A Chapter on Tulips. 



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heights and their colours are uniformly contrasted. If this 

 plan is disregarded, or the names of the flowers be lost, all 

 kinds, bizares roses and bybloemens may be jumbled together, 

 so that the bed may exhibit only white, yellow and red patches, 

 and no regard to uniformity of appearance. 



Where a tulip is of a conspicuous kind, or liable to come 

 badly, it is best, perhaps, to plant them double, or two in one 

 hole, which gives a double chance to conform to the general 

 plan, both as to the height and colour. Polyphemus, for in- 

 stance, should be grown double, for the first reason, and Claud- 

 iana for the second, as this is apt to be treacherous ; Char- 

 bonneir is uncertain, again, as to colour, and should be 

 grown double ; Rosa Blanca, one of the most beautiful of the 

 roses, should also be grown double, being so apt to fail ; Mad- 

 ame Vestris, showy, but also of this character ; Duke of Clar- 

 ence hardly ever comes twice alike ; also, Siam is similar as 

 to its uncertainty, but never comes so coarse as does the for- 

 mer. I close these few hasty remarks by sending you a list 

 of the best sorts for a small bed, which may help a florist in 

 his selection of a few bulbs, and turn the attention of the am- 

 ateur to a flower which has again come into favor in England. 



Cerese Blanche, 

 Salvator Rosa, 

 Solon, 

 Wallace, 

 Gloria Mundi, 

 Came use de Croix, 

 Hamlet, 

 Polyphemus, 

 Reubens, 

 Aglaia, 

 Ambassador, 

 Compte de Vergennes, 

 William 4th, 

 Magnificent, 

 King (Holmes,) 

 Emily Rose, 

 Ulysses, 



Madame Vestris, 

 David, 

 Julia, 

 Roxbwy, March, 1846. 



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Dutch Ponceau, 



Jutio Romans, 



Selim, 



Cerese Bellforme, 



Rose Catharine, 



Queen of Sheba, 



King, (Strongs,) 



Cameuse, 



Washington, 



Sylvia, 



Brulante, 



Rosa Blanca, 



Titian, 



Duke of York, 



Charbonneier, 



Alexander, 



Fabens, 



Hamlet, 



Claudiana, 



Princess Charlotte. 



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