380 LISTS OF TREES, &C. SECT. XIX. 



shorter, pnzcoces, or early blowers; some have made 

 another distinction, medias, but it is not necessary. 

 The plain tulips (as they generally are when they 

 first blow from seed) are called whole blowers, or 

 breeders', and according as they break into other co- 

 lours, stripes and variegations, (after transplantations) 

 are denominated and classed into baguettes, bybloe- 

 mens, verports, and bizarres. The dwarf sorts blow 

 early, as March and April, (the duke van tol ear- 

 lier) allow them therefore a warm border and dry 

 soil, to preserve them from frost and wet, which they 

 are rather impatient of, These are often potted and 

 forced on a hotbed, &c. or brought forward hy 

 water-glasses, in a warm room ; but an increase of 

 offsets, is only to be expected from open ground cul- 

 ture, and eveq there these early sorts do it sparingly. 

 Tal^e them up every year to remove the offsets, and 

 renew the soil ; and keep each sorts separate, and 

 plant them so, for then they will blow together, and 

 be all of one height. There are about fifty of thet 

 early sorts ; but the number of choice fancy tulip$ 



is (per catalogues) more than eight hundred. 



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THE following articles are detached as most con- 

 veniently inserted here : 



Auricula is increased by parting the roots, or slip- 

 ping rooted offsets from them ; but offsets without 

 roots will sometimes strike, if well managed, by set- 

 ting them in a good soil, (in pots best) where they 

 have but little sun, and keeping them cool by occa* 

 sional watering. When the roots are divided, 

 (in August} let it be with a sharp knife ; an$ put- 

 ting off any cankered part, shorten also their ends, 

 and let not the tap part of the r^ot be too toug,. 



The soil for auriculas should be a good fresh light 

 loamy maiden one, to which is added one third of 

 woodpile, or willow earth, one of sea, pr any-sharp 



