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to allow of the fullest expansion without quartering (as 

 it is called), that is, exhibiting any vacancy between the 

 petals. 3. The petals should be thick, smooth, and stiff, 

 and keep their form well. 4. The ground should be 

 clear and distinct, whether white or yellow. The least 

 stain, even at the lower end of the petal, would render 

 a tulip comparatively valueless. 5. Roses, by bio in ens, 

 and bizarres, are the three classes into which tulips are 

 now divided. The first have a white ground, and crimson, 

 or pink, or scarlet marks ; the second have white grounds, 

 and purple, lilac, or black marks ; and the last have 

 yellow grounds, with any coloured marks. 6. Whatever 

 be the disposition of colours or marks upon a tulip, all 

 the six petals should be marked alike, and be therefore 

 perfectly uiiiform. 7. The feathered flowers should have 

 an even close feathering all round, and whether narrow 

 or wide, light or heavy, should reach far enough round 

 the petals to form, when they are expanded, an unbroken 

 edging all round. 8. If the flower have any marking 

 besides the feathering at the edge, it should be a beam, 

 or bold mark down the centre, but not to reach the 

 bottom, or near the bottom of the cup ; the mark or 

 beam must be similar in all the six petals. 9. Elowers 

 not feathered, and with flame only, must have no marks 

 on the edges of the flower. Xone of the colour must 

 break through to the edge. The colour may be disposed 

 in any form, so that it be perfectly uniform in all the 

 petals, and does not go too near the bottom. 10. The 

 colour, whatever it be, must be dense and decided. 

 Whether it be delicate and light, or bright, or dark, it 

 must be distinct in its outline, and not shaded, or flushed, 

 or broken. 11. The height should be eighteen to thirty- 

 six inches ; the former is right for the outside row in a 

 bed, and the latter is right for the highest row. 12. 

 The purity of the white, and the brightness of the yellow, 

 should be permanent, that is to say, should stand until 

 the petals actually fall.-" Exhibiting gardeners and 

 fanciers will do wefl to consult the same authority for the 

 "properties" of other Florists' Elowers. 



