REMARKS ON ARTICLES IN THE CABINET ON TULIPS. 201 



nations, we are upon an equal footing with them. I think that any 

 one disposed to view the subject in a calm, dispassionate manner 

 would without hesitation say that we are too fastidious. 



Mr. T. ridicules the taste of placing such a Tulip as Due de Savoie 

 as taking the premier prize at exhibitions ; but upon referring to the 

 returns he will find that it is only at village shows where such is the 

 case. It is well known to many that the Lancashire florists are 

 principally weavers and persons in humble life, and from the depres- 

 sion of trade have not the means of purchasing high-priced plants, 

 or roots, and being ardent enthusiasts in the art, only cultivate such 

 as are within their means ; consequently, such varieties as are enu- 

 merated by Mr. T. get placed No. 1 ; but if Mr. T. will look at the 

 leading exhibitions, he will perceive in some cases the varieties he 

 mentions do not get a place at all. 



A private exhibition took place this year in the neighbourhood of 

 Manchester (to which all were invited and none excluded), at which 

 the principal collections of Lancashire and Cheshire came into com- 

 petition; and such was the taste and judgment displayed on the 

 occasion, that in a class, twelve in length, the Due de Savoie, like 

 Paul Pry, just dropped in. Probably it may be interesting to the 

 readers of the Cabinet to state a few particulars. The first prize 

 for feathered Bizarres was awarded to an extra fine and large bloom 

 of Surpasse Catafalque, a flower that possesses excellent properties, 

 and free from the stain at the bottom of the cup, which is so much 

 dreaded by the southern gentlemen. The second to Magnum Bonum, 

 alias Sir Sidney Smith, Franklin, Washington, Trebisonde, Deme- 

 trius, &c. This, as respects form, cannot have much said in its 

 favour, its greatest merits being its fine marking. This also has a 

 <rood bottom. The third, Royal Sovereign, alias Charles X., George 

 IV., Waterloo, Le ConqueVant, &c. This must be admitted to be a 

 first-rate flower. The fourth, Polyphemus, a flower universally ad- 

 mired in the south, of whose merits I need not speak. The fifth, 

 Catafalque Superieure, a flower possessing every property but one, 

 that is, the cup is rather long. I need not go further in this class, 

 as the above will show our taste. 



In the Flamed Bizarre class, the first was awarded to Charbonnier 

 Noir, a flower known to possess every requisite fur a fine Tulip. The 

 second to Albion, alias Lord Fortesquc; this flower possesses a fine 



