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and colour, and general effect in grouping. It must be understood that 

 among these there are no florists' varieties, the colour of the flower and the 

 style of the plant determines its value, and there is literally nothing in the 

 name, and but few amongst them have any historical interest. As to colours, 

 they are perhaps more varied than in any other class of plants, and in most 

 cases the colours are clear and decisive, and hence describable. Among the 

 whites we noticed, as particularly suitable for beds and borders in private 

 gardens, Pottebakker, Queen Victoria, Heine Blanche, Cour de France, 

 feathered with cerise crimson ; Standard lloyal, striped cerise crimson ; 

 Grootmeester, flaked cerise crimson. Yellow : Pottebakker, Canary Bird, 

 Golden Prince, and the species Persicum, which would make a magnificent bed 

 of pure yellow, and show the typical form of all tulips ; Thomas Moore, buff 

 orange ; Grand Due, gold, crimson inner band. Scarlet: Vermilion Brilliant, 

 a dazzling colour ; Van Thol, Feu d'Anvers, Cramoisie fidele. Crimson : 

 Gesneriana, crimson scarlet, tsvo varieties, one with black and another with 

 purple base, both grand and rather late ; Couroune pourpre, blood crim- 

 son; Zongloed vivid, crimson ; Royal Queen, pure crimson, green and yellow 

 base. Rose : Monument, crimson rose, streaked white ; Proserpine, rose 

 tinted salmon. Lilac : Grisdelin aimable, bluish lilac ; Cottage Maid, 

 light rose or blush, white ground, a near approach to lilac ; Archus, 

 violet purple shading into lilac ; Lac Obscur, violet crimson, peach lilac 

 belt. Among the doubles the following are unexceptionably good : — ■ 

 White: Belle Alliance, feathered with violet crimson; La Candcur, clear 

 white, good shape ; Pourpre agreable, cream white, flaked violet purple ; 

 Couronne des Poses, cream white, flushed rose. Yellow : Admiral Kings- 

 bergen, Arlequin, Gloria Muudi, feathered brown crimson ; Grenadier, gold 

 yellow, feathered brown crimson ; Pseony, gold feathered brown crimson ; 

 Zwinglius, flaked brown crimson ; Yellow rose, gold yellow, superb. Scarlet : 

 Rex Rubrorum, very showy ; Tournesol, scarlet and yellow. Crimson: Cou- 

 ronne pourpre; Imperator ; Rubrorum, crimson scarlet; Pose eclatante; Velvet 

 Gem, bronze crimson. Dark : Bonaparte, chocolate ; Lord Wellington, purple 

 lilac ; Moliere, purple, large. Among the numerous plant-structures at 

 this nursery a tiffany -house is now a conspicuous feature. It has a very 

 neat appearance, and must have cost the merest trifle to erect, the principal 

 framework being of deal laths, of not more than inch stuff, and 3 inches wide. 

 It measures 47 feet by 24 feet, is 8 feet high to ridge, with central plot, bor- 

 ders, and path round, which ought to be sunk 6 inches,for we spoiled a good 

 hat by coming in contact with a rafter, and we are not the tallest of Messrs. 

 Henderson's customers. This house is formed wholly of tiffany. The door 

 is a light frame, with one diagonal piece to brace it from top to bottom, and 

 the sides, 4 feet high, hang loose, so that they may be drawn or rolled up to 

 give air. If the entire roof were made to roll up to the ridge it would be an 

 improvement, as the roses and evergreen plants, with which it is densely 

 stocked, could enjoy the summer night dews, and occasionally a shower. 

 Mr. Wood, the botanical supervisor of the establishment, informed us that 

 the house was eminently serviceable as a preparatory place for plants about 

 to be sent away. There was certainly a stronger daylight in it than in an 

 ordinary house of the same shape and size shaded under the glass with 

 tiffany, owing, probably, to the very small amount of woodwork used. 



