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is amongst those trees that retain their verdure the longest ; and as it 

 cannot be too familiar with us, it is to be hoped that we shall see it 

 creep into our hedge rows, and sometimes border our woodland 

 scenes. 



ARTICLE III. 



REMARKS ON, WHAT IS A FLAMED TULIP ? 



BY MR. JOHN SLATER, FLORIST, CHAPEL WALK, CHEETHAM HILL, MANCHESTER. 



I am induced to forward for insertion in the Floricultural Cabinet 

 the following observations on, what is a flamed Tulip, in consequence 

 of what took place at the York Tulip meeting : — 



In the York Tulip schedule flamed varieties were mentioned, and 

 sums of money attached to them as prizes, and being a judge upon 

 that occasion, I very naturally refused to judge, as flamed flowers, 

 those which the committee had selected as such, in consequence of 

 their not having had a beam up the centre. An umpire was called 

 in to decide the dispute, and the decision was given against me, for 

 this reason, viz., because the flowers had the mother or breeder colour 

 in them. In answer to what is a flamed Tulip ? I will quote the 

 opinion of Mr. Groom, given in the " Florist's Journal," for July, 

 1S40. In page 57, line 15th from the top, after describing a 

 feathered Tulip, he proceeds thus : — " Next to this comes the flamed 

 flower, which should have, besides the feather, a rich beam up the 

 rib of each of the petals, branching off on either side, and the points 

 meeting the feather ; at the same time preserving a sufficiency of the 

 ground colour between the flaming to display it to the greatest ad- 

 vantage." In this description of a flamed Tulip I perfectly agree; 

 for what constitutes a flamed Tulip except the beam ? and the cause 

 of the beam is this : — The Tulip in breaking from the breeder leaves 

 a portion of the mother or breeder colour, which runs up the centre of 

 the petal, and then strikes off with the real colour to the feathering ; 

 but why this is so is a mystery which we cannot unravel. It is so, 

 however, and we can only surmise. To say it is an imperfect break 

 would not do, as the majority of the finest Tulips are what are termed 

 flamed ones ; and if, on that account, they are disqualified, there 

 will only remain a few of what are termed first-rate varieties. What 

 is Salvator Rosa ? a flamed variety. Would you disqualify one of 



