280 TIIE FLOWER-GARDEN, [chap. viii. 
Roses* having white grounds shaded with 
rose-colour or cherry-red* and divided into 
flamed and feathered; and* 4. Selfs* being 
either a pure white or yellow. In addition 
to these* the French have Baguettes* very 
tall-stemmed tulips* the flowers of which 
are white* striped with dark brownish red; 
Baguettes Rigauts* which resemble the for¬ 
mer* but have shorter stems and longer 
flowers; and Flamands* which are the same 
as Bybloemens. The Dutch have also a 
kind they call Incomparable Verport* a very 
finely-shaped flower* white* and feathered 
with bright shining brown. All these kinds 
are said to be varieties of one species* Tulipa 
Gesneriana* a native of Italy; and they all 
ought to have round* cup-shaped flowers* 
clean at the base* and with all the marks 
and different colours quite clear and distinct. 
Besides these florists’ tulips* several other 
species are occasionally grown in gardens: 
the most common of which are the little Van 
Thol tulips* which were named after the 
Duke Van Thol* and which are scarlet* 
edged with yellow; the wild French tulip* 
which is a pure yellow* and very fragrant; 
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