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TULIP. 



The article in the work already alluded to, on the culti- 

 vation of Tulips alone, occupies ninety. six pages ; I, 

 therefore, cannot attempt any thing more than an abridge- 

 ment of the author's ideas on some important points. 

 Those of my readers who may desire full information, are 

 referred to the work itself, which may be obtained of Mr. 

 G. C. Thorburn. 



The following description may serve to govern the choice 

 of amateurs : Tulips exhibited at the shows, are, in general, 

 classed and distinguished as follows : Flamed Bizarrts, 

 Feathered Bizarres, Flamed Bybloemms, Feathered Ky- 

 bloemenSi Flamed Roses, Feathered Roses, and Sclfs, or 

 plain-coloured. 



A Bizane Tulip has a yellow ground, marked with 

 purple or scarlet of different shades ; it is called flamed 

 when a Broad or irregular stripe runs up the middle of the 

 petals, with short abrupt projecting points, branching out 

 on each side , fine narrow lines, called arched and ribbed 

 often extend, also, from this broad side to the extremity 

 of the leaves ; the colour generally appearing strongest in 

 the inside petals; a Tulip, with this broad coloured stripe, 

 which is sometimes called beamed or splashed, is, at the 

 same time, frequently feathered also. 



It is called feathered when it is without this broad stripe ; 

 but yet it may have some narrow lines, joined or detached, 

 running up the centre of the leaf, sometimes branching out 

 and carved towards the top, and sometimes without any 

 spot or line at all ; the petals are feathered more or less 

 round the edges or margin inside and out, the pencilling or 

 feathering is heavy or broad in some, and light or narrow 

 in others, sometimes with breaks or gaps, and sometimes 

 close- and continued all round. 



A Byblocmen Tulip has a white ground, lined, marked, 

 striped or variegated with violet or purple, only of various 

 shades ; and whether feathered or flamed, is distinguished 

 by the same characters and marks which are pointed out 

 and applied to the Bizarred Tulips. 



A Rose, Tulip is marked or variegated with rose, scarlet, 

 crimson or cherry colour, on a white ground ; and the 



