THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



FEBRUARY 1st, 1843. 



PART I. 



EMBELLISHMENTS. 



ARTICLE I. 



TYSO'S POLYDORA TULIP. 

 The Tulip which embellishes our present Number was taken from a 

 coloured drawing sent us by Messrs. Tyso and Son, Wallingford. 

 It is a handsome third-row bizard, having a noble well-shaped cup, 

 supported by a strong stem ; the ground colour is a pure yellow, has 

 a clean bottom and stamens, and the petals are margined with deep 

 feathering of a rich dark colour. We learn from Messrs. Tyso and 

 Son that they purchased it in a lot of breeders at the sale of the 

 collection of the late Mr. William Walker, of Hammersmith, which 

 took place the 23rd of May, 1839. They have tested its quality by 

 having flowered it three seasons, and have now five blooming bulbs. 

 It has been exhibited at a show of the Royal Berkshire Horticultural 

 Society, where it was much admired by amateurs, and obtained the 

 fir=t prize. It is a flower well deserving the cultivation of the fancy, 

 and will no doubt rank highly in the list of modern beauties of this 

 valuable tribe of flowers. 



So much has already been inserted in recent Numbers of the 

 Eloricultural Cabinet on the culture of the Tulip, and the very 

 excellent descriptive catalogues given by our respected friends, Mr. 

 William Harrison and Mr. John Slater, that no additional particulars 

 are required at present. 



Vol. XL No. 120. D 



