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noticed. " If there were no first-rate varieties to report, the most I 

 can say of the best is, they were useful, nor ivas there any striking 

 novelty," colour excepted, say I. We had — 



Defiance, Attraction, Jane, Forest Flower, Golden Fleece, Triomphe de Peck, 

 Pius IX., Countess of Clarendon, Cardinal Ferretti, White Admiral, The Hero, 

 Eliza Miellez, Gipsy, Privateer, Maid of Honour, Fire-king (Turville), Fire-king 

 (Harrison), Canary, Brutus, Gem, Othello, Admiral Dundas, Louisa, Oracle, 

 Miranda, Delight, Negro, Rob Roy, Lady Ashley, Primrose superior, Pre- 

 eminent, Mont Blanc, Samuel Girling, Helen Car, Boule de Feu, Hamlet, 

 Compacta, Nell Gwynne, Amy, Dane Croft Hero, Crocus, War Eagle, Walter 

 Hilson, Queen of England, Richard Cobden, Black Prince, Toison d'Or, Shy- 

 lock, Imbricata, Coquette de Guiscard, Crimson Perfection, Aglae Magner, Belle 

 de Rioley, Heroine, Triomphe de Meux, Victor, Lamoriciere, &c. &c. &c. 



Of these, I prefer Toison d'Or, Shylock, Black Prince, Privateer, 

 Richard Cobden, Crocus, Imbricata, Gem, Boule de Feu, Samuel 

 Girling, The Hero, Golden Fleece, and Queen of England. 



Hurried and imperfect as this list really is, I assure your readers, 

 I " nothing extenuate, nor ought set down in malice ;" after all, 'tis 

 but the opinion or observation of one, and may have little weight with 

 the many. 



This brings me to the concluding part of my title — Caution ! let 

 this be the watchword. In selecting from those now offered — many 

 with first-class certificates added to their descriptions — it is obvious 

 that caution is necessary. My remarks are not made with any ill 

 feeling, and I entreat the trade " to let me off this time ;" for I 

 desire not to bring the " house about my ears" (which by some may 

 be considered rather elongated), nor will I knowingly inflict pain or 

 injury, hence I defer giving my favourites from the forthcoming no- 

 velties of 1849. About seven half- guineas will provide a plant each 

 of those " I have in my mind's eye, Horatio ;" fully bearing in mind 

 the multiplicity of prizes now so wisely offered by some societies for 

 collections of six new flowers ; but many are the errors we all com- 

 mit in striving at quantity at the expense of quality. 



The novelties of 1849, which I have at present seen offered, are : 

 Providence, Queen of the West, Charles Turner, Cecilia, Mr. Seldon, Gre- 

 nadier, Beauty, Nursling, Duke of Wellington, Flora, Buffalo Girl, Hero, 

 Duchess, Rubens, Earl Clarendon, White Lady, Queen of the Yellows, Windsor 

 Castle, Hector, Beauty of Hastings, Dreadnought, Mrs. C. Bacon, Attractive, 

 Queen of the East, Fearless, Dauntless, Confidence, Sunset, Lilac Standard, 

 Purple Standard, Miss Chaplin, Sunset (Rawlings), Victoria Regina, Goldfinch, 

 Elegantissima, Sussex Hero, Scarlet, Eclipse (Drummond), Portia, Violet Per- 

 fection, Princess Louisa, &c. 



In conclusion, I give a list of the best 36 already out, which, with 

 a few new flowers, will include all that the most ardent amateur need 

 trouble himself with, as he seldom requires more than 24 sorts in one 

 collection during the show season. 



Andromeda, Beeswing, Berryer, Box, Boule de Feu, Black Prince, Captain 

 Warner, Captivation, Cassandra, Crocus, Essex Triumph, Empress of the Whites, 

 Golden Fleece, Imbricata, Louis Philippe, Lady St. Maur, Marchioness Com- 

 wallis, Mynn, Marquis Worcester, Mrs. Anderson, Miss Vyse, Miss Sarah, Non- 

 pareil, Princess Radziwill, Privateer, Queen of Roses, Queen of England, Richard 

 Cobden, Raphael, Scarlet Gem, Shylock, Standard of Perfection, Samuel Girling, 

 Toison d'Or, The Hero, and Yellow Standard. 



January i6th, 1849. ^ 



