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Feathered Rose is to be distinguished from the Flamed bj 

 the same rules as described before; the Rose is very often 

 both feathered and flamed. 



A Self, or plain-coloured Tulip, properly so called, is 

 either white or yellow, and admits of no further change ; 

 other plain-coloured Tulips, whether red or purple, are 

 called breeders, and are hardly worthy of being exhibited. 

 Mr. Hogg informs us, that 100, say $500, judiciously 

 expended at the present time, will give a moderate sized 

 bed, that shall contain the greater part of the finest varieties 

 grown ; such a bed as 250 would not have purchased 

 twelve orfourleen years ago. 



To describe minutely the mode of planting a regular bed 

 of Tulips would exceed our limits ; suffice it to state that 

 the name of every bulb should be written in a book, and 

 that they should be so classed as to have the varied colours 

 to show advantageously; to this end, the tallest should be 

 allotted for -the middle of the bed, and others in regular 

 gradations, so as to have the most dwarfish on the sides. 

 The bulbs must be covered with good mould, to the depth 

 of three inches from the top of the bulb on the sides of the 

 bed, and about four inches in the middle. Let a small 

 spoonful of clean drift sand be used around each bulb, and 

 see that the bed be left sufficiently round from the middle 

 to the edges. The beginner must understand that no un- 

 sightly tallies, or -number sticks, are to distinguish the 

 Tulips ; but that he must adopt a sort of ground plan, divi- 

 ding the whole bed into rows of seven bulbs across ; for 

 example, take and write down the names and places of the 

 Tulips in the first row, and continue the same form all 

 through to the other end of the bed. 



Row 1st. 



No. 1. Fenelon, ------ this is a Bybloemen.. 



2. Duchess of Clarence, - - Rose-coloured. 



3. Charlemagne, .... Bybloemen. 



4. Louis the Sixteenth, - - Bybloemen. 



5. Memnon, ------ Bizarre. 



6.. Volney, Bybloemen. 



7. Lady Crewe, .... Rose-coloured. 



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