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white or yellow. The least stain, even at the lower 

 end of the petal, would render a tulip comparatively value- 

 less. 



5. Roses, bybloemens, and bizarres are the three classes 

 into which tulips are now divided. The first have a white 

 ground, and crimson or pink or scarlet marks ; the second 

 have white grounds, and purple, lilac, or black marks ; and 

 the last have yellow grounds, with any colored marks. 



6. Whatever be the disposition of colors, or marks, upon 

 a tulip, all the six petals should be marked alike, and be, 

 therefore, perfectly uniform. 



7. The feathered flowers should have an even, close 

 feathering all round ; and whether narrow or wide, light or 

 heavy, should reach far enough round the petals to form, 

 when they are expanded, an unbroken edging all round. 



8. If the flower have any marking besides the feathering 

 at the edge, it should be a beam, or bold mark down the 

 centre, but not reaching the bottom, or near the bottom, of 

 the cup : the mark, or beam, must be similar in all the six 

 petals. 



9. Flowers not feathered, and with flame only, must 

 have no marks on the edges of the flowers. None of the 

 color must break through to the edge. The color may be 



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