Tulips . ighty-four varieties of tulips are noted in his lists. 1690. Parrot tulips first noted. 1710. The Tatier (No. 218, August 31, 1710) ridicules a supposedtulip maniac of the day. It makes the owner of a tulipbed, which was two yards wide and twenty in length,say to a visitor, that he valued that bed of flowersmore than he would the best two hundred acres ofland in England. 1734. A third edition of fZamenspraecken published as a warningagainst a hyacinth mania, of which there were symp-toms. 1760, Traiti des Tulipes first published at Avignon by le PferedArdene. (2nd edition, 1765.) This
Tulips . ighty-four varieties of tulips are noted in his lists. 1690. Parrot tulips first noted. 1710. The Tatier (No. 218, August 31, 1710) ridicules a supposedtulip maniac of the day. It makes the owner of a tulipbed, which was two yards wide and twenty in length,say to a visitor, that he valued that bed of flowersmore than he would the best two hundred acres ofland in England. 1734. A third edition of fZamenspraecken published as a warningagainst a hyacinth mania, of which there were symp-toms. 1760, Traiti des Tulipes first published at Avignon by le PferedArdene. (2nd edition, 1765.) This and Le FloristeFrancois are the two classical works of olden time. Muchvaluable information can also be gained from the Englishtranslations of Van Oosten {Dutch Gardener, ist edition,1703) and Van Kampen {Dutch Florist, ist edition, 1763).The large space devoted to tulips in both these worksis very eloquent, but in the latter it is to be noted thatthe tulip has to some extent given place to the Cest LAmour leal ^i mt Cuthuc\Jlz Pliottuf enricJtit met fleunJ^^iai nomhtrt. tnjitti dt. ceultitrtLune. hrunt. lautrc ftus vifkcTrinanl it j>wr dcj £,ltmoit^Jour compottr rrie^ ormtn^nit l>tcfmMj»c^ ^K<yVj:S: Cktz JuMu«l J<mj_ U C<mr^P^M ««/9 Fl<3. I. PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 1764. First edition of LEcole du jardinier fleuriste. The frontis-piece of a bed of tulips with a temporary covering over itis very interesting. It is not reproduced in later editions. 1776. I have an original cutting from some East Country paper,dated Ipswich, isth May 1776, in which a Tulip Showis advertised for May the 21st. I give the whole inexterna for the interesting sidelight it throws on thesetimes:—The Tulip Shew will be at John Rycraftsin St. Clements Parish on Monday the 21st instant;when each Person who produces the two best Flowers(if his own Property three months) shall be intitled totwo Pieces of Plate; and the third to 5 Shillings: Butno person will be admitt
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