Archive image from page 236 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer06bail Year: 1906 2604. Tunica Saxifraga, Flower about natural size. Var. Drac6ntia, Baker (Fig. 2599). Parrot Tulip. Similar in habit : perianth usually yellow and red striped and splotch
Archive image from page 236 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer06bail Year: 1906 2604. Tunica Saxifraga, Flower about natural size. Var. Drac6ntia, Baker (Fig. 2599). Parrot Tulip. Similar in habit : perianth usually yellow and red striped and splotched; segments deeply cleft and la- ciniately dentate. 21:2211 (as T. Turcica). Var. spathnlata (T. spathuUta, 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, 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. 1880:65. Var. alho-oculata, Krelage. Deep campanulate fl., with a slight sweetish mawkish odor, bright red, with a distinct white basal blotch ; inner segments obtuse, outer acute; filaments white. T. fldva, 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, Regel. Dwarf: lis. large, goblet-shaped, rich vermilion, with a large black spot at the base of each of the segments. Imper- fectly known.— T. Persica, is a synonym of T. patens, Agardh, a Siberian species not known to the trade. It has fls. about 3 in. across, greenish outside,wliitish inside, with a yellow eye. The outer segments are narrower. It is figure
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