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they will require frequent going over with a sharp knife or a pair of 

 scissors to trim off all that is decayed. If aphides make their ap- 

 pearance (which is generally the case at this time), use the brush 

 as before recommended. 



It is very unsightly, as well as injurious to the plants, to allow 

 the soil to become hard upon the surface ; we make a point of never 

 allowing it to remain in this state a day after it has become dry 

 enough to loosen. Top-dress with a mixture of half-decayed manure 

 and half loam late in April or early in May, when the important 

 task of disbudding must commence. Two blooms of the largest 

 kinds to a stern are sufficient, if grown for exhibition : those we thin 

 to one bloom in Carnations are — 



SCARLET BIZARRES. 



Easom's Admiral Curzon. 

 Hepworth's Brilliant. 

 Snmmerscale's Capt. Edwards. 

 Ashworth's King. 

 Ely's Sir H. Gough. 

 Martin's Splendid. 



CRIMSON BIZARRES. 



May's Caliban. 



„ Edgar. 



„ Mercutio. 

 Holmes' Count Pauline. 

 Ely's Great Britain. 



„ Lord Milton. 



„ William Caxton. 

 Wakefield's Paul Pry. 

 Elliott's Rainbow. 



„ Victory. 

 Holliday's T. Sharp, Esq. 

 „ Thomas Hewlett. 



PINK AND PURPLE BIZARRES. 



Smith's Queen Victoria. 

 Willmer's Queen Victoria. 

 Young's Twyford Perfection. 



PURPLE FLAKES. 



Mansley's Bonny Bess. 

 Barrenger's Earl Spencer. 

 Ely's John Wright. 

 Lee's Napoleon. 

 Turner's Piincess Charlotte. 

 Millwood's Premier. 

 Evans' Queen Victoria. 

 Jackson's Squire Trow. 

 Holliday's Vernon Smith. 



SCARLET FLAKES. 



Brown's Bishop of Gloucester. 

 Hepworth's Claudiana. 

 Wigg's Earl of Leicester. 

 Hardwick's Firebrand. 

 Ely's King of Scarlets. 



„ Lord Morpeth. 



„ North Midland. 

 Simpson's Queen Victoria. 



ROSE FLAKES. 



Ely's Lady Gardener. 



„ Lady Ely. 



„ Lovely Ann. 

 Elliott's Martha. 

 May's Rosetta. 



Of Picotees, the following are also allowed but one bloom : 



RED EDGE. 



Brooks' Duchess of Cambridge. 

 Burroughes' Emma. 



„ Margiana. 



„ Miss Burdett Coutts. 



Edmond's Jenny Lind. 

 Headley's King James. 

 Hudson's Unique. 



ROSE AND SCARLET EDGE. 



Crouch's Ivanhoe. 

 Burroughes 1 Lady A. Peel. 



Dickson's Mrs. Trahar. 

 Barnard's Mrs. Barnard. 

 Gatlitf's Proconsul. 

 Headley's Venus. 



TURPLE EDGE. 



Norman's Beauty. 



Shaw's Beauty. 



Burroughes' Duke of Newcastle. 



„ General Jackson. 



„ President. 



Turner's Ernestine. 

 Ely's Favourite. 



„ Field-Marshal. 

 Brinkler's Lady Chesterfield. 

 Sharp's L 'Elegante. 

 Holliday's Marquis of Exeter. 

 Wood's Princess Alice. 

 Costar's Richard Cobden. 

 „ Triumph. 



