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{Wallow ; its eyes are Urge and black, and have 3 circle of 5'ellowUh green feathers round them* and over the be;ik, which is black and crooked ; and on his head he has one i'put of gold yellow feather's. Murggrave's Hift. Brafil.
TU1ETE, in zoology, the name of a Brahlian fpecies of paro- quette, of the fize of a lark, and all over of a pale green co- lour, variegated with blue. The origin of its wings is blue, as are alfo all the ends of the wing-feathers, fo that when the bird fits ftill, there is, as it were, a blue line feen running down each fide ; on its rump there is alfo a blue fpot ; its tail is but fhort ; its beak fmall, crooked, and of a pale red j and its legs and feet grey. Marggrave's Hilt. Brafil.
TUITIKICA, in zoology, the name of a Brazilian paroquette, which is a little larger than the common kind ; all over of a fine beautiful green, but deeper on the back and wings than elfewhere. Its beak is very hooked, and of a pale red ; its eyes blacky and its feet blue ; its tail is but a little longer than the wines when doled. Thisis a fpecies much efleemed in the Brafils, as it eafily learns to talk, and becomes fotame, as to eat out of any one's mouth. Marggrave's Hilt. Brafil.
TULACUMj in natural hiflory, a name given by the people of the Fall Indies to a fpecies of yellow orpimenr, of the coarfer kind, variegated with red. They prepare this by fe- Veral calcinations, and tlten give it internally in fevers, and many other dilbrders, eftecming it a fort of panacea. They fay that gold may be extracted from it, which is net improba- ble ; for it is well known, that fome of the Roman emperors did actually procure gold from one of the other kinds of orpi- raent, which is now found at Gofl'elaer in Saxony.
TULIP, Tulipa, in botany, a large genus of plants, the cha- racters of which are thefe : The flower is of the liliaceous kind, and is compofed of fix leaves, and fomewhat of the form of a pitcher ; the piftil occupies the center of the flower, and finally becomes an oblong fruit, divided into three cells, which contain flat feeds, arranged in a double order ; the root is tunicated, and the fibres grow from its bottom. 'I he fpecies of Tulip, enumerated by Mr, Tournefort, are thefe : i . The yellow early-flowering Tulip, 2. The red early Tulip. 3. The purple early Tulip. 4. The amethy- ftine early Tulip. 5. The curly Tulip, with a dufky blackifh purple flower. 6. The purple Tulip, with a pale cup. 7. The bright red Tulip, with a yellow cup. 8. The early white Tulip. 9. The early fcarlet Tulip, with pale red edges, and red heart- fa fhioncd fpots at the bottoms of the leaves, 10. The early Tulip, with a crimfon and red flower. 11. The variegated amethyltine early Tulip, 12. The early Tulip, with a bright red flower, with white edges. 13. The early crimfon Tulip, with white edges. 14. The vai legated white and reddifh early Tulip. 15. The early va- riegated red Tulip. 16. The variegated rofe-coloured many- flowered early Tulip. 17. The early yellow variegated Tulip. 18. The early yellow Tulip, with red edges. 19. The early Tulip, of a blended red and yellow colour. 20. The beauti- ful fcarlet Tulip, with yellow edges, 21. The broad-leaved yellow Tulip, with crimfon edges. 22. The yellow Tulip, vith edges ftriated with red, and a green bottom. 23. The yellow Tulip, with numerous fmall fpots. 24. The yellow Tulip with gold-dbloured fpots. 25- Tlie yellow Tulip, with rofe-coloured edge3. 26. The yellow Tulip, with red fpots. 27. The yellow Tulip, with a red mark near the cup. 28. The yellow Tulip, with bright red fpots. 29. The greenilh yellow Tulip. 30. The pale lemon-coloured Tulip, with green ftreaks on the back. 31. The briinftome coloured Tu- lip, with deep red edges, and rofe-coloured fpots near the flramina. 32. The bright ftraw-coloured Tulip, with red edges. 33. The early purple variegated Tulip. 34. The rofe-coloured Tulip, with yellow veins. 35. The bright red Tulip, with greenilh ftreaks. 36. The Tulip, with reflex flowers of a bright red throughout within, and on the outfide of a greenilh colour, with a bright vermillion edge. 37. The early white Tulip. 38. The white Tulip, with green veins. 39. The white Tulip, with rofe-coloured fpots. 40. The white 7W//>, with broad red fpots. 4L The white Tulip, with red edges. 42. The filvery white Tulip. 43. The yellowilh white early Tulip, with long red ftreaks. 44. The reddifh white Tulip, with red edges. 45. The white wide- open Tulip, with red ftreaks. _ 46. The early narrow-leaved Tulip. 47. The early hyacinth-leaved Tulip. 48. The late flowering yellow Tulip. 49. The plain gold yellow Tu- lip. 50. The yellow Tulip, variegated with*" red and green. 51. The late-flowering fcarlet velvety Tulip. 52. The late globofe Tulip, fpotted with gold colour. 53. The white Tulip, with a fcarlet edge. 54. The white Tulip, variegated with a yellowifh purple, and with yellow bottoms to the leaves. 55. The (how-white Tulip, with purplifh-red edges. 56 The fnow- white Tulip, with deeper purple edges. 57. The late-flowering ftcllate Tulip. 58. The changeable white-flowered Tulip, with red edges. 59. The fcarlet Tu- lip, with white edges. 60. The late-flowering globofe Ver- million Tulip. 61. The late deep red Tulip. 62. The red changeable Tulip, with greenifh fpots in the middle of the pe- tals. 63. The great branched late-flowering Tulip. 64. The (mailer late-flowering branched Tulip. 65. The late green- flowercd Tulip. 6e. The late green Tulips with double
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flowers. 67. The late flowering green Tulip, with whit? edges. 68. The late Tulip, with double red flowers. 69. The double late yellow Tulip. 70. The large dubious Tu- lip. 71. The largeft dubious Tulip. 72. The middle- fized dubious Tulip, with fulphur-coloured flowers. 73. The yel- low Tulip, with bright red fpots. 74. The yellow Tulip, with red edges. 75. The large dubious Tulip, with orange- cokiured flowers. 76. The mrddle-fized dubious Tulip, with variegated flowers. 77.- The Tulip which bears bulbs in the ake of the leaves. 78. The dwarf broad-leaved white Tulip. 79. The dwarf broad-leaved yellow Tulip. 80. Tii£ dwaif broad-leaved red Tulip. 81. The dwarf narrow-leaved Tu- lip. 82. The dwarf graffy-leaved Tulip. 83- The little yellow Italian Tulip. S4. The fmall broad-leav'td Tulip. 85. The little red Tulip. 86. The cottony cretic Tulip. 87, The little French yellow Tulip. 88. The little yellow and purple Tulip. 89. The Perfian variegated Tulip. 90. The Candcy Tulip, with mining leaves. 91, The middle-fized changeable Tulip, with curled leaves adhering to the hafe of the flower. 92. The many-leaved yellow Tulip, called by fome the monftrous double yellow Tulip. And 93. The great yellow Tulip, with jagged flowers, and fpots of yellow and blood-red, in different parts of them. Town. Inft. P- 373- feq.
The characters of a good Tulip are thefe: 1. It muft have a tall and ftrong ftem. 2. The flower fliouid confift of fix leaves, three within, and three without ; and the former fhould be larger than the latter. 3. The bottom of the flower fhould be proportioned to the top, and the ends of the leaves fhould be rounded, not pointed. 4. The leaves, when opened, fhould neither turn inward, nor bend outward, but ftand creel; and the whole flower fhould be of a middling fize, neither too large, nor too fmall. 5. The ftripes muft be fmall and regular, and fhould all arife from, the bottom of the flower : The chfves alfo fhould not be yellow, but of a brown colour.
Tulips are generally divided into three claffes, according to their times of flowering ; the early, the middling, andtheliitc. The early ones are not near fo high as the late., but they are valued for their earlinefs, as they flower in February. The roots of thefe are to be planted in the beginning of Sep- tember, under a warm pale or hedge. The proper foil for them is pafture-land with the turf rotted among it, and a mixture of one fourth part fand ; this fhould be laid about ten inches deep, and fhould be renewed everv year. If the weather is very fevere when they firft appear, they fhould be covered with mats j as alfo at nights, when they are ia flower, if it be very frofty. When their flowering is over, and their leaves decay, the roots fhould be taken up and laid in a dry place, and afterwards cleaned and laid up in a fafe place from vermin, till the September following. The late blowers are propagated from what they call breed- ers, which are plain flowers, brought over principally from Flanders, which is the great mart for fluwer-roots ; and thefe by culture, are changed into ftriped and variegated ones. They are alfo propagated by fowing the feeds ; but this requires great care, as in the raifmg all the other fine flowers from feeds.
The feeds muft be faved from the choiccft flowers, and fowed in fhallow pans or boxes of earth, in September. The fpring following they appear like the leaves of grafs, or young onions, and after ftanding two or three months thefe decay. The boxes are to be kept clear of weeds, and re- moved to different fituations where they may enjoy the morn- ing-fun, and be delendcd from fharp winds and frofis ; at the Michaelmas of the following year they are to be removed out of the boxes into b^ds, where they fhould be planted two inches deep, and at two inches diameter from one another. In October, an inch depth of new earth fhould be fifted on them, and they are to remain two years in thefe beds; at the end of this time they will flower, and the beft of them muft be marked with flicks, that their roots may be diftin- guifhed when the leaves are decayed.
But there is no judgment to be paffed either on Tulips, or any ether flowers, on their firft flowering ; becaufe the next year the good ones are often found to have degenerated, and the bad to have improved : After this, however, they may be concluded good or bad.
The breeders, as they are called, being thus raifed, are to be fhifted every year into frelh earth, and they will in time break out into very fine (tripes. The earth they are planted in mould be every year of a different kind, and the beft ge- neral foil is made of a third part pafture-land with the grafs rotted in it, a third part fine fea-fand, and a third part lirne- rubbifh ; thefe fhould be mixed half a year before they are ufed, and often turned. The beds muft be laid eighteen inches deep with this earth. This fhould be laid in firft ten inches thick, and on this the roots fhould be placed in regular or- der, and at even diltances ; and then the other eight inches fhould be laid over thefe, the top of the bed being a little rounded to throw off the wet. Thus they are to remain till the buds appear, and then if the nights are very fevere they are to be fheltered by covering them with mats. The flow- ers which break out into fine ftripes here, fhould be feparated 3 after-
