CHAP. VI1I.J 
TULIPS. 
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suddenly transported to the richest soil; 
abounding with food and moisture. Some¬ 
times, to change the climate effectually, 
florists send their tulips to be grown for a 
year or two twenty miles or more from the 
place where they w r ere raised; and then 
they are brought back to their native air. 
This laborious and unscientific mode of pro¬ 
ceeding is, however, now rapidly giving 
place to a proper method of hybridizing; 
after which the young bulbs are brought 
fornard by means of bottom-heat, water, 
and frequent shiftings, so as to flower and 
break the second or third season. Florists’ 
tulips are generally divided into four tribes, 
viz,—1. Bizarres, which have yellow grounds 
shaded with dark red or purple, and which 
are sub-divided into flamed, in which the 
red or purple is in a broad stripe or band, 
rising from the bottom of the petal,—and 
feathered, in which the dark colour forms a 
marginal edging to the petals, descending 
into them in various little delicate feathery 
veins. 2. Bybioemens, having white grounds 
shaded with violet or dark purple, and also 
sub-divided into flamed and feathered. 3. 
