THE 



FLORTCULTURAL CABINET, 



APRIL 1st, 1838. 



PART I. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



ARTICLE I. 

 ON RAISING TULIPS FROM SEED, 



BY MR. JOHN SLATER, ALBION PLACE, LOWER BROUGHTON, NEAR MANCHESTER 



The raising of new varieties of Tulips has at length engaged the 

 attention, of the amateur and Florist, and we are now on equal 

 terms with the Dutch Florists. This change may he attributed 

 to the care and attention bestowed upon the taking of seed. The 

 great misfortune of our early raisers of Tulips from seed, was, 

 that they took seed indiscriminately, and after sowing and wait- 

 ing patiently for a number of years, they were much disappointed 

 when they came into bloom, for there was scarcely one of medium 

 quality. Had their judgment been properly directed, the English 

 Florist would not have been so many years behind. 



I would recommend the young Florist to seed only those which 

 possess the best properties, and where one is deficient in some 

 points and excel in others, to impregnate the one with the other. 

 For instance, Charbonnier Noir or Polyphemus, possess every 

 requisite but one, and that is the ground colour, which is a pale 

 straw. To remedy this defect, I would impregnate them with 

 San Joe, Captain White, or Old Dutch Catafalque, or some other 

 sort which possesses a good bright yellow colour. If the colour 

 of the Min d'or could be added to the black feathering of the 

 Charbonnier, it would rank as first among Bizzares. Roi de Siam, 



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