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INTRODUCTION* 5 
'iniTT^r;-.; r-r^r^ ■, 1 m ■'■"»—mn - 
Peter Voorhelm,* one of the earlieft and 
moil celebrated Dutch Florifts, and from 
which, all the fine double varieties we 
now poflefs, may be traced through a 
courfe of continued cultivation and gra¬ 
dual improvement. 
So great was the value of a capital 
new double Hyacinth confidered formerly 
in Holland, that two thoufand Dutch 
florins, amounting to upwards of 150I. 
fterling, was aftually given for a Angle 
root. b The word Hyacinth is of very 
ancient date, and of uncertain derivation. 
The Tulip is of the fame clafs and 
order as the Hyacinth; according to 
Linnaeus, it is the Tulipa Gefneriana; 
five, Tulipa flore ereflo, foliis ovato- 
lanceolatis: i. e. Gefnerian Tulip; or 
4 Vide the Marquis de St. Simon’s treatife on the 
Hyacinth, printed at Amfterdam, 3768* 
* Vide George Voorhelm’s treatife on the Hyacinth j> 
printed at Haerlem, 1773, 
Tulip 
