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many beautiful varieties, denominated Parrot Tulips, which 

 have notched petals, and striped or diversified with green ; 

 and also some very dwarfish kinds, both single and double, 

 which are generally cultivated in parlours and greenhouses. 



Mr. T. Hogg, of Paddington, near London, has pub- 

 lished a work, entitled, " A Treatise on the Cultivation of 

 Florists' Flowers," which comprises the Tulip, Carnation, 

 Auricula. Ranunculus, Polyanthus, Dahlia, German and 

 China Asters, Seedling Heartsease, and New Annuals. In 

 that work, which is dedicated to Queen Adelaide, the author 

 remarks that the cultivation of the Tulip is one of the most 

 fascinating and pleasing pursuits imaginable, and that when 

 the " Tulip mania has fairly got hold of any one, it sticks 

 to him like the skin on his back, and remains with him the 

 rest of his life." He instances a Mr. Davey, of Chelsea, 

 as being in his seventy-fifth year, and in whose breast the 

 fancy for Tulips was so predominant, that in the Autumn of 

 1832, he was induced to part with a hundred sovereigns for 

 one single 'Tulip, named "Miss Fanny Remble." Perhaps 

 a better definition of what constitutes the properties of a 

 good Tulip, conld not^be given than a description of this 

 precious gem, or " loveliest of all Tulips ;" but, lest my 

 readers should conclude that the old gentleman was in his 

 dotage, I would inform them that this favorite bulb was 

 purchased of the executors of the late Mr. Clarke, with 

 whom it originated, and that it had not only been the pet of 

 its late owner, but had excited the envy and admiration of 

 all the amateurs who went to view it. 



" This precious gem, a bybloemen Tulip, was raised from 

 one of Mr. Clarke's seedling breeders, and broke into colour 

 three years ago; it has produced two offsets since, and is 

 adapted to the second or third row in the bed ; tlie stem is 

 firm and elastic ; the foliage full and broad, of a lively 

 green ; the cup large, and of the finest form ; the white 

 pure and wholly free from stain ; the pencilling on the 

 petals is beautifully marked with black or dark purple, and 

 the feathering uniform and elegant; it preserves its shape 

 to the last, the outer leaves not sinking from the inner ; in 

 a word, it is considered the first flower of its cast, and the 

 best that has ever been produced in England." 



