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the purpose, but is now usually discovered 

 by a particular species of fly hovering over the 

 place of its growth. It is said that the Truffle 

 has been found in the State of New York. 



Tuber. Truffle. An ancient Koman name. Lirm 

 Cnil>togamia Fungi-Gasteromycetes. Nat. Ord. Hel- 

 veuacta'. 



T. cfarium, a native of Europe, is the well- 

 known Truffle, which see. 



Trumpet Creeper, Trumpet Honeysuckle. b 

 Tccoma. 



Trumpet Flower. See Tecoma. 



Trumpet Lily. See Lilium longiftorum. 



Trumpet Weed. See Eupatorium purpureum. 



Tuberose. See Polianthes tuberosa. 



Tulbaghia. In honor of Tulbagh, a Dutch gov- 

 ernor of the Cape of Good Hope. Linn. Hexan- 

 dria-Monogynia. Nat. Ord. Liliacece. 



A small genus of evergreen perennials, natives 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. T. violacea is a very 

 beautiful plant. The flowers are violet-purple, 

 produced in many-flowered umbels, somewhat 

 like those of the Agapanthus, to which the genus 

 is allied. Propagated by division. 



Tulip. See Tulipa. 



Tulipa. The Tulip. Linn. Hexandria-Monogynia. 

 Nat. Ord. LiliacecK. 



The Tulip derives its name from the Persian 

 word Thoulyban, a turban; an Eastern head- 

 dress, sometimes made in the form of a well- 

 shaped Tulip. Tulips are divided into several 

 classes, and of these we shall speak in the order 

 of their flowering. The single and double vari- 

 eties of the Due Van Thol, of which the type is 

 Tulipa suaveolens, (from the Latin suavis, sweet,) 

 are the earliest and most suitable for pot culture 

 or forcing. If, in autumn, they are planted 

 singly, in small pots of light, rich soil, they 

 will flower extremely well in an ordinary room, 

 and contrast finely with Hyacinths in glasses. 

 They should be frequently exposed to fresh air, 

 and will flower in water like the Hyacinth, but 

 with less certainty and less luxuriance; hence 

 they are better grown in pots of soil. The Due 

 Van Thol was introduced into English gardens 

 from the South of Europe in 1603. The Single 

 Early Tulip, ( Tulipa Gesneriana, ) the parent of 

 our ordinary garden varieties, is a native of Asia 

 Minor, the Caucasus, Calabria, and Central Italy. 

 Conrad Gesner, a Swiss naturalist, in whose 

 honor it was named, first made it known by a 

 description and drawing in April, 1559. He 

 obtained his specimen in a garden at Augsburg, 

 where it was grown from seed brought from 

 Constantinople. It was first flowered in Eng- 

 land by Mr. James Garret, an apothecary, in 

 1577. Of this class of Early Single Tulips there 

 is almost an endless variety. They have received, 

 for more than two hundred years, all the care 

 and attention that could possibly be bestowed 

 on a plant, not only by the Dutch florists, but 

 by every skilled gardener throughout the Old 

 World. Notwithstanding the "mania" has 

 safely passed over, one of the Haarlem florists 

 this season (1880) offers eighteen hundred vari- 

 eties. To select from a list s.o large with a view 

 of pleasing, or of securing the most desirable, 

 would be to play a game of chance. Every color 

 and shade, except black, is represented, either 

 alone or mixed, striped, or shaded ; in fact, every 

 possible combination of color may be obtained. 

 Double Tulips are almost as common as the sin- 

 gle, many of them very showy and desirable. 

 But, like all others who have made a specialty 

 of the Tulip, we could never admire the double 



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as much as the single varieties. Late flowering 

 or Show Tulips, of which so much has been said 

 and written, have been grown from seed by 

 millions, the result of which has been the acqui- 

 sition of many superb varieties. There is a 

 singularity in Tulips which belongs to no other 

 flower. The seedlings generally, when they 

 first bloom, produce flowers without any stripes 

 or markings, but with a' yellow base, the up- 

 right portion of the petals being self-colored, 

 brown, red, purple, scarlet, or rose. In this 

 state, when they have been grown for years 

 without variation, they are called Breeders or 

 Mother Tulips. These are planted every year 

 Tintil they break into stripes, when, if the mark- 

 ings are fine, or different from any known, they 

 are named. It is often so many years before 

 they break, and the multiplication in the breeder 

 state is so rapid, that the border soon becomes 

 filled with this self-colored variety. Each per- 

 son who has broken one claims and has a 

 perfect right to give it a name; but much con- 

 fusion naturally exists, because of the fact that 

 different names have been given to those that 

 have broken almost exactly alike. In a bed of 

 a hundred seedlings, it is not probable that any 

 two will be very nearly alike in their markings. 

 This uncertainty adds greatly to the charm of 

 Tulip cultivation. The hope of something new 

 in the markings and penciling is a sufficient 

 stimulant for the enthusiast to persevere in his 

 labor of love until he has found one worthy of a 

 name. One singular feature in the Tulip is, 

 that after it breaks it ever remains the same. 

 Show Tulips are divided into three classes: 1. 

 Byblcemens, such as have a white ground, varie- 

 gated with purple, the edges well feathered, the 

 leaflets erect, and the whole forming a perfect 

 cup. 2. Bizarres, having a yellow ground, varie- 

 gated with scarlet, purple, rose, or violet. 3. 

 Roses, with white ground, variegated with rose- 

 color, scarlet, or crimson. The properties of a 

 good Tulip, as a florist's flower, are: 1. The cup 

 should form, when quite expanded, from half to 

 a third of a round ball. To do this, the petals 

 must be six in number, broad at the ends, 

 smooth at the edges, and the divisions between 

 the petals must scarcely show an indenture. 2. 

 The three inner petals should set closely to the 

 three outer ones, and the whole should be 

 broad enough to allow of the fullest expansion 

 without quartering, as it is called, or exhibiting 

 any vacancy between the petals. 3. The petals 

 should be thick, smooth, and stiff, and keep 

 their form well. 4. The ground should be clear 

 and distinct, whether white or yellow. The 

 least stain, even at the lower end of the petal, 

 renders a Tulip of less value. 5. Whatever be 

 the disposition of colors or marks upon a Tulip, 

 all the six petals should be marked alike, and 

 be, therefore, perfectly uniform. 6. The feath- 

 ered flowers should have an even, close feath- 

 ering all round; and whether narrow or wide, 

 light or heavy, should reach far enough round 

 the petals to form, when expanded, an unbroken 

 edging. 7. If the flower have any marking be- 

 sides the feathering at the edge, it should be a 

 bold mark down the- center, but not reaching 

 the bottom of the cup. The mark must be simi- 

 lar in all the six petals. 8. Flowers not feath- 

 ered, and with the flame only, must have no 

 marks on the edges of the flowers. None of the 

 colors must break through to the edge. The 

 color may be disposed in any form, so that it 

 be perfectly uniform in all the petals, and does 



