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ing out on each side ; fine narrow lines, called arched 

 and ribbed, often extend, also, from this broad stripe 

 to the extremity of the leaves ; the colour generally- 

 appearing strongest in the inside petals ; a Tulip, 

 with this broad coloured stripe, which is sometimes 

 called beamed or splashed, is, at the same time, 

 frequently feathered also. 



It is called feathered when it is without this broad 

 stripe ; but yet it may have some narrow lines, joined 

 or detached, running up the centre of the leaf, some- 

 times branching out and carved towards the top, and 

 sometimes without any spot or line at all ; the petals 

 are feathered more or less round the edges or margin, 

 inside and out, the pencilling or feathering is heavy 

 or broad in some, and light or narrow in others, some- 

 times with breaks or gaps, and sometimes close, and 

 continued all round. 



A Bybloemen Tulip has a white ground, lined, 

 marked, striped, or variegated with violet or purple, 

 only of various shades ; and whether feathered or 

 flamed, is distinguished by the same characters and 

 marks which are pointed out and applied to the Bi- 

 zarred Tulips. 



A Rose Tulip is marked or variegated with rose, 

 scarlet, crimson, or cherry colour, on a white ground ; 

 and the Feathered Rose is to be distinguished from 

 the Flamed by the same rules, as described before ; 

 the Rose is very often both feathered and flamed. 



A Self, or Plain-coloured Tulip, properly so called* 



