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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 up to this date." 



BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF TULIPS. 



The following description may serve to govern the choice of 

 amateurs. Tulips exhibited at the show are, in general, classed 

 and distinguished as follows : Flamed Bizarres, Feathered 

 Bizarres, Flamed Bybloemens, Feathered Bybloemens, Flamed 

 Roses, Feathered Hoses, and Selfs or plain-colored. 



A Bizarre 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 

 stripe to the extremity of the leaves, the color generally appear- 

 ing strongest in the inside petals. A Tulip, with this broad 

 colored stripe, which is sometimes called beamed or splashed, 

 is also, at the same time, frequently feathered. 



The flower 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 branch- 

 ing out and curved towards the top, and sometimes without 

 any spot or line at all. The petals are feathered more or less 

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

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

 in others, sometimes with breaks or gaps, and sometimes close 

 and continued all around. 



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

 striped, or variegated with violet or purple, only of various 



