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Title: The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste
Year: 1846 (1840s)
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Subjects: Gardening
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : Luthur Tucker
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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about six inches, and form verygay bloomers. They are excellent also for winter flowering in the house. The Tournesol follows the Due von Thol with very large double flowers, and continuesin bloom a long time. Colors, usually orange, red, and very fine yellow. The Single Early Tulips (see illustration) flower very early, and continue in perfectiona very long time. They contain many very splendid varieties, of which we would namethe following as most desirable : Claremont^, gold, fine ; Couleur Cardinal, showy red ; Cramvisi Koyal, splendidcrimson; Donna Maria, red and white ; Dvichesse de Parma, red, edged with yellow :Eleonora, fine purple ; Franciscus I, splendid red and yellow; Grand Duke of Russia, red,deeply edged with yellow; Lac Boutlof, violet and white, variegated leaves; La Reine,beautiful rosy white; Moliere, violet, striped with yellow; Prince of Orange, yellow,striped with orange ; Red and Yellow of Leiden, fine red, striped with yellow ; Roi Pepin, The Parrot Tulip. 301
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The Parrot Tulip. 302 Mow to JOaycr a Hiose. white and red. fine ; Standard Gold, fino gold ; Vermillion Brilliant, glittering red; Whiteand Red Bordered, white, delicately mottled with red. Double Tulips are a fine and choice class, beautifully formed, with delicate shades andstripes of fine yellow, rose, or white colors. The following is a good list: Comte de Pompadour, red, bordered with yellow, large, early ; Crown of Roses, splendiddouble rose, large, early ; Gloria Soils, bronze, orange and crimson, early; Grand Alex-andre, yellow, beautifully striped with red, early; Lac Gris de Lin, blush purple, early ;Purple Crown, splendid dark velvety crimson, early; Rose Eclatante, rich crimson, early;William Rex, purple and yellow, fine, early; Xenophon, crimson, striped with yellow, early. The Parrot Tulips are by far the most brilliant group of all kinds. The petals are long,loose and fringed, and most of the varieties have mixed colors, crimson, yellow, orange, orgreen, mingling upon

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