The Florist's Guide: Containing Practical Directions for the Cultivation of Flowering Plants of Different Classes, Inclufing the Double Dahlia, Green-house Plants, Etx - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1835 Excerpt: ... from one of Mr. Clarke's seedling breeders, and broke" into colour three years ago; it has produced two offsets since, and is adapted to the second or third row in the bed; the stoai is firm and elastic; the foliage full and broad, of a lively green; the cup large, and of the finest form; the white pure, and wholly free from stain; the pencilling on the petals is beautifully marked with black or dark purple, and the feathering uniform and elegant; it preservesits shape to the last, the outer leaves not sinking from the inner; in a word, it is considered the first flower of its class, and the best that has ever been produced in England." The article in the work already alluded to, on the cultivation of Tulips alone, occupies ninety-six pages; f, therefore, cannot attempt any thing more than an abridgement of the author's ideas on some important points. Those of my readers who may desire full inibrmation, are referred to the work itself, which may be obtained of Mr. G. C. Thorburn. The following description may serve to govern the choice of amateurs: Tulips exhibited at the shows are, in general, classed and distinguished as follows: Flamed Bizarres, Feathered Bizarres, Flamed Bybloemens, Feathered Bybloemens, Flamed Roses, Feathered Roses, and Selfs, or plain coloured. A Bizarre Tulip has a yellow ground, marked with purple or scarlet of different shades; it is called flamed when a broad irregular stripe runs up the middle of the petals, with short abrupt projecting points, branching out on each side; fine narrow lines, called arched and ribbed, often extend, also, from this broad stripe to the extremity of the leaves; the colour generally appearing strongest in the inside petals; a Tulip, with this broad coloured stripe, which is sometimes called beamed or ...