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DESCItirri\E FLOWER LISTS. THE TULIP. 
were supposed to see the flower, it was Poly- 
phemus, and nothing else. 
Albion (Goldham's). — As wc have seen 
this flower, it was a very showy Lizard, 
with a flatne up the middle, of the. petals, and 
no feathers. It lias appeared to us a distinct 
flower, but we have no doubt that flamed 
Polyphemuses have been substituted for them ; 
the one we saw for the true one at Mr. Gold- 
ham's, Avas a flower of less«firmness of texture, 
and rather larger bloom, in proportion to the 
plant. "We have since seen Polyphemus called 
Albion in several beds, but it was not the 
flower we saw in Mr. Goldham's collection. 
Platoff. — A popular bizard, which has 
been broken from the breeder by many per- 
sons, and each gave it a name. Mr. Strong 
called it Charles X., Mr. Page christened it 
George IV., and it has been successively called 
many other names. Platoff, like nearly all 
Tulips, is scarcely two seasons alike, but it is 
in its best character when it comes feathered. 
It is a middle-row bizard, bold cup, not a bad 
form, and very showy ; but we have seen fifty 
in a store bed without observing one in good 
trim. When it is featherd all round with a 
broad heavy feather, it is a grand addition to a 
bed, but it is not of first-rate texture. 
Bacchus. — A bizard of large size, very 
showy when it opens, but flushes into a most 
dirty-looking flower before it has been long 
expanded. It has been thrown out of most 
collections, though there is a supposed seed- 
ling from the same pod, or, at any rate, a 
flower from what has been reported to be the 
same breeders, of a higher quality, called 
Paul Potter. — A fine bold bizard, with 
clear yellow heavy colouring, but pure yellow 
ground ; opens almost as soon as any in the 
bed, and stands among the last without flush- 
ing. This flower was not plentiful, and we 
have seen the Bacchus sold for it often, and 
many a man disappointed. It is a fourth-row 
flower, size above the average. 
Bacchus. — In the Catalogues we have this 
called Rose Bacchus ; but, however it may be 
tolerated in Catalogues, it would be a doubtful 
flower to show as a rose on the stand. It is 
a fourth-row flower, comes out a reddish pur- 
ple, and goes off quite purple, like a byblomen. 
This is a full size, pure bottom, and useful in 
a bed, but we hardly know which to class it 
in ; we should place it where we wanted a 
byblomen. 
Rose Walworth. — A fourth-row rose, 
occasionally very grand, being a high-coloured 
flower ; the ground is a creamy white, and 
sometimes bleaches quite clear. It has been 
grown and shown fine, but it is an uncertain 
flower, and occasionally comes with blue in 
the bottom. 
Marcellus. — This is not so much a show- 
flower for a stand, as it is a beauty for a bed. 
Clear and bright in its ground, and often very 
lightly marked, it is a superb flower in its 
way, and cannot but be a favourite. When 
heavily coloured it becomes more like a Char- 
bonnier than anything else ; and some have 
gone so far as to say it is only a fine Char- 
bonnier. People who thus set it down cannot 
be very close observers. We cannot see the 
same yellow in the two flowers, nor the same 
shape. It is not so compact a cup as Char- 
bonnier, though we fear many a fine Char- 
bonnier has been sold for it. This sort of 
dealing leads to many mistaken descriptions. 
It is a full second-row flower, and was broken 
and let out with Polyphemus, by Mr. Law- 
rence, of Hampton. 
Duchess of Kent. — A third -row rose, 
of very deep coloui*, with the edges inclined 
to turn inwards. Like all very heavy-coloured 
flowers, it will sometimes come foul, but when 
in proper order it is a fine variety in a bed ; 
the cup is never good enough to show well in a 
stand. The flower was broken by Mr. Strong, 
and kept its price up well until the publication 
of the properties of the Tulip, when all ill- 
formed Tulips, even to Pompe Funebre, which 
has always been costly, lowered in price. 
Ponceau Tres-blanc, and Ceres Blanche, 
have either been so confounded that no one 
knows one from the other, or they are the 
same in origin. No one is more useful as an 
outside-row flower ; and varying, as it does, 
in quantity of colour, as well as the disjjosi- 
tion, you can hardly have too many in a bed. 
The colour is bright and beautiful at all times; 
and of a hundred flowers, though perhaps 
hardly two would be alike, they would be all 
good. 
Apelles. — This bizard has been as costly 
as most of the good ones, and is far from a 
plentiful flower, or a cheap one, in the present 
day. It is, when in its true character, a most 
beautifully marked bizarcl, and hardly any 
better contrast between the ground and the 
slight feather exists. It is a second-row 
flower, and might be used as a third occa- 
sionally. The only flower we know that 
comes as slightly feathered, is Gloria muncla 
yellow, but the feather of that is often, indeed 
always, more or less broken ; whereas this is 
sometimes seen with a splendid unbroken 
feather all round the edge of the petals, and 
as black as anything that has been seen in the 
Tulip way. This forms a rich contrast to the 
clear golden yellows. 
Hutley's Queen. — A byblomen of certain 
good properties, such as thick petul, fine white 
ground, and dark markings ; but it expands 
freely, occasionally in hot weather comes 
out nearly flat, and then the petals show vacan- 
cies between . them, or, in the language of 
