. Childs' fall catalogue of bulbs . parrot Tulips-. A flower more bizarre, fantastic or grotesque, would behard to find. A bed or clump of them always attracts muchattention. They are six, seven and eight inches across, withpetals toothed, horned, twisted and waved, now loosely incurved, now spread flatly out like a star. Some are yellow,some are crimson, or again dashed, flaked or feathered withgreen, gold or scarlet. Fine to plant among shrubbery, orfor bedding. They grow ten inches in height, and bloomjust after the double —Fine deep crimson. Cloriosa—Yellow, splashed a
. Childs' fall catalogue of bulbs . parrot Tulips-. A flower more bizarre, fantastic or grotesque, would behard to find. A bed or clump of them always attracts muchattention. They are six, seven and eight inches across, withpetals toothed, horned, twisted and waved, now loosely incurved, now spread flatly out like a star. Some are yellow,some are crimson, or again dashed, flaked or feathered withgreen, gold or scarlet. Fine to plant among shrubbery, orfor bedding. They grow ten inches in height, and bloomjust after the double —Fine deep crimson. Cloriosa—Yellow, splashed and streaked crimson and —Gaily striped yellow and Major—Fine yellow. Cramoise Brilliant—Deep, dark rich ruby crimson, withlarge, star-shaped black center. Extraordinary largesized, being 8 or 9 inches across. The most magnificentof all Parrots and the best adapted to winter is simply grand. PRICE—c. each; the 5 for 15c; 30c. per doz. Fine Mixed Parrot Tulips—Ali varieties,doz., 25c; 100,$ Tuli
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