erose, poi sap se in se old cs wee. of Tuberous = a- 
nd 
It i is usually 0 be ott 
yee recently, it ¢ hes been Wanaved i hive come from South 
ual 
sa sheathing, smooth, pale, io rather glaucous: 8 
: G, mye 
beautifully seen by the naked eye, with its petals, pistil, and 
stamens. ; 
The method of making a tulip Soe sp af fe bei 
divers ceaene,4 is by transplanting from a 
~ sandy. e plant is weakened out this effect i is see 
duced, and loses almost half i its height.—See Darw 
d sure more lovely to 
In streaks of fairest symmetry. 
Dr. John Langhorn.—Fables of Flora. 
Its leav es were dressed in a rich emay, 
t pere 
The rich coed of ha: re rose —s is most sce in the 
nfin “of 
— ta the words vf the pt "Tis omeoonagte lends me 
t th f day, 
When the mist rolls over the valley. Percival. 
The tulip has no calyr. Corolla a ales of six petals, 
ovate-oblong, concave, erect, deciduous, inferior. Seeds nume- 
rous. The common garden tulip is calle a es 
Native of the several bordering on Mount Caucasus 
wild state, the pe are crimson, yellowish at the ny 
cages t the payrattuip 
£ th: 
Cappadocia Turkey, 
and Gesneriana, The ga - named "ter the rent: Con i 
nm n Pop 
ed from the others, by “4 pic std geal ade sweet- 
—— EIR, senate of its size, _ ea ing. 
of the rose, 
displayi ing a more go rgeous and varied tinting of “colors, to 
balance the superior fragrance of an compeer. The Turks 
regard this flower with so ymuch favor, that in addition to theit 
“ Feast of Roses,’’ their “‘ Feast of Tulips” is celebrated annu- 
ally in the Grand Seignor’s gardens, with a magnificence of 
splendor and pomp, that can dh be compared to the fairy 
ig Tal 
scenes of the Arabian Night’ 
Sir t Boyle amused hi cote occasionally, with moral- 
izing upon the objects presented to his observation. Thetulip 
and the rose, chancing to come under his ayn gi! giving 
due praise to each, he ad ds, Stulips whils t they are fresh, do 
| indeed t DY lustre colors S, more delight 
the eye than 7 ae ei so soon as they have lost that freshness, 
and paneer ‘et olely endeared them, they degenerate 
into things, not — AR HH = distes teful; whereas 
| roses, besides stl — sige ee Hg 58 to the eye, 
_ | (which is suffici eo i oak char rm - it,) dp not 
So late as “heya 1554, the Turks “euaaged a ‘heh ene for 
these 
makes no mention of the ie which i is corroborative of chiad 
nding beneath th’ invi isible west- aint | sighs.” 
T gives the same fig depen - the above, and says 
8 
aly "ie their color jonger thari tuli 8,1 but 
Vig: 
> 
| that survive the s spri ng and recommend them all the year. 
) Thus, those unadvised young ladies, 
despise all other qualities, and so soon hey have “lost their 
youthful Heke quickly pass from being ouee of wonder 
and love, to be so of pity, if ‘not t of scorn = here & thors ese “ 
as to fan 
may by the fragrancy of their reputation, Sor po virtues 
t im e, be 
d valu 
is alone worth their being concerned for. In a word, they 
prove the a a as well as the wisest ladies.’? 
“The beauty which leaves not behind 
oveliness of m 
Some lasting charm, some loyeli f mind; 
8 per e of the soul, wh live on, 
When grace of form and rainbow hues are gone, 
May, for a day, our ape iensics n move— 
May please our fancy 
The tulip is made bre Pir lem We ich an oriental lover 
—presenting ta idea, that like that 
sein he has a umenis all on fire, and a heart reduc 
oal. 
“Whose leaves, with their ruby glow, 
Hide the heart that lies burning and black below.” 
