Tulips . DARWIN TULIPS 43 leaf because such cutting does not injure the bulb in the many excellent varieties are now available that I have hadthe greatest difficulty in confining my list to fifty. Had I in-cluded those with yellow bases, such as Lucifer and Clio,my Hst most certainly would not have stopped where it leads me to again say that I regret very much the wrongnomenclature which is now almost universally to be seen incatalogues. The original strain did not include bizarres, andit seems to me to be entirely wrong to put them into it only hope Messrs. Krelage and

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Tulips . DARWIN TULIPS 43 leaf because such cutting does not injure the bulb in the many excellent varieties are now available that I have hadthe greatest difficulty in confining my list to fifty. Had I in-cluded those with yellow bases, such as Lucifer and Clio,my Hst most certainly would not have stopped where it leads me to again say that I regret very much the wrongnomenclature which is now almost universally to be seen incatalogues. The original strain did not include bizarres, andit seems to me to be entirely wrong to put them into it only hope Messrs. Krelage and Messrs. Barr will steadilyrefuse in the future, as they have done in the past, to list anyyellow-based tulip as a Darwin. LIST OF FIFTY DARWIN TULIPS The numbers immediately following the name refer to thepages and sections of the Colour Chart {Repertoire des Couleurs,Libraire Horticole, Paris, 1905). Some of these numbershave been supplied by Mr. Rudolf Barr, to whom my thanksare due for his kind help ;

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