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single and double, which are generally cultivated in 

 parlours and greenhouses. 



Mr. T. Hogg, of Paddington, near London, has 

 published a work, entitled, cc A Treatise on the Cul- 

 ture of Florists' Flowers, 55 which comprises the Tulip, 

 Carnation, Auricula, Ranunculus, Polyanthus, Dahlia, 

 German China Asters, Seedling Heartsease, and New 

 Annuals. In that work, which is dedicated to Queen 

 Adelaide, the author remarks that the cultivation of 

 the Tulip is one of the most fascinating and pleasing 

 pursuits imaginable, and that when the " Tulip 

 mania has fairly got hold of any one, it sticks to him 

 like the skin on his back, and remains with him for 

 the rest of his life. 55 He instances a Mr. Davey, of 

 Chelsea, as being in his seventy-fifth year, and in 

 whose breast the fancy for Tulips was so predominant, 

 that in the autumn of 1832 he was induced to part 

 with a hundred sovereigns for one single Tulip, named 

 " Miss Fanny Kemble. 55 Perhaps a better definition 

 of what constitutes the properties of a good Tulip 

 could not be given than a description of this <c precious 

 gem, or loveliest of all Tulips ; 55 but, lest my readers 

 should conclude that the old gentleman was in his 

 dotage, I would inform them that this favourite bulb 

 was purchased of the executors of the late Mr, Clarke, 

 with whom it originated, and that it had not only 

 been the pet of its late owner, but had excited the 

 envy and admiration of all the amateurs who went to 

 view it. 



" This precious gem, a Bybloemen Tulip, was raised 



