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Definition of Dwarf tulip
1. Noun. Small early blooming tulip.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dwarf Tulip
Literary usage of Dwarf tulip
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine. (1857)
"Belle Lisette, white, edged aud flaked with lively rose colour; extra form, "and
a beautiful dwarf Tulip. Bizard Aimable, orange, feathered and flaked with ..."
2. Every Man His Own Gardener: The Complete Gardener : Being a Gardener's by John Abercrombie, Thomas Mawe (1832)
"... Triple crown upon crown, or with three tiers of flowers, one above another,
Silver striped-leaved, Tulip, early dwarf tulip, Gold striped leaved, Tulip, ..."
3. The English Gardener: Or, A Treatise on the Situation, Soil, Enclosing, and by William Cobbett (1833)
"... the size also of the flower of the dwarf tulip, opens by slow degrees, and
emits an odour the most delightful that can be conceived ; far exceeding that ..."
4. The English Gardener: Or, A Treatise on the Situation, Soil, Enclosing, and by William Cobbett (1833)
"... the flower of the dwarf tulip, opens by slow degrees, and emits an odour the
most delightful that can be conceived ; far exceeding that of the rose ..."
5. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1907)
"ATICA is a dwarf Tulip, rarely reaching 9 ins. high, and quite unlike other kinds
in its very broad leaves and large cone-shaped flowers of pale yellow, ..."
6. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson, F. L. S., William Robinson (1906)
"T. GALATICA is a dwarf Tulip, rarely reaching 9 ins. high, and quite unlike other
kinds in its very broad leaves and large cone-shape-i flowers of pale ..."
7. A Practical Guide to Garden Plants by John Weathers (1901)
"A pretty dwarf Tulip from the Cilician Taurus, with narrow green channelled leaves
about 3 in. long, and slender scapes only au inch or two high. ..."
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