68 TULIPS. 
cup, with a round bottom, rather wideft 
at the top. 
The three exterior petals fhould be 
rather larger than the three interior 
ones, and broader at their bafe: all 
the petals fhould have perfeftly entire 
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edges, free from notch or ferrature; 
the top of each fhould be broad and well 
rounded; . the ground colour of the 
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flower, at the bottom of the cup, fhould 
be clear white, or yellow; anii the various 
rich coloured ftripes, which are the prin¬ 
cipal ornament of a fine Tulip, fhould 
be regular, bold, and diftinQ: on the 
margin, and terminate in fine, broken 
points, elegantly feathered or pencilled. 
The centre of each leaf, or petal. 
fhould contain one or more bold blotches, 
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or ftripes, intermixed with fmall portions 
of the original or breeder colour, abruptly 
broken into many irregular obtufe points. 
Some 
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