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DUTCH BULBS. 



Single White. 



Blandine, Mont Blanc, 



Victoria Regina, Paix de 1'Europe, 



Voltaire, Anna Paulowna, 



Elfrida, General Cavaignac. 



Single Yellow. 



Alida Jacoba, Heroine, 



Fleur d'Or, Aurora, 



Lion d'Or, Victor Hugo, 



-Soleil d'Or, Prince of Orange. 



THE TULIP. 



Probably no flower has been so much the object of com- 

 mercial speculation as the Tulip. There was a time when 

 a single root, of a fine variety, was held at a far higher price 

 than its weight in gold. To such an extent did the mania 

 increase, that houses, farms, and all species of property were 

 bargained for a bed of tulips ; and all kinds of absurdities 

 were committed, which are well detailed in the story of the 

 " Tulip Mania," in the History of Popular Delusions. 



The many varieties of garden tulips are all derived from 

 Tulipa Gesneriana (except the Early Due Van Thol, the 

 Double Inodorous, varieties of the T. oculus solis, and the 

 Parrot Tulips, which are produced by a cross between T. 



