12 TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 



But leaving the Rose with its sweet perfume, we will speak of another 

 flower, to which the following poetical language has been applied: — 



" Who thus, O Tulip, thy gay painted breast 

 In all the colors of llie sun has drest ? 

 Weil could I call thee, in 1I13' gaudy pride, 

 The Queen of flowers." 



" Then comes the Tulip race, where beauty plays 

 Her idle frejiks." 



The time has long since gone by, when the mad speculation of the Tulip 

 mania raged, and the fancy won and lost fortunes in a day, in the ex- 

 change of these roots ; but even now, many of the choice varieties bear a 

 high price, and a bed of Tulips requires no small outlay, if composed of 

 choice roots. 



Samuel Walker has given amateurs repeated opportunities to examine 

 beds of this flower in all their perfection and glory, having imported all 

 the choice varieties, and taken special pains in their cultivation, the bulbs 

 being arranged in the beds according to height of the flower. He also 

 built a tulip house to screen them from the sun, and bad weather, when 

 in flower. Unless tulips are thus sheltered and protected from the sun 

 and wind, however fine the varieties may be, their beauty will soon be 

 spoiled by the running of the colors. 



J. L. L. F. Warren has also been at the expense of a large tulip house, 

 where he annually exhibits a large collection of choice flowers. A large 

 collection of the choicest varieties, imported, a few years since, by Horace 

 Gray, Esq., for the Public Garden, while under the judicious management 

 of J. E. Teschemacher, flowered repeatedly, in the most satisfactory man- 

 ner, affording a rich treat to those who were partial to this flower. This 

 collection has since passed into the hands of Jos. Breck & Co., and still re- 

 tains its high character. In the cultivation of the Tulip, great care is 

 necessary to prevent it losing the distinctive characters of the varieties, by 

 its becoming foul, or blending of the colors, which is oftentimes the case 

 when the soil is made too rich by stimulating manures. 



The Fuchsia, among other flowers, has graced our Hall in great per- 

 fection. Many of the new varieties are superb; specimens have been 

 exhibited truly magnificent. The Society have been indebted to the Pres- 

 ident, and other members for repeated displays of rare varieties, which 

 seem to have been greatly multiplied of late. 



The varieties of the Japan Lilies, first exhibited by the President of the 

 Society, created quite a sensation among florists. They are unquestionably 

 the most splendid species of the Lily tribe ever introduced into this country, 

 and should they prove hardy, will be a very important acquisition to the 

 garden ; at present, they are cultivated in the greenhouse ; in one instance. 



