DESCRIPTIVE FLOWER LISTS. THE TULII\ 
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Tulip fanciers, the flower quarters. It has 
always brought a good price, for as yet it is a 
scarce flower ; but it is not any more certain 
as to flame or feather, or more or less colour, 
than any other flowers. 
Lady Louisa. — A flower broken by Mr. 
Clarke, of Croydon, whose only remark upon 
it in his book was, " like Pandora, but better." 
After blooming two years, and observing that 
it had not the disposition to blight in the 
petals that Pandora always exhibits, Mr. 
Glenny, who purchased the stock at Mr. 
Clarke's death, named it Lady Louisa. Several 
first-rate growers have bloomed it, and say it 
is like Pandora ; but they also observe that it 
does not show the fault which alone takes from 
the value of Pandora, and prevents it from 
being shown one season in half a dozen. The 
character of the flower is pure white ground, 
light purple flame, rarely feather enough to 
sustain the character; a finely-formed leaf, 
and rather captivating flower. 
Man of Kent (Jeffrey s King). — This is, 
perhaps, one of the most striking bizards we 
see among the ordinary flowers ; bright out- 
side as well as in, but — and we have heard it 
stated otherwise — there is a smudge at the 
base of the three inner petals. It may come 
without, for there are other flowers of some 
standing and value that have occasionally the 
same fault ; for instance, Strong's King, a 
flower of exquisite beauty, will sometimes 
show that fault. From this we have a right 
to suppose that the Man of Kent will occa- 
sionally come without that blemish, though we 
never saw it so. It is a second-row flower, 
and comes mostly with an unbroken feather, 
black and coarse, and is very striking in a bed. 
Shakspeare. — One of the most widely-con- 
trasted' flowers Ave have, in its different cha- 
racters. It is capable of coming a brilliant 
black and golden yellow; and yet, to see it out 
of character which, in spite of everything it 
will come, hardly any bizard looks so com- 
mon, and, we may add, so destitute of good 
properties. We have seen it with a rich black 
feather nearly half-an-inch deep, and not a 
speck on any other part of the petal. It sold 
freely at ten guineas for some time, and a 
strain of it, supposed to be more certain, has 
sold as high as nineteen guineas at a public 
sale, under the name of Edmund Kean; whether 
it has proved constant or not, we have not as- 
certained. Most persons will grow it for the 
chance of a fine bloom, but it is most incon- 
stant. 
Warsaw. — A fine middle-row bizard, tall, 
strong, and of good form, opening freely and 
well above most flowers. It is of the charac- 
ter of the Duke of Clarence ; the outside not 
so well coloured as it should be, and the yellow 
pale. It was broke by Mr. Lawrence of Hamp- 
ton, and was a favourite with some of the first 
growers, though, by reason of the paleness of 
the yellow, never shown in stands. 
Skeetanchor. — If we could magnify Poly- 
phemus, it would represent this flower, for 
many have averred that it is the same. It is, 
however, taller, stronger, and larger, than 
ever we saw Polphemus in the same bed, and 
deservedly a great favourite with growers. It 
is also said to be more constant than the 
bizard it is compared with ; and, as we never 
saw one even heavy in colour, it is very likely 
to be so. Nevertheless it has all the good 
properties which place Polyphemus, in its best 
character, at the head of all the bizards. 
Neptune. — A striking middle-row flower, 
remarkably pretty, without any pretensions to 
place it in a stand. It is exceedingly tall, 
generally raising itself completely above the 
rest of the flowers. We have seen it grand; 
but, from its disposition to show a good deal of 
the breeder colour, the marking is generally 
imperfect ; but it is this very breeder colour, 
which is a lilac purple, that makes the variety 
both remarkable and beautiful as a bed flower. 
It is of that doubtful character which defies 
classification, and in its different states may be 
classed for bizard or byblomen. 
Bolivar. — A bright bizard, of the second- 
row, with head small for its height. It has been 
highly thought of at times, and occasionally 
comes very beautiful, but at others it will be 
smudged at the bottom. It was broken by Mr. 
Lawrence, of Hampton, and is in most col- 
lections. 
Bolivar (Strong). — A bizard in no great re- 
quest, seldom in character, and then not worth 
growing as a distinct variety. 
Byzantium. — A small byblomen, broken by 
Mr. Lawrence, with an extremely delicate 
feathering and no marking below it. After 
some years' trial, we have never seen it change 
its character. It is a small variety, and with 
a very pure white. Our first impression was 
that the petals were too flimsy ; we have, how- 
ever, seen it in stronger growth, when it 
seemed to maintain a high position for its form, 
texture, and colour. The flower is as yet very 
scarce, as all durable varieties are, while the 
leading growers have not all got it. It is a 
first-row flower with us, and we think that is 
its place everywhere. 
Tintorette. — A flower of pretty good form, 
and pretty marking in general; comes out a 
light straw or cream-coloured ground, and its 
principal fault is its occasionally remaining so 
at the bottom ; some seasons, however, it 
bleaches as white as paper, and it is then most 
beautiful, because the dark feathering is gene- 
rally very regular. We dislike all flowers that 
do not come out with a good ground colour, and 
remain so till the last; a yellow that turns 
