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Queen Boadicea is second. In scarlet flakes Splendour stands first and 

 Sportsman second, while in purples Squire Meynell and Premier occupy 

 positions as before. 



Picotees : In heavy purples Mrs. Bayley and Lord Nelson maintain 

 their ground, and stand first, as last season. In light purples Amy 

 Robsart and Haidee are again as before ; while in heavy reds, Mrs. 

 Dodwell takes the lead, and is followed by Sultana and Mrs. Norman, 

 the last being the leader previously. In light reds Ada Mary is again 

 favourite, while Miss Holbeck recedes and Sultana is prominent. In 

 heavy roses Aurora rises to the first position, and Venus maintains 

 about her old place. In light Roses Mrs. Turner is again leader, and 

 Crystal takes the place of Bertha. 



Carnations: Black Diamond (11J), Warrior (10), Jenny Lind (9), 

 Lord Milton (8), Sarah Payne (7), Lord Goderich (2), Falconbridge (1), 

 King of Carnations (1). Scarlet Bizarres : Admiral Curzon (21), 

 Dreadnought (10), Paladin (3), Lord Rancliffe (2), Mr. Ainsworth (2), 

 Sir J. Paxton (1), Lord Lincoln (1). Scarlet Flake: Splendour (9), 

 Sportsman (6), Lady Curzon (4), William IV. (4), Firebrand (3), 

 John Bayley (2), Christopher Sly (1), Ivanhoe (1), Cradley Pet (1). 

 Rose Flakes : Lovely Ann (10), Queen Boadicea (5), Rose Castille (3), 

 King John (3), Poor Tom (3), Lady Ely (2), Maid of Athens (1), 

 Ariel (1), Rosy Queen (1), Lovely Mary (1). Purple Flakes : Squire 

 Meynell (5), Premier (3), Beauty of Woodhouse (2), Earl Wilton (2), 

 Esther (2), Favourite (1), Squire Trow (1), Earl Spencer (1), Napier(l). 



Picotees — Heavy Purple: Mr. Bayley (14), Lord Nelson (11), 

 Alfred (5), Countess (1), Mrs. May (1). Light Purple : Amy Rob- 

 sart (15), Haidee (4), Mrs. Eyre (3). Heavy Rose: Aurora (8), 

 Venus (6), Queen (4), Mrs. Drake (2), Alice (2), Helen (1). Light 

 Rose: Mrs. Turner (15), Crystal (9), Bertha (4), Eva (4), Mrs. Bar- 

 nard (3). Heavy Red : Mrs. Dodwell (12), Sultana (9), Mrs. Norman 

 (7), Dr. Pitman (5), Mrs. Hoyle (5), Lauretta (4), Mrs. Lochner (2), 

 Prince of Wales (I). Light Red : Ada Mary (11), Eugenie (5), 

 Miss Holbeck (4), Charles Turner (1). 



Alfred G. Sutton, F.H.S. 



Grove Cottage, Radford, Nottingham. 



PERPETUAL STRAWBERRIES. 

 Almost every season, says the American " Gardeners' Monthly," brings 

 advertisements of new perpetual Strawberries. Like the comet, they take 

 us very much by surprise, and their course to our gardens is marked by 

 much the same train, and received with the same admiration, as we 

 see follow on the comet's wondrous tail. No sooner, however, do they 

 come near enough for us to get a fair glimpse of them, than, like the 

 great celestial luminary, they recede from our view more rapidly than 

 they came, and are soon forgotten and lost to us. for ever. 



Once we had faith in that horticultural astronomy which predicted 

 the advent of some perpetual Strawberry star. The savans learned in 

 the science assured us positively that a new body had been discovered 



