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P. humei has b3aiitiful large double dark blush -coloured 

 flowers. 



P. paradoxa fimbriata, produces fringed double red 

 flowers, which are very beautiful. 



These are all hardy, and may be planted about four 

 inches deep in the garden, in October or November. The 

 flowers exhibit themselves to the best advantage, when 

 planted on a bed that is elevated, and of a circular form. 



The following are half hardy and half shrubby ; these 

 have been known to survive the Winter by being well pro- 

 tected, but are kept much better in a greenhouse ; and thej 

 also exhibit their flowers to greater advantage than when 

 exposed to the full sun. 



P. moutan Banksii, or Tree Paeony, produces very large 

 double blush flowers in abundance, with feathered edges to 

 every petal. This variety is highly deserving of cultivation. 



P. moutan rosea is a fine rose-coloured double variety, 

 and produces very splendid flowers. 



P. moutan papaveraeea produces very large white flowers, 

 with pink centres. This splendid variety frequently bears 

 flowers from nine to eleven inches in diameter. 



Besides the above, are several others of various colours, 

 some of which are semi double. 



TULIP. 



'* For brilliant tints to charm the eyo. 

 What plant can with the TULIP vie? 

 Yet no delicious scent it yields 

 To cheer the garden, or the fields ; 

 Vainly in gaudy colours drest, 

 "Tis rather gazed on than caressed." 



The Tulip is a native of the Levant, and has been in 

 cultivation nearly three centuries. It may be justly entitled 

 the King of Flowers, for the brilliancy and endless com- 

 bination of all colours and shades. The varieties of the 

 Tulip are very numerous, and are divided into different 

 classes. Those cultivated in regular beds by amateurs are 

 rose-coloured, bybloemen and bizarres. There are a great 



