REMARKS ON THE TULIP. 147 



dard, it is rejected. They appreciate a Tulip possessing a good 

 cup, &c. but it must have the other properties before enume- 

 rated combined ; for, instance, Charles the Tenth, Count de Ver- 

 gennes, Triomphe Koyale, Surpasse Catafalque, Old Dutch Cata- 

 falque, Captain White, Thalestris, Reine de Sheba, Pmperatrix 

 Florum, David, Charbonnier Noir, Louis the Sixteenth, Wal- 

 worth, and many others admired in the south, are also considered 

 by them as first-rate stage flowers when in a good state. I un- 

 derstand that in the south, a Tulip is called fine when it is a large 

 flower, good cup, and bottom free from the least tinge, even if 

 the feathering and flaming is deficient, whilst the northern florists, 

 in addition to a good cup, and bottom free from tinge, that the 

 Tulip ought to be either regularly feathered, or feathered and 

 flamed. 



A Tulip is not considered defective in the south, if it has only 

 a straight beam up the centre of the petals, without its branching 

 to the feather, whilst in the north would be thrown aside as pos- 

 sessing neither the properties of a feathered or flamed flower. 

 Also they prefer a light delicate feather to a heavy one, which is 

 quite the contrary in the north. 



Having thus briefly pointed out the differences existing in the 

 judgment of the Tulip in the northern and southern districts, I 

 trust that this article will induce florists to fix one standard where- 

 by all Tulips shall for the future be compared. I would sug- 

 gest that the properties of Tulips be divided into parts, so many 

 allowed for cup, size, and bottom, and the rest for the marking of 

 the flower. This would, of course, obviate all unpleasantness 

 arising from the northern florists sending them what ranks here 

 as first rate stage flowers, which does not possess the requisite 

 properties for exhibition in the south. 



All florists must acknowledge that a good cup and bottom add 

 much to the merits of the Tulip, and I do not doubt from the 

 interest now taking in the raising of seedlings, that in time all 

 tinged flowers will be discarded and discountenanced as stage 

 flowers. 



J. Slates 



