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 Hyacinths, and other Bulbs, to bloom in pots or glasses. 
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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. 7 
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 begins 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 pure 
water, so that the bottom of the. Bulb may touch the water, then 
place them for the first ten days,ina 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 
becomes impure, and care be taken not to suffer it to freeze. 
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REMARKS. 
. TULIP—Tulipa gesneriana. 
In no class of plants has nature so varied her delicate tints as in 
this; it would seem as if each change which nature or art is. 
_ capable of forming, was included in the varying beauties of the 
 Pulip, 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 flower.— 
About the middle of the seventeenth century the rage for the Tulip 
was so great in Holland, that from four to twenty-five thousand 
fiorins were given for a single root. The Tulip called Semper 
Augustus was sold for ten thousand florins, (% 4,600,) and the 
one called Viceroi, for twenty-five thousand florins, (§ 10,000.) 
This extraordinary traffic was, however, soon checked by the 
interference of the Legislature, who enacted that no Tulip, or 
other flower, should be in future sokd for a sum exceeding about 
fifty guineas; and so effectual has been this law, that at present — 
the highest price of any Tulip Pate country is only one hundred 
