THE 
VARIEGATED TULIP. 
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Botanical Name, Tulipa Gesneriana. —Class, Hexan- 
dria. —Order, Monogynia .— Flowers, striped or varie¬ 
gated .—Native place, Levant. 
Sentiment. 
BEAUTIFUL EYES. 
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ORIGIN OP THE SENTIMENT. 
The Tulip is one of the emblems by which 
the passion of love is expressed to its object; 
with this association it required but little 
imagination to conceive the idea that the 
Variegated Tulip might be an appropriate 
emblem of beautiful eyes. 
“ Tulips, with every colour that shines 
In the radiant gems of Serendib’s mines.” 
