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4. Flowers white. 

 First-class. — Madame Vaucher,* White 

 Perfection. 



Second-class.— None. 



6. Flowers white or pale-coloured, with 



salmon eye. 



First-class. — AmelinaGrisau,*Beauty,* 



(E. G. Henderson), Eugenie Mezard (syn. 



Madame Rudersdorf), Francois Desbois,* 



Leonie Nivelet.* 



Second-class. — Marie Labbe.* 



6. Flowers rose-pink. 

 First-class. — Eve, Flora, Helen Lind- 

 say,* Rose Rendatler.* 



Second-class. — Amy, Madame Cassier, 

 Minnie. 



Series III. — Makble -leaved Zonate 

 Varieties. 



First-class. — Sheen Rival. 

 Second-class. — None. 



Series IV. — Nosegay Varieties. 

 1. Leaves zonate. 

 First-class. — C^bister, Merrimac (Sal- 

 ter), Stella. 



Second-class. — Lady Colum,* Lord 

 Palmerston, Magenta, Merrimac (Carter), 

 Monitor. 



2. Leaves variegated with white. 

 First-class — Vari«gated Nosegay. 

 Second-class. — Non ■. 



Series V.— Silver VariegatedVarieties. 



1. Leaves zonate and marginate. — (a). 



Margins white. 



First-class. — Argus,* Countess of 

 Warwick,* Fontainebleau,* Picturatum, 

 St. Clair. 



Second-class. — Julia, Silver Chain. 



2. Leaves marginate, not zonate. — (a) 



Margins white. 

 First-class. — Alma,* Bijou, Jane,Queea 

 of Queens.* 



Second-class. — None. 



(4). Margins cream-coloured. 

 First-class. — Flower of Spring,* Silver 

 Queen.* 



Second-class. — Annie,* Meteor. 

 Series VI. — Golden Vabieoated Leaves. 



1. Leaves zonate and marginate. 

 First-class. — Mrs. Pollock,* Sunset.* 

 Second-class. — None. 



2. Leaves marginate, not zonate. 

 First-class. — Cloth of Gold,* Goldeu 



Chain,* Golden Fleece.* 



Second-class. — Golden Harkaway. 



SWEET-SCENTED FLOWERS. 



Every one knows of a few favourite 

 flowers that are very sweet-scented, 

 and that are grown as much for their 

 odour as their beauty. Tastes differ, 

 and you will observe that some per- 

 sons never apply their noses to a 

 flower or leaf of any kind, and we 

 confess we are of the number. Though 

 enjoying the odour of flowers with a 

 real zest, we have such a passion 

 for colour, that, unless the fragrance 

 of a flower is sufficiently powerful to 

 arrest our attention, it is rarely we 

 think to ascertain if it is odorous or 

 not. On the other hand, many per- 

 sons put the olfactory nerves in 

 action at first sight of a flower, and 

 will forgive any and every fault as to 

 form and colour if it be but sweet- 

 scented. There are very few flowers 

 but emit an agreeable odour, though 

 it may be faint. We can detect a 

 flowery freshness in the air of an 



orchard-house early of a spring 

 morning from the blooms of pears 

 and peaches, and we can see in the 

 centre of the pear blooms thick drops 

 of honey glittering like amber for the 

 attraction of the bees. Everybody 

 knows the fragrance of mignonette, 

 heliotrope, Aloysia citriodora (com- 

 monly called scented verbena), sweet 

 pea, lilac, hawthorn, lime, lavender, 

 sweet-briar, southernwood, violets, 

 hyacinths, honeysuckle, white jas- 

 mine, clematis, cytisus, musk, 

 meadowsweet, cloves, stocks, wall- 

 flowers, and (to pass by a thousand 

 others) the queen of flowers — most 

 beautiful of all in colour, form, foliage, 

 and fragrance — the rose. But there 

 are a few exquisitely scented plants 

 which very few know of, and at this 

 time of year it is as well to call 

 attention to them for the purpose of 

 adding to the garden pleasures of 



