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BY JEAN BARNETT
TULIPOMANIA !
In spite of Mother Nature's
cantankerous " moods the
Golden Trumpeteer of Spring,
the Daffodil, is about to declare
open warfare on further win-
tery • blasts and march in her
troops of stately tulips clad in
gay tunics, with haughty heads
held high.
Like the rose, tulips have
played quite a role in h4istory,
painting, song and,the whims of
mankind.
In 1554 an ambassador to the
Sultan of Constantinople was
amazed to find a strange and
• beautiful flower the Turks
called Tulipan in the gardens of
Adrianople. He was especially
surprised and delighted to find
that these lovely flowers
sprang out of the cold earth at a
season when other flowers were
still dormant.
He sent tulip seeds and bulbs
to Vienna, which may have
been the first importation of
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clothes and a prize silver vase
worth thousands of florins •
The fever spread to France
and England where they were
sold singly and the nrk '
determined by the weight of the
bulb. Famous artists were
commissioned to paint pictures
of the tulip; costly garments
were embroidered' with tulip
motifs and Europe's wealthiest
gardens were magnificently
clacj in tulips in early. Spring.
There was even exploitation
by some of the poorest people
who made fortunes on bulbs
that were either non-existent or
never, delivered., Some even
mortgaged their homes ' to
speculate on this flower.
However, like most
"manias" b the excitement
cooled and in the Spring of 1637
there was a •great slump in
sales. Many people lost for-
tunes, some went insane, others
committed suicide, etc.
Although prices of bulbs fell,
the demand for tulips has
continued to grow down to the
present time.
Possibly the first tulips
grown on this continent were
brought by Dutch settlers who
arrived in the New World about
1640, settling in the present
state of New York in the USA.
From the earliest species'tulip
to -.the .final late-double1.kirrta-•-
good six • week period is filled •
with the cleanest, smoothest,
most brilliant color of the year.
They come in every color of the
.xainbow,___..ex.cept true ---blue,
Parrot tulips with,, their, fan-
tastic ruffles and fringed petals
are especially prized for
arrangements.
Tulips need cold winters and
are very easy to grow but not
quite as permanent as:' daf-
fodils. -Unfortunately, tulips
have an awkward stage after
they bloom when their blooms
slowly sink to the ground and
turn yellow.
Your first impulse is to cut
the unsightly foliage and
discard it. IF YOU DO YOU
WILL ROB THE BULB OF
IMPORTANT NUTRIENTS
- FOR NEXT YEAR'S BLOOM.
Wait until the foliage turns
brown and pulls away easily
before you remove it. Try to
keep seed pods pieked off after
your bulbs bloom. They rob the
strength from the plant. — •
Fertilizer is not needed , at,
planting time, but if you wish
you may add da slow acting
fertilizer such as bone meal of
5-10-5 fertilizer after foliage has
been ;trimmed back, but do
avoid fresh manure.
"Happy Tulip Tinie" from
your Garden Club .who invite
you to browse through their
Yearbook with' many helpful
hints Of your summer garden,
under the heading "Growing
for Showing". Even if you are
not •interested, in `showing' you
may find this article helpful
with your garden. Membership,
which includes this yearbook is
still available through your
local garden centres.
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