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rent. Each distinct class of tulips is originated from one su- 

 perior breeder. The Bybloems are from different breeders, 

 all of a pure white base. Bigarres are also from diJSerent 

 breeders, but all of a bright yellow base. Double tulips are 

 there patronized by no true florist of pretension to taste, 

 and Parrot tulips are termed monsters. The standard of 

 beauty is a single tulip, distinguished for the purity of its 

 base and ground color, the decided tint of the traced lines, 

 the dark color of the stigma and anthers, and the finely 

 rounded form of the petals. 



With the exception of the Polyanthus Narcissus, which is 

 cultivated largely, the soil of Haarlem does not seem so well 

 suited to other bulbs, as to the hyacinth and tulip. There 

 are about Haarlem many bearing fruit trees, dwarfed in the 

 nurseries, by being removed every third year, and having 

 their branches tied down to a hoop. The circulation of the 

 sap being thus impeded, flower-buds are formed, and the 

 Dutchman can taste his fruit the year after it is removed 

 from the nursery. He may also obtain from the nurseries, 

 ready formed hedges, and thus save himself that which is of 

 more value than money — time. There are some Platanus 

 occidentalis cultivated, but many of them were destroyed in 

 1814, by a disease similar to that which has appeared among 

 them in this country. Many other objects of horticultural 

 interest arrested my attention, and I took my seat again in 

 the cars, well pleased with the many floral beauties and ob- 

 jects of interest, that had greeted me, and nowise wishing to 

 recall this very pleasant day among the far-famed gardens 

 that grace the fairest city of the land of dykes. 



Flushings L. /., Dec.^ 1845. 



Art. IV. Remarks on the Duration and Vigor of Seedling 

 Fruits. By T. S. Humrickhouse, Coshocton, Ohio. 



The most sensible men will occasionally advance opinions 

 the most incongruous and strangely inconsistent with each 

 other. The following extracts from Downing's new ^Ivork, 



