DESCRIPTIVE FLOWER LISTS. THE TULIP. 
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Ambassador d? Holland. — A noble black 
and white middle-row flower, which has pretty 
universally a stained bottom, a dark creamy 
stain. It is a useful flower ; for we cannot 
expect to get a complete bed of all clear 
flowers, and Ambassador is too gay to lose 
sight of. The flower is a good bold size, and 
deserves a place even in best beds, notwith- 
standing the drawback of its creamy bottom. 
The form is good among the large varieties. 
Washington. — A bold deeply-coloured 
byblomen, with thick petal, good white and 
clean bottom ; three of the petals rise above 
the others, which rather takes from its value ; 
nevertheless, it is a good showy bed flower, 
and has been a favourite for many years. 
The colour is deep purple, and it is generally 
well marked for exhibition. It will go in the 
second and third rows. 
Lawrence's Friend. — A very pretty by- 
blomen, with a good deal of colour. At first 
coming into flower, it is like a tricolor; but 
it always bleaches white, or nearly so, and 
the flower, though smaller, and taller in the 
stem, is very much like a handsome Washing- 
ton. There is the same characteristic in the 
separation of the top and bottom petals. The 
flower is in repute, but there are faults ; 
the want of a round outline, and the diffi- 
culty of catching a bloom when just in per- 
fection, is great. 
Desdemona. — A middle row, light- coloured 
byblomen, not always clean, or perfectly marked; 
but a very useful bed variety, very showy and 
desirable, the cup rather long, but in the 
middle and third row gives a pleasing change. 
Salvator Rosa — A magnificent byblomen, 
with nearly all the characteristics of Polyphe- 
mus Bizard ; close, well -formed, compact cup, 
pure "white, deep purple ; comes heavy in 
colour, if grown coarse, in which respect, as 
well as all others but the colour, it is quite a 
match for the favourite bizard. The petal 
is thick, the ground pure, and the colour rich ; 
we have seen it the most magnificent bloom 
among thousands, and so we may say of 
the bizard, from which we have no doubt it 
was raised. It is a second row flower, of 
good average size, and a star in any bed that 
had it. 
Wallace. — A byblomen, very nearly simi- 
lar, but of a different purple, so that the two 
flowers blooming together would be recog- 
nised from each other, though possessing much 
of the good properties in common. 
Ceres Belleforme. — A very compact and 
beautifully marked rose for the first or second 
row, but most proper for the first. Opens 
rather yellow, but bleaches white. The cup 
does not very much expand, but there are 
many good points to make up for it. The 
petals are so well together, that, like Polyphe- 
mus and Salvator Rosa, they are like one petal 
instead of six ; the colouring is always beau- 
tiful in all its characters. 
Rubens — A rich byblomen of the second or 
third row, average size, deep fine purple, pure 
white, clean bottom, nearly as showy as a 
Louis, and always good in a bed. The form 
of the cup is not so good as that of some of 
the more modern flowers, the petals being 
rather inclined to narrow at the ends, but it 
is a noble and desirable flower, with all its 
faults, and maintains its station in all good 
beds. 
Thalia. — A very grand byblomen, compact, 
well-formed, but not much expanded cup. 
The white exceedingly pure and clear to the 
bottom, bloom above the average size, and a 
good deal above average quality. The petals 
remarkably thick, the height equal to the mid- 
dle row, and in all respects a desirable flower. 
Apt to mark irregularly, until it is reconciled 
to the treatment it is undergoing. 
Alcon. — A large middle row byblomen 
clean but loose, showy, but not neatly made. 
It is a useful flower in a large bed, and, 
although cheap, still grown by many first-rate 
collectors. The cup is rather long than 
otherwise. 
Grand Monarque. — A third or fourth 
row byblomen, very showy, but not always so 
pure as we like them in the bottom. It is 
generally feathered strongly, and forms a good 
feature in a bed. The cup is rather loose, and 
the white good ; but still it is not much 
valued. 
Lord Hawhesbury. — A very fine looking 
byblomen, fit for the third row, pure white, 
long eup, fine purple, and the flower altogether 
showy, and in a bed desirable. 
Aglaia. — A third-row rose, very pure 
ground, and showy, occasionally lightly fea- 
thered and heavily flamed. No certainty in 
the quantity of colour, nor the disposition of 
it ; sometimes very beautiful. 
Albano. — One of Mr. Rutley's tricolor 
flowers, pretty when it comes out with a 
straw-coloured ground, but undecided when 
bloomed out ; it is a tall second row, or a 
short third-row variety, and occasionally 
bleaches pretty nearly a pure white. 
Albion. — Under this name, we have a 
northern flower, which, we are told, is also 
called Lord Fortescue. Mr. Slater says this 
was broken at Manchester, from a supposed 
Dutch breeder. The flower received for it 
from Manchester, by Mr. Jeffrys, proved to 
be a Polyphemus. Whether this was a mis- 
take or not, it is impossible to say; the Man- 
chester description of the flower is right also 
for Polyphemus in all but the shape. They 
say the cup is long. This cannot apply to 
Polyphemus. However, the only time Ave 
