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THE FLORIST. 



LISTS OF WHAT TO AVOID. 



No. III. PINKS. 



Bates' No. 2. 



Beauty of Bath (Parker). 



Berkshire Hero (Mahar). 



Bob Lawrence. 



British Queen (Looker), 



British Queen (Hillyer). 



Conqueror. 



Coronation (Holmes). 



Dr. Coke. 



Dr. Daubeney. 



Duke of Wellington. 



Earl of Uxbridge (Dry). 



Edward Bennett (Bennett). 



Elizabeth (StoAve). 



Elizabeth (Willmer). 



Fanny (Bell). 



Forget-me-not. 



Gauntlet. 



Henry Steers (Norman). 



Hero (Young), 



Hotspur. 



J. Dickson. 



Jenny Lind (Parker). 



Joseph Sturge (Lee). 



Lady F. Hastings. 



Lady Hallowell. 



Lady Dartmouth. 



Lord Hardinge. 



Mary Anne (Looker). 



Matilda (Fisher). 



Merry Monarch (Norman). 



Miss Jeans (Willmer), 



Miss Blackstone. 



Mrs. Fry. 



Mrs. Edwards (Keynes). 



Omega (Unsworth). 



Prince Albert (Ibbett). 



Prince of Wales (Willmer). 



Pride (Hooper). 



Prince Albert (Garratt). 



Princess Alice (Looker). 



Princess Alice (Willmer). 



Prima Donna. 



Queen (Henbrey), 



Queen of Purples (Bell). 



Rosalind (Marris). 



Sarah. 



Sir George Hoste (Norman). 



Superb (Costar). 



Squire Hetherington. 



Tom Davey. 



Triumphant (Ibbett). 



Unique. 



W. Cobbett. 



POT-CULTURE OF THE CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



The following lecture on this subject was delivered by Mr. James 

 at a late meeting of the Stoke Newington Chrysanthemum Society. 

 Being one of the best cultivators of this autumnal favourite, his in- 

 structions may be followed with advantage. 



•'The cuttings should be clean, strong, and short-jointed; not 

 suckers, but strictly speaking cuttings. As soon as a sufficient 

 quantity can be secured, which should be effected by the middle of 

 March or the beginning of April, proceed with the striking as quickly 

 as possible. When properly rooted, pot them, either singly or three 

 in a pot, as the varieties may respectively require. In my opinion, 

 some kinds succeed best potted singly, and make finer specimens ; 

 while, on the other hand, others do best three in a pot. The varie- 

 ties I should advise to plant singly would be, Pilot, Queen of Eng- 

 land, Annie Salter, Defiance, and Vesta : of such sorts as Golden- 

 clustered Yellow, Madame Poggi, Gipsy, Madam Camerson, and 

 Harris's Queen Victoria, I should by all means recommend three 

 plants to be placed in a pot. I use 5-inch pots ; when thoroughly 

 established in these, I at once shift them into the pots in which they 

 are intended to bloom, which should either be 11 or 9-inch pots, ac- 



