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 Report of the Tulip Nomenclature Committee, 1914-1915: Class 5 - Dutch Florists' Breeders

Report of the
Tulip Nomenclature Committee, 1914-1915
IV. DESCRIPTIONS OF GARDEN TULIPS.
CLASS V.—DUTCH FLORISTS' TULIPS—BREEDER VARIETIES.

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[For General Classification see p. 9. Names in italics are synonyms. The date of flowering given below and the duration of the flower are for the year 1915 and represent the order in which the varieties may be expected to flower rather than the exact date of flowering, which will vary from year to year; it will also vary according to the source and time of planting of the bulbs. The dates are taken, as a rule, from bulbs which had been grown for two years at Wisley and had been planted at the same time. The heights are measured from the same bulbs and are relative only.]

Definition: Flower oval or cupped, brown, purple, or red, but sometimes bronze; base white or yellow, but generally stained blue or green to blue-black.

Table of Contents for Dutch Breeder Tulips

  • a. Roses. -- Definition: Pink to red. Charles Dickens.
  • b. Bybloemen. -- Definition: Purple to violet. Bacchus, Cardinal Manning, Godet Parfait, Velvet King.
  • c. Bizarres. -- Definition: Shades of scarlet, bronze or brown. Dom Pedro, Louis Quatorze, Panorama.


a. Roses.—Pink to Red.

Admiral van Kingsbergen.—Reddish purple; base white; filaments blue at tips; 26 inches; May 5, 17 days.

Annie Macgregor.—Not the famous English florists' variety of the same name; 26 inches; May 15, 14 days.

Carl Becker.—Of Darwin shape; rose with a broad pale margin to each segment, rose-pink shaded with flesh colour inside; base picric yellow, passing to green; filaments green; 36 inches; April 30, 20 days.

Charles Dickens.—Segments rather more pointed than in English Tulips, otherwise of excellent form; base and filaments very clean; 27 inches; May 10, 19 days.

Correggio.—Crimson; 24 inches; May 8, 18 days.

Crimson Beauty.—Cherry-rose; 17 inches; May 10, 16 days.

Earth Globe.—Deep rose-red; base white, stained; 22 inches; May 7, 21 days.

Kern = Maria Edgeworth, q.v.

La Tendresse.—Rose; 26 inches; May 15, 15 days.

Lord Byron.—A long conical flower; rose-red, with dull purplish bloom outside; base small, lemon-yellow; 23 inches; April 27, 20 days.

Lord Grey.—A long flower, dark rose; base deeply stained; 26 inches; May 5, 21 days.

Lord Macaulay.—Form good; cherry-rose; base white; 30 inches; May 8, 18 days.

Maria Edgeworth.—A shapely flower on a weak stem; white with a triangular beam of pink, amaranth-pink inside tinged with salmon; base lemon-yellow; 30 inches; May 8, 20 days.

Marie Louise.—Dull rose with a yellowish edge; base whitish; 24 inches; May 10, 18 days. See also the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

Philomel.—Rose; 22 inches; May 5, 20 days.

Rose Agréable.—26 inches; May 10, 15 days.

Rose des Dames.—Of cup shape; rose; base tinged blue and olive; filaments violet-blue; 24 inches; May 16, 14 days. See also the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

Vainqueur.—Cherry-red; 29 inches; May 7, 18 days.


b. Bybloemen—Purple to violet.

AEsculapius.—Form good; pale violet; base dull; 29 inches; May 8, 22 days. See also the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

Alice = Prince Albert, q.v.

Amazone.—Violet-purple; base white with blue ring; 25 inches; May 5, 20 days.

Apollo.—Bright violet and deep purple; base white; 22 inches; May 7, 18 days.

Attraction.—Rosy-lilac; base tinged yellow; 24 inches; May 6, 18 days.

Bacchus.—Bright purple; base with white margin; filaments blue-black; 33 inches; May 3, 19 days. See also the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

Baguette.—Rosy purple; base blue and yellow; 24 inches; May 8, 18 days.

Black Chief.—Of good shape and substance; bright dark red- purple; base black; filaments black; 26 inches; May 8, 20 days.

Bloemhof.—Of Darwin shape; light rosolane-purple outside, pink inside; base circular, dull blue, yellow near ovary; 28 inches; April 30, 20 days.

Bougainville.—Light violet; base blue; 26 inches; May 5, 22 days.

Cardinal Manning.—Egg-shape, large; Bishop's purple; base diffuse, tinged yellow; filaments blue at apex; 34 inches; May 8, 22 days. See also the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

Carolus Duran.—Purplish violet; base blue; 29 inches; May 6, 20 days.

Cetewayo.—Of Darwin shape; 25 inches; May 3, 22 days.

Claudius.—22 inches; May 10, 16 days.

Clown.—Long; violet; base large, clean; 24 inches; May 15, 15 days.

Colonel Astor.—Of Darwin shape; violet; 28 inches; May 3, 19 days.

Copernicus.—Small, shoulder rounded; maroon-black; base blue; 22 inches; May 7, 17 days. See also the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

Cramoisi.—Reddish purple; base clear, white; 22 inches; May 8, 18 days.

Cramoisi Violet.—26 inches; May 3, 22 days.

Danae.—Purplish; base stained; 22 inches; May 3, 18 days.

Dreadnought — Velvet King, q.v.

Duke of Edinburgh.—Deep violet; base large, white; 33 inches; May 8, 22 days.

Excellentissima.—Violet; 33 inches; May 10, 19 days.

Firebrand.—A large violet flower; base white; 32 inches; May 5, 22 days.

Frans Hals.—23 inches; May 10, 16 days.

Godet Parfait.—Violet; 29 inches; May 7, 19 days. See also the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

Goliath = Cardinal Manning, q.v.

Grand Conquérant.—Large; purplish; 27 inches; May 3, 22 days.

Grand Maître.—Of medium size; purple; base blue and white; 27 inches; May 7, 13 days.

Grand Monarque.—Of Darwin shape; dahlia-purple; base yellowish with green ring; 34 inches; May 5, 17 days.

Gris-de-lin Pâle.—Roundish flower; light lilac-purple; 25 inches; May 8, 14 days.

Gumma.—25 inches; May 6, 16 days.

Haidee.—Dull magenta; 21 inches; May 15, 15 days.

Héloïse.—25 inches; May 8, 14 days.

Henri Jules.—Violet; base stained.

Henry Percy.—24 inches; May 8, 18 days.

Jeffries.—Large; dull pomegranate-purple; base bluish; filaments black; 32 inches; May 3, 18 days.

Je Maintiendrai.—Small, of Darwin shape; amaranth-purple; base small, lemon yellow, clearly defined; 24 inches; May 7, 15 days. See also the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

Judas Machabée = Apoll0, q.v.

Jupiter.—Reddish violet; 33 inches; May 15, 15 days. See also the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

Kingscourt = Cardinal Manning, q.v.

Klopstock.—Bishop's purple margined with purplish lilac; base white with a blue star; 24 inches; May 5, 21 days. See also the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

L'Ambitieuse.—Violet; base white; 31 inches; May 10, 16 days.

L'Amie Desvercheux.—Large, of Darwin shape; deep purplish violet; base stained; 20 days; May 3, 22 days.

La Complice.—Violet with white midribs; base yellow; 21 inches; May 10, 12 days.

La Douceur.—Violet; base white; 32 inches; May 6, 19 days. See also the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

Lafayette = Black Chief, q.v.

La Négrette.—Burnt lake; base lemon-chrome streaked olive; filaments lemon chrome, black above middle; 25 inches.

La Séduisante.—Cup-shape; light violet; base stained; 26 inches; May 3, 18 days.

La Singulière.—Goblet-shape; flushed deep pansy-purple, very dark at margins of segments; base white, large, diffuse; 27 inches; May 6, 20 days.

L'Étincellante.—Large, purplish; base white; 28 inches; May 6, 20 days.

Le Martiens.—24 inches; May 5, 15 days.

Le Miroir.—Violet; base large, white, with blue margins; 25 inches; May 5, 21 days.

Le Mogul.—29 inches; May 8, 18 days. See also the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

Lion d'Hillegom.—Claret-purple; base white; 28 inches; May 6, 19 days. Very like ' Velvet King,' q.v.

Lord Curzon = La Singulière, q.v.

Mme. Augan.—Violet; flower quarters; base stained; 25 inches; May 10, 16 days.

Ma Favorite.—Violet; 32 inches; May 15, 15 days.

Marianne.—Raisin-purple; base white; filaments pale blue; 26 inches; May 5, 20 days.

Marie Antoinette.—Large, well shaped; aconite-violet; base large, white; 28 inches; May 15, 15 days.

Medea.—Dull magenta-purple; base white; filaments pale blue; 27 inches; May 10, 19 days. See also the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

Mrs. Beecher Stowe.—Violet; base white, clean; 26 inches; May 10, 16 days.

Newton.—Violet; 27 inches; May 8, 21 days.

Noir Véritable = Black Chief, q.v.

Othello.—Amaranth-purple; base diffuse, yellowish streaked with olive; filaments black; 25 inches; May 7, 19 days.

Pluto.—Purple; 25 inches; May 15, 15 days.

Pourpre Aplatie.—18 inches; May 3, 25 days.

President Lincoln.—Violet; base blue; 33 inches; May 15, 16 days.

Fig. 14 from the Report of the Tulip Nomenclature Committee, 1914-15: Darwin Tulip – Purple King.

Prince Albert.—Form good; pale violet; base white; 30 inches; May 7, 18 days. See also the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

Prince of Waterloo.—Violet; 35 inches; May 10, 16 days.

Princess Alice.—28 inches; May 7, 20 days.

Image Caption -- Figure 14: Darwin Tulip – 'Purple King', base purple-black, with white line along segment margins Click image for larger version.

Purple King.—Dark maroon-purple, reddish purple within; base triangular, white, with blue margin and a large yellow blotch; filaments yellowish. (Fig. 14.)

Purple Perfection.—Violet; base blue, tinged with yellow; 25 inches; May 4, 20 days.

Queen Victoria.—Magenta; base blue and white.

Regal Purple = Bacchus, q.v.

Robinson.—Light violet; 30 inches; May 8, 19 days.

Roi de Siam.—Purple; 30 inches; May 15, 15 days.

Rosamundi.—Long; magenta; base white; 27 inches; May 15, 15 days.

Sanspareille.—Purplish violet; 33 inches; May 7, 20 days. See also the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

Sappho.—Violet -purple; 25 inches; May 10, 20 days.

Sentinel = Je Maintiendrai, q.v.

Socrates.—Violet; 25 inches; May 7, 18 days.

Superba.—Deep maroon; 30 inches; May 8, 19 days. See also the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

Tombeau de Lincoln.—Segments pointed; lilac with white and dark violet streaks; base stained.

Velvet Gem = Velvet King, q.v.

Velvet King.—Cup-shaped, large; bright dark red-purple; base small, sharply defined, white; 31 inches; May 14, 15 days. See also the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

Vertumnus.—Violet; base large, white; 27 inches; May 5,15 days.

Violata.—Large; pale bronzy lilac; base white, dirty; 24 inches; May 10, 14 days.

Violet Magnifique.—Small; lavender-violet; 24 inches; May 7, 19 days. See also 'Poupre Magnifique' (a synonym for 'Violet Magnifique') in the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

Violet Queen.—Long, form and substance goed; segments somewhat pointed; rich reddish purple; base white; tinged yellow; filaments blue above middle; 24 inches; May 4, 17 days.

Wedding Coat.—Very dark; base stained.

Wilberforce.—Orange-salmon, shaded cherry outside; 27 inches; May 8, 18 days. See also the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

Willem de Zwyger.—Very large; violet-purple; base white; 26 inches; May 14, 13 days.

Zanzibar.—Violet; 30 inches; May 8, 17 days.


c. Bizarres.—Shades of scarlet, bronze, and brown.

Bell's Queen.—Form very good; mahogany; base clean; 30 inches; May 10, 17 days.

Catafalque.—Egg-shaped; coffee brown; base black.

Coralie.—Reddish brown; 23 inches; May 8, 18 days.

Dom Pedro.—Morocco-red on a cadmium-yellow ground; base yellowish, streaked olive; filaments olive; 28 inches; May 6, 20 days. See also the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

Duc de Saxe Weimar.—Of Darwin shape; large; mahogany-red; 15 inches; May 10, 16 days.

Fairy = Panorama, q.v.

Felicitas.—Rounded; bronze; base green and yellow; 28 inches; May 7, 18 days.

Gloria.—Pale purplish yellow; 23 inches; May 8, 20 days.

Graaff van Beuren.—Flamed with livid purple and feathered carmine, margin slightly tinged yellow; base white, streaked lemon- yellow and margined blue; 30 inches; May 5, 21 days. Very similar to ' Turenne,' q.v.

Hamlet = Sobrina, q.v.

James Watt.—Large, round; slaty violet, with few yellow streaks; base dull, blackish; 25 inches; May 6, 20 days.

Lord Cochrane.—Egg-shape; deep mahogany; base yellow, stained; 35 inches; May 8, 18 days.

Louis XIV.—Large, goblet-shaped; dark dull bluish - violet, with tawny margin; base circular, dull blue; filaments blackish; 31 inches; May 5, 24 days. See also the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

McMahon = ' Turenne,'- q.v,

Maréchal Victor.—Dull brownish; base yellow; 30 inches; May 8, 18 days.

Mary Hollis.—Dull reddish-brown; 23 inches; May 5, 21 days.

Meyerbeer.—Small; 28 inches; May 8, 18 days.

Monument = ' Panorama,' q.v.

Panorama.—Flower large, goblet-shape; rich chestnut-red; base and filaments chestnut-brown; 26 inches; May 7, 19 days. See also the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

Prince of Wales.—Deep purplish maroon; base yellow. See also the Breeder Tulips section of this website.

Rembrandt.—Chestnut-red; base clean; 32 inches; May 10, 17 days.

Sir Robert Peel.—Egg-shape; scarlet; base clean; 25 inches; May 10, 16 days.

Sobrina.—Mahogany, purplish outside; 20 inches; May 7, 18 days.

Themistocles.—Orange-scarlet; base yellow; 27 inches; May 6, 20 days.

Turenne.—Large, egg-shape; nigrosin-violet; base baryta-yellow with irregular blue margin; 25 inches; May 5, 17 days.

Victor Hugo.—Large; purplish bronze; base yellow; 24 inches; May 11, 18 days.

William III.—Yellow-bronze; 28 inches; May 10, 19 days.

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