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I fhall infert the name of the principal of thcm, 

 v/hich are as follow : . ^ 



few, 



1. Duke Van Toll, or 

 Winter Duke. 



2. General Duke. 



3. General Brancion. 



4 

 5 



Vice-roy. 

 Maria. 



Pretty Betty. 

 Duchefs of Brancion. 



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6. Lac Verine. 



7. Violet Ragans. 



%, Violet Remow, or 

 Pourpre LifTe. 

 Palto Van Leyden. 

 Florifante. 

 Brandenburo;h. 

 Ndnfuch. 



21. 

 22. 



2 J. Aurora Van Bart. 



24. Paragon Grebberi. 



IK. Galatea. 



26. Marquis. 



27. Gildcn Bloemen. 



28. Alcetus. 



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9- 



10. 



II. 

 12. 



13. Admiral Crinki. 



14, 



^15. Paragon Cleremont, 



16. Admiral Encufen. 



17. Morillion. , 



18. Nobleft. 



General Molfwick. 



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29. 



32- 

 33- 



34- 



35- 

 36. 



37: 

 38. 



39- 

 40. 



41. 



Jewel Van Haerlem. 

 Jacht Van Delft. 

 Goude Son. 



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Flamboyant. ■ '; 

 Bruyd Renard* ■-* 

 Palamedes. , 





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Apollo. ..;^ , 

 Juno. ' 

 Silver-boot. 

 Florida Voorhelm. 

 Roy d'Efpagne. 

 Metropolit. 

 Konins-kroon. 



19. Early Perfe£t. 



20. Superintendent. 



Thefe are the names which have been impofed on 

 thefe flowers by the florifts of the feveral countries 

 where they were raifed, and by which the roots may be 

 obtained from Flanders and Holland, where the flo- 

 rifts are very exa6t in keeping up their lifts of thefe 

 flowers complete. ^ ...:..-' 



The roots of thefe early blowing Tulips ftiould be 

 planted the beginning of September in a warm 

 border, near a wall, pale, or hedge i becaufe if they 

 arc put into an open fpot of' ground, their buds are 

 in danger of fuffering by morning frofts in the fpring. 

 The foil for thefe fhould be renewed every year, where 

 people intiend to have them fain The beft foil for this 

 purpofc is that which is taken from a light fandy paf- 

 Ture, with the turf rotted amongft it, and to this 

 Ihoxild be added a fourth part of fea fand. This mix- 

 ture may be laid about ten inches deep, which will be 

 fufficient for thefe roots, which need not be planted 

 more than four or five inches deep at moft. The ofF- 

 fets fhould not be planted amongft the blowing roots, 

 but in a border by themfelves, where they may be 

 planted pretty clofe together^^ e^eciallj if they are 

 fmall ; but thefe fhould be talcen up when their leaves 



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decay, in the fame manner as the blowing roots, 

 otherwife they would rot if the feafon fhould prove 

 very wet ; for thefe are not fo hardy as the late blow- 

 ers, nor do they increafe half fo faft as thofe, fo that a 

 greater care is required topreferve the offsets of them. 

 When thefe Tulips come up in the fpring, the earth 

 upon the furface of the borders fhould be gently ftir- 

 red and cleared from weeds j and as the buds appear, 

 if the feafon flibuld prove very fevere, it will be of 

 o-reat fervice to cover them with mats, for want of 

 which many times they are blighted, and their flowers 

 decay before they blow, which is often injurious to 

 the roots, as is alfo the cropping of the flowers fo 

 foon as they are blown; becaufe their roots, which 

 are formed new every year, are not at that time ar- 

 rived to their full magnitude, and are hereby deprived 

 of proper nourifhment. 



If, when thefe flowers arc blown, the feafon ftiould 

 prove very warm, it will be proper to fhade them with 

 nuts, &c. in the heat of the day \ as alfo if the nights 

 are frofty, they ftiould be in like manner covered, 

 whereby they may be preferved a long time in beauty -, 

 but, when their flowers are decayed, and their feed- 



■ velfels begin to fwell, they ftiould be broken off juft at 

 the top of the ftalks, becaufe if they are permitted 

 to feed, it will injure the roots.. 



When the leaves of thefe flowers are decayed (which 

 will be before the late blowers are out of flower) 

 their roots ftiould be taken up, and fpread upon mats 

 in a fhady place to dry ; after which they fliould be 



■ cleared from their filth, and put in a dry place where 

 the vermin cannot come to them, until the feafon 



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for planting tliem again, being very careful to pre- 

 -fcrve every fort fcparate, that you inay know how to 

 ■Mifpofe of theiTi at the time for phnring them a^^aln ; 

 ; becaufe it is triC better way to plant alT the roots of 

 each fort together (and not to inrerniix then:, as is com- 

 monly pVaftifcd in moft other kinds of flowers •,) for 

 as there are few of them whicii blow at the fame time 

 fo when the feveral roots of one fort are fcattered 

 through a whole bordqr, they make but an indifferent 

 appearance •, whereas, when twenty or ' thirty roots 

 of the fame fort are placed together, they will all 

 flower at the fame time, and afford a more ao-reeable 

 profpeft. ' 



There ire many curious perfons, who, in order to pre- 

 ferve their feveral kinds of Tulips, and other buU 

 bous-rooted flowers feparate, have large flat boxes 

 made, which are divided into feveral parts by fmall 

 partitions, each of which is numbered in the fame 

 manner as the divifions of their beds j fo that when a 

 catalogue of their'roocs is made, and the numbers 

 ■ fixed ro each fort in the beds, there is nothing more 

 to do when they take up their roots, but to put every 

 kind ihto the divifion marked with the fame number 

 • which was placed to each fort in the bed, which faves 

 a great deal of trouble in making frefli marks every 

 time the roots are taken up, and effcftually anfwers 

 the purpofe of preferving the kinds feparate. 

 The feveral forts of thefe early blowing Tulips rife 

 to different heights in their fiems, fo that fcarcely 

 any two of them grow to an equal height. The Duke 

 Van Toll being one of the firft that appears in the 

 fpring, is generally very fhort-ftalked, and fo the other 

 forts, in proportion to their earlinefs, are fhorter than 

 thofe which fucceed them, and the late blowing kinds 

 are all of them confiderably longer in tlieir ftems than 

 any of the Praecoces, or early blowers ; fo that whea 

 they ai*d confufedly mixed together, they make a very 

 indifferent appearance.' '■' ' 



The late blowing Tulips are fo numerous, that, as I 

 before obferved, it \vould be to no purpofe to attempt 



Thefe are generally 6b- 

 tained from breeders, which is a term applied to all 

 fuch flowers as are produced from feeds, which are of 

 one felf-colour, and have good bottoms and chives ; 

 thefe in time break into various beautiful ftripes, ac- 

 cording to the ground of their former felf-colour, but 

 this muft be entirely thrown off, otherwife they do 

 not efteem a flower well broken. ■ - 



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Of thefe breeders there hath been a great variety 

 brought into Eneland from Flanders of late years 

 which is the grand nurfery for moft forts" of bulbous- 

 rooted flowers -, but there are fome curious perfons, 

 who have lately obtained many valuable breeders 

 from feed fown in England •, and doubtlefs, were we 

 as induftrious to fow the feeds of thefe flowers as the 

 people of France and Flanders, we might in a few 

 years have as great a variety as is to be found in any 

 part of Europe ; for, although it is fix or feven years 

 from the fbwing before the flowers blow, yet, if af- 

 ter the firft fowing there is every year a frefli parcel 

 fown, when the feven years are expired, there will 

 - be conftantly a fucccffion of roots to flower every year, 

 which will reward the expectation, and keep up the 

 fpirit of raifing-, but it is the length of time at firft, 

 which deters moft people from this work. 

 The manner of propagating thefe flowers from feeds is 

 as follows : .you fliould be careful in the choice of 

 the feed, without which there can be little fuccefsex- 



to give a catalogue of them. 



peeled. The beft feed is that which is faved from 

 breeders which have all the good properties before re- 

 lated, for the feeds of ftripcd flowers fcldom produce 

 any thing that is valuable. ' 



The beft method to obtain good feeds is to make 

 choice of a parcel of fuch breeding Tulip roots as 

 you W'ould fave feeds from, and place them in a fe- 

 parate bed from the breeders, in a part of the gardea 

 where they may be fully expofed to the fun, obferv- 

 inf^ to plant them at leaft nine inches deep • for if thcry 

 are planted too fliallow, their ftems arc apt to decay 

 before their feed is perfedcd. 



Thefe 



