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"gnlip, 



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(Hulipa (Pcsncriana. Natural Order: Liliacccc — Lily Family. 



URICH was the birthplace, and March 26, 15 16, the birth- 

 ■f^^ da^-, of the celebrated Swiss naturalist, botanist and scholar, 



M- ./ V Conrad Gesner, from whom this variety of the Tulip derives 

 ,-^,' 'Tr'^ its distinctive name. It is a purely oriental flower; its tex- 

 ture, its depth of color, and even its shape, suggest to the 

 mind the glories of the far-ofl" eastern climes whence it has 

 its birth. It is of Persian origin, and the native name, dulhand, 

 i-om whence its synonym in our language is derived, signifies a tur- 

 ban, after their own peculiar national head-dress. The Tulip was 

 introduced into Europe by Gesner, since whose time its cultivation 

 has received the most indefatigable attention. Under European taste, 

 skill and care, the number of varieties has grown to over seven hun- 

 dred: and the colors into which it has sported are many and mag- 

 nificent. In old records it is found that in the year 1637 one hundred and twenty 

 Tulips were sold at public auction tor nine thousand guilders — equal to thirty-six 

 hundred dollars. There is a species of wild Tulip quite common in the woods 

 and vineyards of Germany. In Siberia the bulbs are used as food, although bitter 

 and acrid. 



JftlHraHun of Jou^, 



TJELEN, I lo^ 



-T^ I i>wear bv 



love thee; bv m_v lite I do; 



that which I will lose for thee 

 To prove him false that says I love thee not. 



Shakt;speare. 



.VS\ filled with such amaze, pvEAR art thou to me now as in that hour 



So far transported with desire and love, ^^ When first love's wave of feeling, spraylike, broke 



i slippery soul flies to you while I speak. Into bright utterance, and we said we lov'd. 



-Kn,/,^sl,r. -Bailey. 



T D.\RE not linger near thee as a brother, 



I feel my burning heart would still be thine; 

 Mow could I hope m\' passionate thoughts to smother. 

 When yielding all the sweetness to ;inother 



Which should be mine. —Amelia B. Welby. 



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