JVt>/es on Gardens and JS^rsencs. 263 



Bears, L.-.nguedoc, Leopoldina, Lord Cochrane, Newington Beauty, 

 Othello, Orestes, Phitoff, Selkirk, ami Gen. Harrison. 



We should not forget to mention that Mr. Walker showed us a 

 fine bizarre of his own growth, which broke into color last season, 

 and was |)1accd in the old i)ed for the first time^ in the fall. He has 

 named it Gen. Harrison. It has a clean yellow ground, and is most 

 delicately feathered with dark brown; the petal is not of the first 

 character, or we are inclined to think it would rank as high as any 

 bizarre in cultivation: it may improve another year. 



Mr. Walker cultivates about two thousand bulbs in three large 

 beds, one of which, the most select, is protected by the awning which 

 he has described in his excellent article at p. 186, The flowers of 

 those without any shade were literally burnt up by the sun in a few 

 days. Our friends who are desirous of possessing a fine bed of tu- 

 lips, are referred to Mr. Walker's advertisement: they may rely 

 upon having a good selection of kinds, at very low prices. 



2'he colleclion of Tulips in the Public Garden. — The tulips which 

 flowered in the Public Garden were oi)tained from Mr. Groom, the 

 celebrated florist and tulip fancier, at Walworth, near London. Mr. 

 Groom has long been a cultivator of this flower, and has broken 

 some new and choice varieties, and his collection is said to be one of 

 the best in the kingdom. He has taken many prizes at the Great 

 Hampton Show. 



The bed contained about one thousand bulbs, and among them we 

 noticed some which we never saw in better perfection. The same 

 causes which we have enumerated in our remarks above, also much 

 diminished the beauty and general appearance of the bed. There 

 was, however, a sufficient dis|)lay to show the choicest of the col- 

 lection. The bulbs were well grown, and the colors as little rim as 

 any we ever saw. They were planted in the same bed in which Mr. 

 Walker's were grown last year. 



W^e went over the bed carefully, and were highly pleased with 

 many of the varieties, some of which are not to be found among 

 Mr. Walker's. Among the latter we mention the following as pos- 

 sessing excellent properties: — 



Bybloemens. — Holmes's Baguett, Lewald, Laoraedon, Ne Plus 

 Ultra. 



Rose. — Lady Crue, Catharine. 



Bizarre- — Milo, Albion. 



Poly[)hcmus, one of the most superb bizarres, Was flowering most 

 splendidly: there were two bulbs in the collection, only one of which 

 came true; but it was a flower which would not be forgotten among 

 a thousand by the most careless observer. Many of the same vari- 

 eties we have enumerated in Mr. Walker's list were also in flower, 

 in equal, and, in some instances, greater perfection. 



We were glad to learn that the show, though cut short by the ex- 

 treme hot weather, was well attended, and the flowers greatly ad- 

 mired. The taste for the tulij) is evidently increasing, and when a 

 few more seasons shall have passed, and such brilliant displays have 

 prepared the public to fully appreciate the beauties of the flowers, 

 we hope that we shall be able to announce the existence of many 

 select amateur collections of the tulip, as well as the very general 

 cultivation of the bulbs. 



