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Bowles, Carrington, 1724-1793 / Bowles's florist : containing sixty plates of beautiful flowers, regularly disposed in their succession of blowing : to which is added an accurate description of their colours with instructions for drawing and painting them according to nature : being a new work intended for the use and amusement of gentlemen and ladies delighting in that art
(1777)
Instructions for colouring, pp. 7-20
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T U L I P. May. PLATE XXV.
T HIS Flower is not at all inferior to the Carnation, as to Va-
riety, though fomewhat different in Difpofition of Colour,
the Tulip being generally ornamented with Stripes of various
Colours. Crimfons and Purples, upon either a White, Yellow,
or Straw-colour Ground, are the moft common; for the Mix-
tures and fhading which Colours, any Student, by referring to
the Direffion for the 7onquil, in the preceding Page, will be
enabled properly to colour this Flower. The Leaves and Stalk
may be done in the fame Manner as thofe of the Carnation,
MOUND
rAIN LILLY. Yune. PLATE XXVLi
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