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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



budding. After the blooming is over, the 

 grass will be ready to strike for the next 

 year. If any be raised from seed, it should 

 be sown iu wide-mouthed pots or seed- 

 pans in a cold frame ; when large enough 

 they may be planted out in beds the same 

 way as the pipings or cuttings. The treat- 

 ment should be the same throughout. As 

 they bloom, every one that is single or 



semi-double, iu fact all that are not as 

 good or better than we now have, should 

 be thrown away, as they spoil the seed of 

 all better sorts if allowed to flower near 

 them. The beds or soil for piuks to 

 flower in should be at least a foot deep. 

 J. Howlett. 

 Alley Gardens, Ramsey. 



NEW BEDDING AND B ORDER-EL WEBS. 



DAULIA, GOLDEN QUEEN. 



We have long wanted a good yellow 

 bedding dahlia, and here we have it, and 

 one, too, that will not disappoint. The 

 habit is dwarf; growth free ; flowers gold- 

 yellow, tolerably well formed, and dis- 

 played conspicuously. It need not be 

 pegged down nor disbudded. Sent out 

 by the raiser, Mr. Thomas Barnes, Dane- 

 croft Nurseries, Stowruarket. Price 2s. 6d. 

 each. 



VERBENA, LADY AIIDDLETON. 



This is a charming verbena for pot- 

 culture and bedding; colour mauve; habit 

 free, and the trusses well held up and amply 

 coloured. It will form a beautiful contrast 

 to Mrs. Holford, St. Margarets, or Cynthia. 

 As an outside edge or next row to Cabin 

 Boy, it would have an excellent effect, as 

 it will also suit for shading off any of the 

 good lilacs, to produce a soft blending of 

 harmonious colours. Sent out by W. B. 

 Jeffries, Ipswich. Price 5s. per plant. 



VERBENA, KING OF VERBENAS. 



This is altogether new in style of 

 growth, and for pot-culture merits the 

 special attention of exhibitors. The colour 

 is rosy-purple, with white eye; pips 

 well formed, and truss unusually large and 

 compact. Very showy and fragrant. Sent 

 out by G. Moore, Perry Parr Nurseries, 

 near Birmingham. Price 5*. each. 



VEEBENA, C'LAEA. 



This has been awarded a certificate by 

 the Floral Committee of the Horticultural 

 Society. Colour fleshy-pink, with green 

 eye ; pip large, and excellently formed. 



Very distinct. This and the last-named 

 are among the many seedlings raised by 

 Mr. Perry, of Castle Bromwich. Sent out 

 by Mr. Moore. Price 5s. 



CALCEOLARIA, YELLOW DEFIANCE. 



A robust-habited, half-shrubby variety, 

 which we think will stand the summer sun 

 better than many of our standard varieties. 

 The colour is pure yellow, trusses large, 

 and flowers well shaped. Habit dwarf 

 and free flowering. J. Buxton, Wands- 

 worth Road, London, S.W. Price 5s. 



PETUNIA, QUEEN. 



This is in some senses an improved 

 Sluubland rose, but is a great advance on 

 that favourite variety. Colour rose-car- 

 mine ; pure white eye ; medium sized 

 bloom, in the style of maguifica. The 

 style of growth is excellent, and a most 

 abundant bloomer. A great acquisition as 

 a bedcler, and not unworthy of pot-culture. 

 Raised by Mr. Holland, gardener to R. W. 

 Peake, Esq., and sent out by Messrs. Hen- 

 derson, of St. John's Wood, London, N.W. 

 Price 8s. 6d. each. 



FYRETHEUAI ATRO-SANGUINEFM. 



A valuable addition to our lists of 

 hardy bedding and border plants, having 

 the free-blooming, and free-growing habit 

 of the well-known double feverfew, and 

 at the same time many of the excel- 

 lencies of a first cla9s florists' flower. The 

 plant grows to a height of sixteen inches 

 in a generoua soil, and produces a con- 

 stant succession of crimson composite 

 flowers, thoroughly double, and intensely 

 coloured. Generally in the trade at 7*. 6d. 

 each. 



CABBAGE TIMBER. 



Jersey is celebrated for its cabbages, and 

 for their tall, tree-like character, a pecu- 

 liarity partly owing to the custom of the 

 peasantry in removing lower leaves, almost 

 daily, to feed their cows. Thus a cabbage- 



garden in Jersey has somewhat the appear- 

 ance of a little grove of palms, so that in 

 walking betweeen them you literally walk 

 under their foliage, which forms a crown 

 at the top ; and such stems are not \infre- 



