The two under figments are narrow ; their tail ends in a 
nectar ions horn , which is longer than the empalement. 
The flower has five roundifih petals infer ted in the fig- 
mcnts of the empalement *, the two upper fit clofe to the 
foot-Jlalk , hut the lower have oblong hairy tails. It has 
eight floor i awljhapcd ft amina, which decline and are un- 
equdh terminated by oblong rifing fummits having four cells , 
and a rcutidifio germen, with three lobes -which are freaked , 
fupporting a fingle ere It fiyle , crowned by an acute trifid 
fitigma. The germen afterward becomes a folid fruit dividing 
in three parts.; convex on the outfide , angular within , having 
many furrows , each part or cell including one furrowed 
feed, convex on one fide , and angular on the other. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of 
Linnaeus's eighth clafs, which includes thofe plants 
whofe flowers have eight ftamina and one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Tropteolum {Minus) foliis fubquinquelobis, peta- 
lis obtufis. Hort. Upfal. 93. Tropceolum with leaves 
which are almofi divided into five lobes , and obtufi petals 
to the fiozver. Cardamindum minus & vulgare. 
Tourn. Inft. R. H. 433. The common or f mailer In- 
dian Nafturtium. 
2. Tropceolum ( Majus ) foliis fubquinquelobis pefalis 
obtufis. Hort. Upfal. 93. Tropaolum with five lobes to 
the leaves , and obtufe petals to the flower. Cardamin- 
dum ampliore folio & majore flore. Tourn. Inft. R. 
H. 430. Indian Nafturtium with a larger leaf and flower , 
commonly called Indian Crefs. 
The firft fort grows naturally in Peru ; this was firft 
brought to Europe in 1684, and was riled in the gar- 
dens of Count Beverning in Holland. 
It has a trailing herbaceous ftalk, garni Hied with 
leaves almofi: circular. The foot-ftalk is inferted in 
the center of the leaf, like a buckler, as is the Mavel- 
vvort ; the leaves are fmooth, and of a grayifh colour ; 
the flowers come out from the wings of the ftalks, 
Handing upon very long {lender foot-ftalks •, they are 
of an admirable ftru&ure, and are compofed of five 
acute-pointed petals ; the two upper are large and 
rounded, the three under are narrow, and their tails 
join together, and are lengthened into a tail two 
inches long. After the flower is paffed, the germen 
turns to a roundilh fruit which is furrowed, and di- 
vided into three lobes, each including one ftreaked 
feed. It flowers from Midfummer till the froft flops 
it in autumn. 
There are two varieties of this, one with a deep 
Orange-coloured flower inclining to red, and the other 
with a pale yellow flower. 
The fecond fort grows naturally about Lima ; this 
has larger ftalks than the former. The leaves are alfo 
larger, and their borders are indented almoft into 
lobes •, the flowers are larger, and their petals are 
rounded at their points. There are two colours of 
this fort as in the former, and one with double flowers, 
which is propagated, by cuttings, for it does not pro- 
duce feeds. 
The firft fort is lefs common at prefent in the Eng- 
' lifti gardens than the fecond, the flowers of the latter 
being larger make a finer appearance, for which it is 
preferred ; they are both elleemed annual plants, tho’ 
•they may be continued through the winter if they are 
kept in pots, and fheltered in a good green-houle, in 
like manner as that with double flowers is preferved, 
and they may be propagated by cuttings as that is ; 
but, as thefe ripen their feeds conftantly every year, 
the plants are generally raifed from feeds, which may 
be fown in April in the places where they are to re- 
main, which fhould be where their ftalks may have 
fupport, for they will climb fix or eight feet high 
when they are trained up, and then their flowers will 
make a good appearance; but when they trail upon 
the ground, they will fpread over the neighbouring 
plants and become unfighdy. 
The flowers of thefe plants are frequently eaten in fal- 
lads ; they have a warm tafte like the Garden Crefs, and 
are efteemed very wholefome ; they are likewife ufed 
for garnilhing diflies. The feeds are pickled, and by 
fome are preferred to moft kinds of pickles for fauce. 
T U L 
TUBEROSE. . See Rolyanthes. 
TUBEROSE RO O T S are fuch as confift of a ri 
uniform flefhy fubftance, and are of a roundifn figure, 
as Turneps, &c. 
TUBULOUS PLANTS are fuclt whofe ftetns 
or flowers are hollow like a pipe. 
1 ULIPAi Tourn. Inft. R. H. 373. tab. 199, 200. 
Lin. Gen. Plant. 376. Tulip. 
The Characters are, 
The flower has no empalement ; it is of the bell-fhdpe, and 
compofed of fix oblong , oval , concave , ere ft petals ; it 
has fix awlfloaped ftamina which are fijorter than the pe- 
tals, terminated by oblong four-cornered fummits , and a 
large, oblong , taper, three-cornered germen, having no fiyle , 
crowned by a tringular , three-lobed permanent fitigma. 
The germen afterward turns to a three-cornered cagfuk 
having three cells , which are filled with comprefifed feeds , 
lying over each other in a double order. 
This genus is ranged in the firft feflion of Linnaeus’s 
fixth clafs, which contains thofe plants whofe flowers 
have fix ftamina and one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Tulipa ( Sylvejtris ) flore fub'nutante, foliis lanceola- 
tis. Lin. Sp. Plant.. 305. Tulip with a nodding fiozver, 
and Jpear -fib aped leaves. Tulipa minor lutea Italica. 
C. B. P. 63. The fmaller yellow Italian T ulip. 
2. Tulipa ( Gtjneriana ) flore erefto, foliis ovato-lance- 
olatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 306. Tulip with an ereft flower, 
and oval fpear-jkaped leaves. Common T ulip with all its 
varieties. 
The firft fort was formerly preferved in the Englifh 
gardens, but fince there has been fo many varieties of 
the fecond fort propagated in England, the firft has 
been rejected, and is now only to be found in old 
neglected gardens. The petals of this flower end in 
acute points •, the flower is yellow, and nods on one 
fide, and the leaves are narrower than thofe of the 
common fort. 
The common Tulip is fo well known as to need no 
defeription, and it would be to little purpofe to enu- 
merate the feveral varieties of thefe flowers, which 
may be feen in one good garden, fince there is no end 
of their numbers, and what fome people may value 
at a conflderable rate, others rejefl ; and as there are 
annually a great variety of new flowers obtained 
from breeders, thofe which are old, if they have not 
very good properties to recommend them, are thrown 
out and delpifed, I fhall therefore point out the pro- 
perties of a good Tulip, according to the charafter- 
iftics of the belt florifts of the prefent age. 1 . It fhould 
have a tall ftrong ftem. 2. The flower fhould confift 
of fix leaves, three within, and three without ; the 
former ought to be larger than the latter. 3. Their 
bottom fhould be proportioned to their top, and their 
upper part fhould be rounded off, and not terminate 
in a point. 4. Thefe leaves, when opened, fhould 
neither turn inward nor bend outward, but rather 
Hand erect, and the flower fhould be of a middling 
fize, neither over large, nor too fmall. 5. The ftripes 
fhould be fmall and regular, arifing from the bottom 
of the flower ; for if there are any remains of the for- 
mer felf-coloured bottom, the flower is in danger of 
lofing its ftripes again. The chives fhould not be yel- 
low, but of a brown colour. When a flower has ail 
thefe properties, it is efteemed a good one. 
Tulips are generally divided into three claffes, ac- 
cording to their feafons of flowering •, as Prsecoces, or 
early blowers ; Medias, or middling blowers ; and 
Serotines, or late blowers ; but there is no occafion 
for making any more diftin&ions than two, viz. early 
and late blowers. 
The early blowing Tulips are not near fo fair, nor do 
they rife half fo high as the late ones, but are chiefly 
valued for appearing fo early in the fpring, fome of 
- which will flower the middle of March in mild fea- 
fons, if planted in a warm border near a wall, pale, 
hedge, or other lhelter, and the others will fucceed 
them ; fo that they keep flowering until the general 
feafon for thefe flowers is come, which is toward the 
end of April. As thefe early blowing Tulips are but 
