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fceveral stems to each root, and generally two flowers on 

 each stem, which are perfectly white and very large, with a 

 tube at the base of the flower, which gives it an elongated 

 form. It is perfectly hardy, and thrives most in a soil of 

 half bog earth and half strong loam. The roots should be 

 placed about three inches deep. 



REMARKS. 



Tulip, Tulifia geeneriana, In no class of plants has na- 

 ture so varied her delicate tints as in this ; it would seem as 

 if each change which nature or art is capable of forming, was 

 included in the varying beauties of the Tulip, above 1,100 

 varieties of which are cultivated in some of the gardens of 

 Holland. All the finer varieties^ however, of this delightful 

 flower, have been obtained by cultivation and art during the 

 last two centuries, through the perseverance of the Dutch) 

 French, and Flemish florists j several kinds of which possess 

 a delightful fragrance, although persons who are ignorant of 

 this circumstance have made the want of it an objection to 

 this splendid flower, About the middle of the 17th century > 

 the rage for the Tulip was so great in Holland, that from 

 four to twenty-five thousand florins were given for a single 

 root. The Tulip called Semper Augustus was sold for ten 

 thousand florins, (& 4,000,) and the one called Viceroi, for 

 twenty-five thousand florins, ( 10,000.) This extraordinary 

 traffic was, however, soon checked by the interference of the 

 Legislature, who enacted, that no Tulip, or other flower^ 

 should be in future sold for a sum exceeding fifty gui- 

 neas ; and so effectual has been this law, that at present the 

 highest price of any Tulip in that country is only one hun- 

 dred and fifty florins, (g 60,) and the highest priced Lily 

 about the same sum. Tulips are divided into early and 

 late Blowers; the former begin blooming about the 15th 

 of April, and are followed by the latter kinds in succes- 

 sion uniil the end of May ; the late kinds produce the largest 

 flowers, the stems of which are generally from 20 to 30 

 inches in height. 



Hyacinths Hyacinthus orientalis. This favourite flower 

 which, with its great beauty, combines also the most exqui- 

 site fragrance, has been cultivated in Holland to an equal ex- 

 tent with the Tulip, and 1,300 varieties are found in the gar- 

 dens of that country. The first Double Hyacinth known in 

 Holland was raised from seed about the end of the ITth een- 



