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stems to, beginning at one end of the bed, and placing a 

 stake in the centre of the four first plants. Procure some 

 lead wire, and twisting it once or twice round the stake, 

 you will find that there is only three inches to go to reach 

 the flower stems of four tulips; twist it once round the stem 

 carefully, leaving room enough for it to play about easy; thus 

 it will take three stakes to secure twelve of the flower stems, 

 which, if neatly done, will have an elegant eflect. After 

 flowering, the tops will soon begin to decay ; and when yel- 

 low, or dead, the bulbs ought to be taken up and laid away 

 from the sun to dry a day or two ; then clean and place them 

 in a dry room, there to remain till the time of planting; look 

 over them occasionally, to see that they are all in good order. 



Tulips are known by the following names: Early Tulips, 

 which flower about a fortnight before all others; Bizarres, 

 which have a yellow ground, striped with brown, purple and 

 violet, with intermediate shades; violet and rose Bibloemens, 

 which have a white ground, striped with violet, purple, black, 

 cherry, rose, and intermediate shades: these are considered 

 the most valuable by the florist; Baguets, which are nearly 

 allied to Bibloemens, but are much stronger in their growth, 

 and more gross in their colors ; Double and Parrot tulips are 

 esteemed mostly as border flowers. Yours, 



J. W. Russell. 



JMount tBuburn, Cambridge, Oct. 12th, 1835. 



Art. IV. Beautifxd Plants growing wild in the Vicinity of Boston. 

 By E. B. Kenrick, Watertown. 



(Continued from page 377.) 



[N. B. All these plants are perennial, unless intimation is given to 

 the contrary.] 



Cypripedium. 



(According to alphabetical order, the present genus ought to have been 

 inserted and described in the last number of this Magazine, but was inad- 

 vertantly omitted.) 



This curious and admired genus is readily distinguished 

 by four spreading petals ; and especially by an inflated sac, 

 lip, or nectary, and a somewhat slipper-shaped seed vessel. 



Cypripedium acaule, or Cypripedium humile Low Ladies' 

 Slipper. The present species diflfers from the others, in its 



