164 ON THE CULTIVATION OF TULIPS, 



General "Washington, red ; and Colleyanum, purple ; with such others 

 as I have enumerated above. Scarlets must not be neglected, and the 

 following, I think, will be well adapted : — Gem (Ayres) ; this will 

 stand a high temperature, and throAV fine trusses ; Queen, or Perpetual ; 

 Royal Dwarf; and Compactum. 



ON THE CULTIVATION OF TULIPS. 



IN LETTERS TO A FRIEND. 



Letter VI. 



Remarks on the Great Northern Tulip Show. 



Dear Sir, — In accordance with my promise and your express wish, I 

 hasten to give you some little description of the Great Nortliern Tulip 

 show, held at the Corn Exchange in this town on Tuesday, the 28th 

 of May. It was got up under the patronage of earls, lords, and com- 

 moners. Tulips were not the only flowers that were presented to notice, 

 there were some of as good specimens of greenhouse plants as I ever 

 recollect to have seen, but Tulips was the ostensible purpose for which 

 the meeting was held. The number of blooms exhibited was about 

 five thousand, and considering the unfavourable season for their pro- 

 duction were as good as could be expected ; a few more fine days would 

 have enabled the exhibitors to have placed tiiem on the tables in much 

 greater perfection, but as it was it exceeded my expectation, and I was 

 pleased to see an improvement in the right direction. 



There were prizes given to four pans of six blooms each, wliich con- 

 tained the following flowers : — 



1st Pan. Polyphemus, Royal Sovereign, Queen Charlotte, Lanca- 

 shire Hero, Unique, and Heroine. 



2nd Pan. Charles tlie Tentli, Polyphemus, Gibbon's Princess Royal, 

 Gibbon's Maid of Orleans, Heroine, and Triumpii Royal. 



3rd Pan. Charles the Tenth, Sans Joe, Lac, Incomparable, Atlas, 

 and Heroine. 



4th Pan. Passe Perfecta, Captain White, Baguet, La bien Aime, 

 Heroine, and Triumpii Royal. 



There were twenty-four prizes for breeder Tulips, and twelve prizes 

 for each class of broiien flowers, as under : — 



Feathered Bizards. \ 



1. Charles the Tenth. 



2. Polyphemus. 



3. Duke of Hamilton. 



4. Goude Beurs. 



5. Slater's Mayor of Manchester. 



6. Emperor Cliarles. 



7. Duke of Savoy. 



8. Surpass Catifalque. 



9. Lord Melbourne. 



10. Paul Pry. 



11. Crown Prince, 



Flamed Bizards. 



1. Sans Joe. 



2. Lord Stanley. 



3. Polyphemus. 



4. Cyclops. 



5. Gibbon's Pilot. 



6. Paul Pry. 



7. Prime Minister. 



8. Page's King. 



9. Admiral Benbow. 



10. Josephus. 



11. Lord Provost Hastie. 



12. Albion. 



12. Chadwick's Trafalgar. 



