. 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. 2599. A Parrot Tulip — Tulipa Gesneriana, var. Dracontia (X >b). 2537. A Darwin Turnip iXH). See No. 42. above, passing downward into a slaty lilac without any dark-colored blotch, but bright yellow at base; segments all acute, densely pilose at base; filaments linear: ovary clavate: stigmas less than ovary-
. 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. 2599. A Parrot Tulip — Tulipa Gesneriana, var. Dracontia (X >b). 2537. A Darwin Turnip iXH). See No. 42. above, passing downward into a slaty lilac without any dark-colored blotch, but bright yellow at base; segments all acute, densely pilose at base; filaments linear: ovary clavate: stigmas less than ovary-diameter. Alpine re- gion of Oilician Taurus, 1877. B.:\I. dwarf species near to T. JIagerl. 7. violacea, Boiss. & Buhse. Less tiian 12 in. high: Ivs. 3-5, crowded: perianth campanulate with a contracted base, l}^ in. long, 2 in. wide, fragrant, typi- cally bright mauve-red or rosy crimson flushed with purple, varying to white with a slight (i\ flush of red outside, with a large brown or black basal blotch, usually bordered with white; segments uniformly ob- long, subacute; stamens black or purple; stigmas small. Per- sia. Int. to cult. 1890. 7440. 39 to T. Hageri smd pulchella. 8. carinita, Hort. Krelage. Lvs. 3, not crowd- ed, as long as stalk, slightly un- dulate, slightly ciliate on edge near base; peri- anth open-campa- nulate, 3 in. long, dark scarlet, tinged with green just above and blending into a bright yellow ba- sal blotch; segments acute, cuspidate; stamens yellow: ovary prismatic: stig- mas white, not undulated. Habitat un- known. Vars. riibra and violacea, Hort., are offered. 9. vitelUna, Hort. Lvs. 4, not crowded, as long as , not undulated, thinly ciliate on edge: peduncle slightly tinged with red near fl.: perianth campanulate, 2 in. long, sulfur-yellow, no basal blotch; inner segments rounded, outer acute; filaments yellowish white; stigmas not undulated. — Said to be "hybrids be- tween T. suaveolens an
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