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mens, Flamed Roses, Feathered Roses, and Selfs, or plain- 

 coloured. 



A Bizarre Tulip has a yellow ground, marked with pur- 

 ple or scarlet of different shades ; it is called //awjet/ when a 

 broad or irregular stripe runs up the middle of the petals, 

 with short abrupt projecting points, branching out on each 

 side ; fine narrow lines, called arched and ribbed, often extend 

 also from this broad stripe to the extremity of the leaves, the 

 colour generally appearing strongest in the inside petals ; a 

 Tulip, with this broad coloured stripe, which is sometimes 

 called beamed or splashed, is, at the same time, frequently 

 feathered also. 



It is culled feathered when it is without this broad stripe; 

 but yet it may have some narrow lines, joined or detached, 

 running up the centre of the leaf, sometimes branching out 

 and carved toward the top, and sometimes without any spot 

 or line at all ; the petals are feathered more or less round 

 the edges or margin inside and out ; the pencilling or feath- 

 ering is heavy or broad in some, and light or narrow in 

 others, sometimes with breaks or gaps, and sometimes close 

 and continued all round. 



A Byhloemen Tulip has a white ground, lined, marked, 

 striped, or variegated with violet or jDurple, only of various 

 shades ; and whether feathered or flamed, is distinguished 

 by the same characters and marks which are pointed out 

 and applied to the Bizarred Tulips. 



A Rose Tulip is marked or variegated with rose, scarlet, 

 crimson, or cherry colour, on a white ground; and the 

 Feathered Rose is to be distinguished from the Flamed by 

 the same rules as described before ; the Rose is very often 

 both feathered and flamed. 



A Self, or plain-coloured Tulip, properly so called, is eithei 

 white or yellow, and admits of no farther change ; othei 

 plain-coloured Tulips, whether red or purple, are called 

 breeders, and are hardly worthy of being exhibited. Mr, 

 Hogg informs us, that ^100, say $500, judiciously expended 



