THE RED TULIP. 
Botanical Name, Tulip a gesneriana. —Class, Hexandria. 
—Order, Monogynia. — Flowers, red or crimson.— 
Native place, Levant. 
Sentiment. 
A DECLARATION OE LOVE. 
ORIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
To the poets we can again refer for the origin 
of this association. They have described 
“ its petals of fire, its scorched and blackened 
heartthe 
“ Tulip, whose leaves with their ruby glow, 
Hide the heart that is burning and black below.” 
But to that “ fair clime of the sun,” from 
whence we derive the philology of flowers, 
are we immediately indebted for this flower 
