The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

TULIP

The tulip is a genus of flowering plants of the family Liliaceae indigenous to eastern Europe. One species, the wild tulip (Tulipa sylvestris) is now native to Britain, the first tulips having been introduced to Britain from Vienna around 1578. It is a bulbous plant, attaining a height of about 30cm, with very narrow leaves and a solitary large fragrant flower. Formerly, tulips were exceptionally valuable in Britain and Holland, in 1639 120 tulips being sold for 90,000 florins and one particular flower, known as the 'Viceroy' for 4230 guilders.
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