A COMPLEAT BODY 
ee, AED ; I. 
* thick Fibres; firm in Subitance, and Snpaap ite 
within. =» i : 
The Leaves are "brobd: ereen with a) Tinge of 
ereyith, wav’d at the Fidaes: and fharp-pointed. 
~The Stalk is fifteen Inches high, tolerably up- 
right, firm, and ereyifh. | - 
The Flower is of the largeit Kind, ‘and painted — 
with a very bold and beautiful Variety. - 
> ‘The Colours. are three: a flefhy | Acrinkiea, a 
pearly White, anda very bright Yellow. Thefe 
are laid on in an inexhauftible Series of various | 
Forms, and thence from” one ‘Variety make a: 
thoufand. 
4 | The: 
-Pl. 34. This wants many of ae. SS Ravage: of the. 
Tig, 2: ~ others; Bignefs of F lower, Strength of Stalk, and 
Variety of Colour, “yet is there not one among. 
them which excels it when in full Perfection. 
This will depend upon Se se S Care; which 
we fhall direct. 3 
The Root is oblong, covered eg a black 
Skin, and hung with a few flight Fibres. 
The Leaves are broad, very long, hollow, of 
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There is not among all the Variety of Tulips 
than this. . 
~The Root is large, round, firm, and cover’d 
% en a dufky Skin; the Fibres are numerous and 
long. | 
«The Leaves are broad, waved at the Edge, of 
= Pale greyith § green, and Follow’d.. 
- "The Stalk is round, firm, upright, and eigh- | 
teen Thiches high ; thickeft at the Bafe, {maller to 
, the, Top, and of a pale green. 
‘The Flower is one of the largeft of the Tulip 
Kind; and very glowing in its Colours. Thefe 
are only two, yellow and red: but they are scr 
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Pi. 24, wn we preceding Flower ftrikes the diftads Eye 
Fig. 4. by the Force and Boldhefs: of its Colouring, this | 
is more caleulated for a near View. 
all is ftrong and ‘preaty in -thisdélicate and 
tender. ‘The Incurious pafs it over in the Ground, | 
but the Eye of a Dutch: Florift will reft- wholé 
Hours upon it, tracing the Shades and Tinés; 
theif Regularity and bittic 
‘It is ah upright and ftately Tulip, tho? not of : 
the largeft Kind. 
The Root is-oblongiand large, covered sith a | 
blackith Skin, and hung with a few flight Fibres, 
‘The Leaves are very large, bho. hollow, 
wav'd, pointed, and of a blue green, often brown 
in the hollow Part. © 
The Stalk is firm, but not very thick ; it-is of 
a pale green, upright, and fourteen Inches’ high. 
The Flower is regular in Shape, and in the 
Manner of Opening: fo much indeed, 
3 
that it 
‘The Root is roundifh, brown, and hung with | 
-a bolder colour’d or a more confpicuous Flower | 
In the other | 
- thrée outward, 
? | longeft, but not much fo.’ 
‘(CHANGEABLE TULIP. 
In ceneral, the White is the Body « or Ground 
Selous. but the Red covers the greater Part of 
the Flower ; ahd the Yellow is not blended with 
thefe, or laid on like them in, every Petal, but 
here and there touch’d as it were lightly and with 
a fantaftic Hand over the reft, in Clouds upon the 
| Edges. 
The Perfeétion of this F lower depends upon 
the Proportion of Red; if there be not a great 
| deal of this the whole is faint ; yet there mutt al- 
ways be left Space for the White and Yellow, in. 
both which alfo the Red may fhew itfelf in ele- 
gant Streaks. 
GOLDEN TULIP. 
a blueifh green} and pointed. 
The Stalk is a Foot high, round, pale, flender, 
and not. very firm. It feldom ftands perfectly up- 
right,. unlefs fupported. 
The Flower is moderately large, and of a perfe& 
gold Colour,: unting’d with any other. Its Dura- 
tion is a valuable Confideration, for it will outlast 
almoft any other Kind. 
BLEEDING TULIP. 
perfect in their Kinds, and well difpos’d in the 
Flower. The yellow is paler than what we ufually 
| exprefs by gold Colour, but perfeétly clear and 
bright. The Red is a deep Crimfon, and is very 
exactly what the beft Judges mean by Blood 
Colour. 
Thé Yellow «is the Ground T in&; the Red is 
laid on in very delicateVeins, and feems as if it were - 
a fluid Colour running down the Flower. Thence 
it obtain’d the Name of bleeding Tulip. The 
Streaks are dafh’d and broken in forte Places, but’ 
many of them are more diftin, and rife from 
the very Bottom of the Flower, breaking and: 
fending out Side Dathes as they ne. ) | 
The PEARL and CRIMSON TULIP, 
may ftand’as an Example to the Gardener what 
Flower of the Tulip Kind is perfeét. evilsb 
The fix Petals are in two. Series, ches within, 
and the three inner ones are 
The Bottom of the 
. Flower is finely rounded; {welling: i ina due Pro- 
portion to the Height; and giving a free Difpo- 
fare tothe Petals, without throwing them afunder, 
» Thus the whole:Flower, when in full Glor ty, is 
of a regular hollow Shape ; ; and the Tops of all 
the Petals are rounded off, not fharp pointed. 
This is the “Form when: full in: Bloom’; he 
Petals ftand. nearly:ftrait: uptight; sonly having 
fo much Variation from that Form as: takes off 
the Air of Stiffnefs. 
The Colours are only two; in plain Words 
they are white and red; but he who ftudies Na- 
ture in thefe elegant Forms, will find there are a 
thoufand Whites, and as many Reds, though we 
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May 
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