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ked, fpecklcd even to admiration : the Leaves of 
fome of them being round pointed , fame Jharp 
pointed and in fome Flowers, the one half of the 
Leaves are round pointed , the other half Jharp 
pointed , three of one fafhion , three of another . 
The color of the bottoms and Chives , especially in 
the Media and Serotinz, do alfo notably differ one 
jrom another •, for in fome they will be white , yel- 
l: to. Straw color and in others blew , black, or 
purple , deeper or lighter. Some Flowers will be 
fweetcr than others , and many of them have little 
or no ftnell at all. In their middle is a long green 
Head , commonly three cornered , which is the Seed 
Vejfel, compared about with 6 Chives , tipt with Pen- 
dent s , in color anfwerable to the bottom , which of- 
ten changes for when a red or purple Flower , 
has a blew or dark colored bottom and Chives , 
marked well with white , the bottom will be white 
alfo , the faid bottom running up into the Leaves , 
which is a prime caufe of their being well marked •, 
but the Chives remain without alteration •, by which 
the Flower may be known thro ’ all its various mu- 
tations, the rule holding certain in mofl of the bejl 
Flowers. After the Flower is fallen, the Seed Vcf 
fcl grows bigger , rounder , and longer, containing 
ufually fix rows of flat , thin , brown griflly Seed. 
The grrated difference is in their Flowers, from 
the diverfity of their colors, order of marking, 
bottoms. Chives, bignefs, fafhion , and manner ef 
growing the which in what follows, fhall be par- 
ticularly expreft, whereby each Flower by its Name 
and Face, may be known and difiinguifhed. As the 
Tulip is a fiately Flower, fo it has been, and is 
much efleemed $ and one Root has been fold with 
us at all Prices , from a Penny to five Pounds : But 
in other Countries where they are more affctled with 
them, at much higher Rates ; infomuch that Thirty 
Pounds have been given for a Root •, but that heat 
is now much abated, considering how great a Folly 
it was to dote upon a Flower, efpecially one that war 
fo apt to change, and fubjetl to degenerate. 
XIII. Obfcrvations. 1. The Tulip is a Plant 
whofe Eulb is of a whitifh brown outwards, al- 
mofl round, and compofed of feveral l'mall white 
coverings, which are laid one upon another, from 
which Bulb comes forth pretty large Leaves, of 
about 6 Inches or more, long, waved on their edges, 
and ending in a Point * out of whofe middle, comes 
lorrh a Sralk a Foot more or lefs, long, which at 
its top produces a Flower, in form of a Cup, fome- 
times of one color, fometimes of another, which 
has fix Leaves, in whofe middle rifesup a Pointel, 
(with fix Chives about it,) which in time becomes 
an oblong Fruit, opening on three fides, with fix 
rows, fill’d with flat Seeds, of a roundifh Figure, 
and reddifh color. 2. Of the fix Leaves of the 
Flowers, the three innermoft are generally larger 
than the three outward ones, and their form if it 
is flat, is fnore Beautiful than when fharp, and 
their bottoms ought alfo to be proportion’d to 
their tops ^ where alfo the Cup is leaft Convex, 
it is preferrable to that which is very m§ch fo. 
3. If its form and green are of a middling bignefs 
it is good, as well as when they have a requifite 
largenefs -, fo alfo if its green is a little frizled, or 
accompanied with fmall flreaks. Its bottom is al- 
fo much taken notice of, becaufothe Stripes which 
arife from thence, are generally the fineft colors. 
And therefore a Tulip is not to be judg’d of at 
its firft opening •, you ought to wait 2 or 3 Days, 
before you can judge righrly of it. 4. If it opens 
with its Leaves turned either inwards or outwards, 
Vis not to be valued, no more than when its Leaves 
are too fmall or too thin : And of the better forts 
of Tulips , thofe are moft to be efleemed, whofe 
color is Lultrous, and looks like Sattin ; or of a 
flame colour’d Red upon a white Ground ; of di- 
vers colors with Shadings, and yellow ftriped 
with gray. 5. Thofe Tulips look only agreeable 
to the Eye, whofe Stripes are not coDfufedly blen- 
ded, but are well or manifeftly feparated one from 
another *, and to add to their perfection, it is ne- 
ceflary their Thrums fhould be of a brown color, 
but ’tis no matter how their Chives are. Thele 
Flowers are fometimes incommoded with Difeafes, 
but ’tis only for want of Care, for if they are well 
managed or lookt after, they are never fubjeff to 
any defeff. 
I. OftbeVR&COCES: 
0 R, 
Early TULIPS. 
XIV. Haring thus done with the General De- 
scriptions, we will now proceed to a more parti- 
cular relation of the feveral Varieties, under their 
Several Sei>Sons, or times ef flowering : And firll 
of the Trcecoces, or Early flowering Tulips, which 
are either white, purple, ted or yellow; of which 
The Early Tulip. 
thofe of the firll or more common fort, are called 
Edgers, and are either Red, Carnation , Crimfon or 
Scarlet, deeper or paler, with yellow, Straw color, 
or white edges ; or elfe fadder or paler Violet! 
Graydeline, or Murry Purple, with greater or lef- 
fer white edges, of which there are multitudes of 
diverfities, many of them now not much efleemed; 
of which we will give you fome of the bell, and 
then a plentiful Variety of thofe of the other and 
better 
