colour in the Bizarres is a clear yellow, and in the Bylcemens and Roses a pure white. The flame and feathering on the Bizarres is red, chestnut red, or maroon; some have the markings so dark as to appear almost black, such as may be seen in Storer's William Lea, or Slater's Masterpiece. The red ground is prominent in Storer's Dr. Hardy, or Bowler's Everard; there is the chestnut feathering in Ashmole's Garibaldi. The Byblcemens have the colours of a deep rich purple or shades of purple, so dark in Jackson's David Jackson that the fanciers describe the feathering as black. Ffepworth's Bessie is also a handsome variety, with beautiful purple-black feathering on a pure white ground. Other varieties are feathered and flamed with various shades of colour; in a few the purple almost verges into Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Drury, William D. , 1857-1928; Abbott, J. M. London, L. U. Gill; New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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