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 TULIPA center; filaments glabrous, flattened: ovary prismatic: stigmas large and usually crisped. Origin uncertain. Introduced from the Turkish gardens in 1554. Long sinc
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 TULIPA center; filaments glabrous, flattened: ovary prismatic: stigmas large and usually crisped. Origin uncertain. Introduced from the Turkish gardens in 1554. Long since hybridized and cultivated out of all semblance to any wild forms. Supposed original form (Baker) 6439 (as T. Schrenki). Darwin tulips (Fig. 2597) are a recent strain of long-stemmed, late, self-colored tulips. TURNIP 187; 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.'
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