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ffyacinths, and other Bulbs, to bloom in pots or ^lasses» 



For this purpose, single Hyacinths, and such as are designated 

 as earliest among* the double, are to be preferred. — Double and 

 single Jonquils, Poleanthus Narcissus, and double Narcissus, also 

 make a fine appearance during the winter season. 



Bulbs intended for blooming in pots during the winter season, 

 should be planted during the months of October and November, 

 and be left exposed to the open air until it begm<j to freeze, and 

 then be placed in the Green-house, or a warm room. They will 

 need moderate occasional waterings, and should be exposed as 

 much as possible to the sun and light, to prevent the leaves from 

 growing too long, or becoming yellow. 



Those intended for glasses should be placed in them about the 

 middle of November, the glasses being previously filled with pur^ 

 water, so that the bottom of the Bulb may touch the water, then 

 place them for the first ten days in a dark room, to promote the 

 shooting of the roots, after which expose them to the light and sun 

 as much as possible; the water should be changed as often as it 

 l?ecomes inipure, and care be taken not to suiFer it to freeze. 



REMARKS. 



T U LIP — TuUpa gesneriana. 



In no class of plants has nature so varied her delicate tints as 'A 

 this ; it would seem as if each change which nature or art is 

 capable of forming, was included in the varying* beauties of the 

 Tulip, above 1,100 varieties of which are cultivated in some of the 

 gardens of Holland. All the finer varieties, however, of this delight- 

 ful flower, have been obtained, by cultivation and art, during the 

 last two centuries, through the perseverance of the Dutch, French 

 and Flemish florists ; several kinds of which possess a delightful 

 fragrance, although persons who are ignorant of this circumstance, 



have made the want of it an objection to this splendid flow:er 



About the middle of the seventeenth century the rage for the Tulip 

 was so great in Holland, that from four to twenty.five thousand 

 florins were given for a single root. The Tulip called Semper 

 Augustus was sold for ten thousand florins, (§ 4,000,) and the 

 one called Viceroif for twenty-five thousand florins, (g 10,000.) 

 This extraordinary traflic was, however, soon checked by the 

 interference of the Legislature, who enacted that no Tulip, or 

 other flower, should be in future sold fo? a sum exceeding about 

 fifty guine-dS; and so effectual has been this law, that at present 

 the highest price of any Tulip in that country is only one hundrecj- 



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