TU'LIPA GESNERIA'NA. 
Var. Catatalque. 
gesner’s TULIP. 
Class. Order. 
HEXANDRFA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
LILIACEjE. 
Garden 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
Cultivated 
Variety. 
2 feet. 
April, May 
Bulb. 
in 1845. 
No. 1239. 
The word Tulipa was reduced from the Persian 
Thoulyban or Tub pan, signifying a turban, the 
name adopted for the flower in Persia, of which 
country this species is a native. All the beautiful 
varieties, however, which have been so much the 
admiration of ages, are garden varieties, originated 
from seed, by Europeans. The propagation and 
culture of these, and indeed of all other flowers, as 
well as florist’s flowers, is a sign of civilization not 
found in the eastern part of the globe. Gesner 
is commemorated in the specific name, he having 
introduced the tulip to the notice of his country- 
men. He was a native of Switzerland, and the 
most eminent naturalist that had existed from the 
days of Aristotle. See No. 245. 
The flower here represented is known to “the 
Fancy” as Catafalque, and was obligingly sup- 
plied us by Mr. Cole, from the garden of J. Will- 
more, Esq. It is a first-rate flower, but its pedi- 
gree we are unable to supply, or the date of its 
origin. From Mr. Cole we have also a communi- 
cation combined in the following remarks. 
The cultivation of the Tulip, fifty years ago, must 
