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In the culture of the Tulip, Samuel Walker, •' Chair- 

 man of the Committee on Flowers, &c.," must take the pre- 

 cedence. On the 29th of May, 1838, his second annual 

 exhibition of this superb garden flower, took place and was 

 continued for ten days. By the addition of upwards of forty 

 new varieties to his show bed, the splendor of this year's 

 exhibition was greatly enhanced. Allusion has already been 

 made to this display in many of the public prints. A few of 

 the finer varieties are subjoined. 



Jlosa, — Rose Blanca, Madame Vestris, Domingo, Rose 

 Ephegene, Triomphe Royale, Thalestris. 



Bibloems. — Ambassador d'Holland, Roi de Siam, Vio- 

 let, Alexander, Incomparable d'Holland, Bugby's Queen, 

 Louis XVI. 



Bizarres. — Lord Duncan, Earl St. Vincent, Cicero, 

 Wildbore's Golden Fleece, Sir J. Moore, Sir Francis Bur- 

 dett, Neal's Captain Marryatt, Polyphemus, &c. 



The taste, beauty and perfection of culture displayed by 

 this gentleman, seem to bid fair in raising among us the Tulip 

 to that standard of merit, which it has formerly held in 

 Europe. To those who have had the pleasure of attending 

 these floral fetes, any further remarks in this section were 

 superfluous. It is to be anticipated that greater and wider 

 attention will be paid among florists, to this superlatively fine 

 plant, encouraged by the success so signally manifested in 

 this instance. 



Next in relative importance as a floral gem, in open cul- 

 ture, is the Hyacinth, among whose double and superb 

 varieties, can scarcely be recognized the prototype of Hya- 

 cinthus orientalis of the East. The annual importations of 

 the choicer varieties, and of good, merchantable quality by 

 two or three Florists and Seedsmen in Boston, have greatly 

 improved the character of this kind of floriculture, in this 



