188 THE GARDENER. [April 



Purchase, Favourite, Golden Drop, Golden Gem, Harriet Tetterell, Hebe, Homer, 

 John Dimnington, Mrs Thornhill, Mephistopheles, Princess Alice, Scarlet Gem, 

 Tiflfany. 



FANCY DAHLIAS. 



Section I. — Attraction, Billy Button, Chameleon, Ebor, Fanny Sturt, Gem 

 (Pope), Gem (Stafford), Jeanie Deans, Leopardess, Miss Ruth, Mrs Joy, Mdlle. 

 Nilsson, IMaster Tommy, President^ Lincoln, Prospero, Queen Mab, Regalia, 

 Regularity, Striped Perfection. 



Section //.—Angelina, Butterfly, Bessie Wyatt, Favourite, Frank Tiffin, John 

 Burn, Octoroon, Peeress, Prince of Wales, Queen of Sports, Reliance, Startler, 

 Topsawyer. 



PHLOXES (early flowering). 



Section I. — Alexander Shearer, Alexandra, Cygnet, Duchess of Hamilton, 

 Duchess of Sutherland, George Wyness, George Goodall, Her Majesty, John 

 Cumming, Lady L. Dundas, Miss C. Duncan, Miss Ure, Mrs Shankp, Mrs Austin, 

 Mrs Duff, Mrs Laing, Princess Alexandra, Princess of Wales, The Deacon, 

 William M'Aulay, William Shand. 



Section II. — Adam Thomson, Dr Bremner, Gem, James Laing, John Baillie, 

 Lady E. Balfour, Lady Sinclair, Mrs K. Howat, Purple Prince, Rosy Gem, W. W. 

 Piatt. 



PHLOXES (late flowering). 



Section I. — Adelina Patti, Ange Gardien, Amabilis, Aurantiaca Superba, 

 Gloire de Neuilly, Geant des Batailles, L'avenir, Liervalli, Mdlle. C. Nilsson, 

 Mme. Domage, Mme. La Comtesse de Malart, Mme. Froment, Mme. Maria 

 Saison, Mons. Veitch, Mons. Hugh Low, Mons. Linden, Mons. George Henderson, 

 Queen Victoria, Reve d'Or, Sultan, Vierge Marie, Arthur Fontaine, Comte de 

 Lambertye, Duke of Sutherland, Eclair, Edith, George Ville, John Laing, Mme. 

 de Caen, Mme. Andry, Mme. Bonneau, Major Stewart, Miss Melville, John 

 Dovvnie, Mrs Campbell, R. B. Laird, William Blackwood. 



Section 11. — Comtesse de Chambord, Comtesse de la Panouse, Mons. Malet, 

 Mons. W. Bull, Aurore Boreale, Figaro, Premices du Bonheur, La Candeur, Roi 

 de Roses, Admiration, Comte de Merona, Edouard Andry, Flore, Foudroyant, 

 Larina, Mme. Thibaut, Mme. Godefroy, Mme. Delamare, Mme. de Wendel, Mons. 

 Allain, Mme. Rindatler, Mons. Alphonse Dufoy, Neatness, Professor Koch. 



[To he continued), 



[This list is by one of our ablest florists, and may be taken as a safe guide, — 

 Ed.] 



ON THE PROPAGATION OF THE LEBANON CEDAR. 



Sir, — Pray permit me to direct the attention of all those who are interested in 

 arboriculture to the splendid crop of cones which these trees are now bearing. 

 All Cedars do not bear fruitful ones, but many contain excellent and numerous 

 seeds. The cone of the Cedar is remarkably tough, and will not discharge its 

 seeds by exposure to heat like those of other Firs. I have tried various methods 

 of extracting the seeds, and find the following the most effectual : — Fix the cone 

 in a vice and saw off about | in. top and bottom, then with a mallet and cold chisel 

 divide the cone into quarters, which must be separated into smaller portions. 

 Place these in the kitchen-screen for say twenty-four hours, and they can then 



