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upright ; tie them with the straw closely together. Over this, a 

 wooden conical shaped case being placed and secured firmly to its 

 situation, the shoots will remain uninjured ; and in spring, by the 

 end of April or early in May, when danger from frost is over, being 

 uncovered, and the shoots properly thinned, they will extend still 

 further each successive season. Painted canvass covers answer 

 equally well as boarded ones. Plants may be preserved their entire 

 length if taken up and buried in a pit as done with potatoes, only 

 mixing dry straw among the branches. 



When the pit is opened in spring, they will be found in a perfect 

 state of preservation, and being replanted, will bloom finely, either 

 trained against walls, trellises, or grown in the open border. The 

 taking up every season checks their growth a little, so that they do 

 not grow as vigorous as when allowed to remain undisturbed. 



ARTICLE II. 



DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF TULIPS. 



BY MR. JOHN SLATER, FLORIST, OV PEACOCK HOUSE, CHAPEL LANE, CHEETHAM 



HII.I., NEAR MANCHESTER. 



{Continued from page 151.) 



Baguet. 

 There are, according to the Dutch florists, upwards of seventy 

 varieties of Baguet, but the one cultivated under the name of Black 

 Baguet, is called by the Dutch florists Baguet Rigaut. It is a second 

 row flower. Cup rather long, but being an excellent marker, is 

 highly prized as a stage flower. At opening the bottom is creamy, 

 and the petals thin, and cannot bear much exposure to the sun or 

 moisture. Its parts of fructification, as the stamens, &c, are small 

 and insignificant, which detracts much from the appearance of a 

 fine Tulip. 



Beauty. 

 This variety is a second row flower, and said to be raised from the 

 6ced of Pretiosa (alias Thunderbolt), by a florist named Buckley, 

 near Ashton-under-line, Lancashire ; who also raised from the same 

 sowing of seed, Lancashire Hero, Fair Flora, Sportsman, and several 

 others ; but notwithstanding the assertion that it was raised from 



