NATURAL HISTORY. 1345 
parterres of thofe gardens in which they are cultivat- 
ed, derive confiderable ornament from their beautifu! 
and fingular appearance. 
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TULIP. 
Tue tulip requires nothing buta fine fcent, to ren- 
der it the fineft flower in the world. Their infinite 
varieties difplay fuch beauties as eclipfe every other 
pride of the garden. Thefe ornaments of nature are 
as kind as they are beautiful ; for they continue re- 
galing the fight with a fucceffion of their charms, 
- from March to the latter end of May. ‘They are di- 
vided into claffes ; the early and later blowers. ‘Vheir 
- Varieties are chiefly diftinguifhed by the names of cit- 
aes, or fuch like characters. A good tulip is Known 
by its towering ftem, its beautiful colours; witha 
flower fhapéd like an egg, without {harp points to their 
petals; but what renders them the moft valuable, is 
their variety. : 
The flower ftems, being left upon the roots, wii 
perfect their feeds about July. ‘Lhe feeds are gath- 
ered when they begin to crack. 
Hobe MEMEME HOH — 
JERUSALEM CROSS. 
HIS flower is afpecies of the Lychnis ; and.it is 
called by botanifts, Flos Confiantinopalitanus, from 
being originally brought from Conftantinople, ‘This 
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