TULIPa. 
on a hotbed and -planting them out 
in May, near some treilis work, or 
other support, which the plant will 
soon cover in the most graceful 
manner, producing thousands of its 
elegant fringe-like pale-yellow fiow- 
ers. For the culture of Trope'o- 
lum pentaphy'llum, see Cuymoca’'R- 
PUS. 
True Service—Pyus Sorbus, 
or Sérbus doméstica. 
Trumret Frower.—See Bicno'- 
nia and Teco‘ma. 
Tuser.—Tubers closely resemble 
in their nature what are called solid 
bulbs or corms, and appear to be 
reservoirs of nourishment which 
have been laid up by nature for the 
support of the infant plant. Some 
tubers have numerous buds in dif- 
ferent parts of their substance, like 
the potato, and others have only 
buds in the upper part like the | 
Dahlia, and Ranunculus. 
Tuserose.—See Poxta'NTHES. 
Touxie.—sSee 'Tu'iipa. 
Tua. — Tulipacee. — The 
Tulip. The greater part of the 
Tulips grown in gardens are varie- 
ties of one species, Tulipa Gesne- 
ridna, a native of the Levant; but 
there are several other distinct spe- 
cies. One of the most beautiful of 
these is the wild French Tulip, 7. 
sylvéstris, which is most elegantly 
shaped, of a beautiful yellow, and 
very fragrant, and which is occa- 
sionally found wild in England. 
T. 6culus sdlis is an Italian species, 
and 7’. pre\cox, Van Tho)’s Tulip, 
is a dwarf plant that flowers very 
early in the season, generally in 
March or April. Besides these there 
are twelve other species, quite dis- 
tinct. The garden varieties of T. 
Gesneridna are divided into four 
classes, the first containing the Bi- 
zatres, which have a yellow ground 
shaded with dark-brownish red or 
purple, and which are subdivided 
into the flaked, in which the dark 
~ colour is in a broad stripe or band, 
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rising from the bottom of the petal ; 
and the feathered, in which the 
dark colour forms a marginal edging 
to the petals, descending into them 
in various little delicate feathery 
veins. The second class contains 
the Byblemens, which are white 
shaded with violet or dark purple, 
and which are also subdivided into 
flaked and fe 2 The third 
class are ¢ Roses, and they 
have white grounds shaded with 
Rose colour or Cherry red, and they 
also are divided into flaked and 
feathered; and the fourth class are 
the Selfs, which are white or yellow 
without any dark ¢ Besides 
these there are tare call 
breeders, which are of a dingy erim- 
son, and which are seedling Tulips 
before they have shown any variety 
of colour; parrot Tulips, whic’: are 
supposed to be a variety of T syl- 
véstris; and double Tulips, which 
are not valued by florists at all. 
All seedling Tulips when they first - 
flower, are what are called breeders, 
and of a dull uniform colour; and 
to make them break, that is, to 
preduce the brilliant and distinct 
colours which constitute the beauty 
of a florist’s flower, a variety of ex- 
pedients are resorted to. At one 
time they are grown in poor soil 
and only allowed water enough to 
keep them living; and then they 
are suddenly transported to the rich- 
est soil, abounding in food and 
moisture ; and sometimes they are 
sent into the country, twenty or 
thirty miles from the place where 
they were grown, to try the effect 
of change of air. Seedling Tulips 
are generally five years before they 
flower. In addition t kinds 
already enumerated, the French 
have what they call Baguettes, 
which are very tall-stemmed Tulips, 
the flowers of which are white, 
striped with dark-brownish red ; 
Baguettes Rigauds, which resemble 
the a have shorter stems 
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