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ioees or Early Blowers, Medians or 

 Middling Blowers, and Serotlnis or 

 Late Blowers ; but there is no Oc- 

 cafion for making any n^ore Diftin- 

 Ciions than two, 'viz.. Early and 

 Late Blowers. 



The Early Blowing Tulip are 

 not near lb fair, nor rife half fo 

 high as the Late ones, but are 

 chiefly valu'd for appearing fo ear- 

 ly, in the Spring 5 fome of which 

 will flower the Beginning of Te- 

 bruaryy if planted near a Wail, Pale, 

 Hedge, or other Shelter j and the 

 others do fucceed them, fo that 

 they keep flowering until the ge- 

 neral Sealbn for thefe Flowers is 

 come, which is towards the End 

 of Apil. As thefe Early Blowing 

 Tulip are but few, fo I Ihall in- 

 fert the Names of the principal of 

 them i which are as follow : 



1 . Tiuke Van Toll, or Winter Duke. 



2. General Duke. 



5 . General Brandon. 

 4. Fretty Betty. 



j-. Dutchefs of Brandon, 



6. Lac Verine. 



7. Violet Ratgans. 



8. Violet Remoro or Tour pre Lijfe, 



9. Falto Van Leyden. 



10. Florifante. 



1 1 . Blindenburgh. 



12. Nonfuch, 



1 3 . Admiral Crinki. 



14. General Molffpick. 

 15'. Faragon Cleremont, 



16. Admiral Encufen, 



17. Morillion. 



18. NoMe/l. 



19. Early Ferfecf. 

 Zo, Superintendant* 

 21. Vice Roy. 



Z2. Maria. 



23. Aurora Van Bart. 



24, Faragon GrsthsfL 

 a.f. Galatea. 



z6. Marquis* 



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27. Gilden Bloemen. 



28. Alcetus. 



29. Jeroeel Van Haerlem* 



30. Jacht Van Delft, 

 3 I , Goude Son. 



32, Flamboyant, 

 53. Bruyd Renard^ 

 34. Falamedes. 

 35*. Apollo, 

 36. Juno. 

 ^j. Siher-boot. 



38. Florida Voorhelm* 



39. Roy d'Efpagne. 



40. Mertopolit. 



41. Konings-kroon, 



Thefe are the Names which have 

 been impos'd on thefe Flowers by 

 the Florilf s of the feveral Countries 

 where they were rais'd, and by 

 which the Roots may be obtained 

 from Flanders and Holland, where 

 the Florifl:s are very exadl in keep- 

 ing up their Lifls of thefe Flowers 

 compleat. 



The Roots of thefe Early Blow- 

 ing Tulips fhould be planted the Be- 

 ginning of September in a warm 

 Border, near a Wall, Pale, or Hedge, 

 becaule if they are put into an o- 

 pen Spot of Ground, their Buds 

 are in Danger of fuflering by Morn- 

 ing Frofls in the Spring, The Soil 

 for thefe fhould be renew'd every 

 Year, where People intend to have 

 them fair. The beft Soil for this 

 Purpofe is that which is taken 

 from a light fandy Pafture, with 

 the Turf rotted amongft it, and to 

 this fnould be added a fourth Part 

 of Sea-fand. This Mixture may be 

 laid about ten Inches deep, which 

 will be fufficient for thele Roots, 

 which need not be planted more 

 than four or five Inches deep at 

 moft. The Off-fets fliould not be 

 planted amongft the blowing Roots, 

 but in a Border by themfelvcs, 

 where they may be planted pretty 



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