TI1E TULIP. 
“ This gay flower having been obtained from 
the lurks, was called Tulipa, from the resem¬ 
blance of its corolla to the eastern head-dress 
called Tulipan or Turban, and hence our 
name of Tulip. To this resemblance Moore 
alludes in the following lines:— 
“ What triumph crowds the rich Divan to-day 
With turban’d heads of every hue and race. 
Bowing before that veil’d and awful faee, 
Like Tulip-beds , of different shape and djes, 
Bending beneath th’ invisible west wind’s sighs-” 
‘‘The Garden Tulip is a native of the Levant; 
Linnaeus says, of Cappadocia. It is very com¬ 
mon in Syria; and is supposed, by some 
persons, to be the lily of the field alluded 
to by Jesus Christ. It is said to have been 
introduced into England about the year 
1580 ; for Hakluyt thus writes in 1582, 
“ now within these four years there have been 
brought in England, from Vienna in Austria, 
divers kinds of flowers called Tulipas.” 
The dazzling and gorgeous appearance of 
beds of tulips, cannot fail to attract the notice 
of the most indifferent observer. Some of the 
varieties of this flower are very splendid and 
unrivalled for the beauty of their exquisite 
colours. “ But besides,” says an old writer, 
“ this glory of colour that these flowers have, 
they carry so stately and delightful a form, 
and do abide so long in their bravery, that 
there is no lady or gentlewoman of any worth 
that is not caught with this delight.” 
