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tion nearly three centuries. It may be justly entitled tlie King 

 of Flowers, for tlic brilliancy and endless combination of all 

 colors and shades. The varieties of the Tulip are very nume- 

 rous, and are divided into diflferent classes. Those cultivated in 

 regular beds by amateurs are rose-colored, hyhloemen, and 

 hizari-es. There are a great many beautiful varieties, denomi- 

 nated Parrot Tulips, which have notched petals, striped or 

 diversified with green ; and also some very dwarfish kinds, 

 both single and double, which are generally cultivated in 

 parlors and green-houses. 



Mr. T. Hogg has published " A Treatise on the Cultivation 

 of Florists' Flowers," which comprises the Tulip, Carnation, 

 Auricula, Ranunculus, Polyanthus, Dahlia, German and China 

 Asters, Seedling Heart's Ease, and Nev/ Annuals. In that 

 work, which is dedicated to Queen Adelaide, the author 

 remarks that the cultivation of the Tulip is one of the most 

 fascinating and pleasing pursuits imaginable, and that w^hen 

 " the Tulip mania has fairly got hold of any one, it sticks to 

 him like the skin on his back, and remains with him the rest 

 of his life." He instances a Mr. Davey, of Chelsea, as being in 

 his seventy fifth year, and in whose breast the fancy for Tulips 

 was so predominant, that, in the autumn of 1832, he was 

 induced to part with a hundred sovereigns for one single Tulip, 

 named " Miss Fanny Kemble." Perhaps a better definition of 

 what constitutes the properties of a good Tulip could not be 

 given, than a description of this " precious gem, or loveliest of 

 all Tulips." But, lest my readers should conclude that the old 

 man was in his dotage, I would inform them that this favorite 

 bulb was purchased of the executors of the late Mr. Clarke, with 

 whom it originated, and that it had not only been the pet of 

 its owner, but had excited the envy and admiration of all the 

 amateurs who went to view it. 



" This precious gem, a hyhloemen Tulip, was raised from one 

 of Mr. Clarke's seedling breeders, and broke into color three 

 years ago. It has produced two offsets since, and is adapted 

 to the second or third row in the bed; the stem is firm and 



