THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



MARCH 1st, 1840. 



PART I, 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



ARTICLE I. 



REMARKS ON AN ARTICLE IN THE DECEMBER NUMBER, ON 

 THE TULIP, BY M. TRIPPET, COMMUNICATED BY MR. J. 

 FORBES. 



BY MR. CAREY TYSO, FLORIST, &C. WALLING FORD, BERKSHIRE. 



The December number of your Cabinet contains an article of consi- 

 derable length on the culture of the Tulip, extracted from the ob- 

 servations of a continental grower of celebrity, — M. Trippet. It 

 would appear, however, from the introductory sentence, that it was 

 forwarded by Mr. Forbes for insertion in your Magazine, as a guide 

 to growers in this country. Though it contains many useful observa- 

 tions, yet there are several statements which I think are in some 

 measure calculated to mislead the English florist. I have, therefore, 

 thought it would serve the interests of floriculture by directing the 

 attention of your readers to a few of them ; and at the same time sug- 

 gest the propriety of receiving with caution, advice which, though 

 perhaps suitable to the Continent, would not only be useless but 

 injurious if credited here. I do this, not in a controversial spirit, nor 

 with a view to hurt, in the slightest degree, the feelings of Mr. F., 

 but simply to state the truth, — an object consonant, I trust, with the 

 design of your widely extended Periodical. 



First, it is stated, Tulips furnish two principal varieties — " Bi- 

 zardf, and those on a white ground;" and then the hist is subdivided 

 into two classes: white ground streaked with red, &c. and white 



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