marked flowers, even the finest of them, produce 
an offspring inferior to those which are raised from 
flowers unbroken, and more truly in their natural 
state. This is good evidence, that the flower when 
perfected in the estimation of the florist, is the pro- 
duction of an enfeebled plant. 
Seed should be sown early in November, in boxes 
of such dimensions as may be conveniently kept in 
a frame. The boxes should have very small per- 
forations in their bottoms, to admit of drainage, so 
small as not to admit of the bulbs passing through 
them. The necessity for this precaution is the ten- 
dency of seedling Tulips, for the first two or three 
years of their growth, to descend to a considerable 
depth, whereby in many cases they are lost. A 
further advantage of sowing in boxes is their easy 
removal to a shed, during their season of rest, as 
there is no necessity for removing the little seed- 
ling bulbs from the boxes for the first two or three 
years. No compost or soil is better suited for this 
purpose than fresh, friable, sifted loam. Sow the 
seed nearly an inch deep, in drills ; protect it from 
frost in a cold frame, and supply plenty of moisture 
during the growing season of the seedlings, but, as 
they ripen, gradually withold water till their season 
of vegetation again commences. 
In the words of Parkinson, — closing his Para- 
disus Terristris, may I now say — “And thus haue 
I finished this worke, and furnished it with what- 
soeuer Art and Nature concurring, could effect to 
bring delight to those that Hue in our climate, and 
take pleasure in such things; which how well or ill 
done, I must abide euery ones judgment.” 
FINIS. 
