246 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF TULIPS. 



ARTICLE II. 



DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF TULIPS. 



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



HILL, NEAR MANCHESTER. 



{Continued from page 232.) 



NOBLE BLANCHE 



Is a second row feathered Rose ; good cup, bottom a muddy white ; 

 very like Vesta, feathered, but rather shorter in the cup 



NON PLUS ULTRA 



Is a third row flamed Byblomen; good form, bottom pure, the 

 feathering and flaming of an incomparable colour; a good stage 

 variety. 



NECTAR 



Is a third row flamed Byblomen; good form, bottom pure, and the 

 colours dark ; a good stage flower. 



OSIRIS 



Is a second row flamed Bizarre, broke by Mr. Greig, near London. 

 The form of this flower is good, as well as the colours, but the 

 bottom is stained. This variety took the premier prize this year at 

 the Cambridge Tulip Meeting, as well as the first in the class of 

 flamed bizarres. 



PLATOFF 



Is a fourth row feathered Bizarre; form good, as well as bottom. 

 It is generally said by the florists in this neighbourhood that it is 

 only Charles X. There are several strains of this flower. Mr. 

 Bartlett's strain sells the highest. A good stage flower. 



PLUTO SUPERB 



Is a»first row flamed Byblomen, of good form, bottom pure, and the 

 colours dark. This variety was introduced by an amateur florist 

 residing at Morpeth, and although it has been nearly twenty years in 

 this country, the whole stock consists of four blooming roots and a 

 few offsets. It is a shy breeder, and if plentiful would not be 

 surpassed by any Tulip cultivated. 



POLYPHEMUS 



Is a third row flamed Bizarre, raised from seed by the late Mr. Clark, 

 and broke by the late Mr. Lawrence, of Hampton, who sold four 



