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Monarch, very large, fine in form, and constant ; a truly noble flower ; I think 



second to none that I have seen 

 Leviathan, a purple crimson, with black top petals, large, very free and fine 

 Lady Canning, similar in colour to the old favourite Rosamond, but brighter • 



and very much larger 

 Ariel, white, with rich rosy carmine top petals, good form, and fair size 

 Bride, white, with blotch of bright rose on the top petals, very pretty, very free 



and lively, of medium si .e 

 Empress Eugenie, white, with carmine spot on the top petals, a dwarf habit, 



free and beautiful, the white very pure 

 Candidate, in colouring similar to Wonderful, rather more orange, very fine 



and free, remarkably smooth on the edge (not a strong grower) 

 Sir Colin Campbell, white centre, with remarkably rich deep colouring, profuse 



bloomer, rather less in size than some in this list 



These are almost dec'ded improvements in the old style of Pelar- 

 goniums, and the list might be much extended by the insertion of very 

 interesting flowers, such as Desdemona, The Belle, Etna, Richard 

 Benyon, Rajah, Brilliant, Sunset, &c. 



In spotted varieties also there is a manifest advance, as in Peaeock, 

 Osiris, and others, and we are told that the old favourite, Sanspareil, 

 is to give place to Beadsman ; we shall see ; it must have many good 

 properties to drive that old favourite from the field. Many of the new 

 flowers in this class are striking and very effective in colouring, and 

 they are now sufficiently numerous to be shown as a distinct class, and 

 should be made ineligible for the other classes. 



I have purposely been silent upon the new flowers going out for the 

 first time this autumn, not having seen sufficient of some of them to 

 speak decidedly, but, of some that I have seen, I have hopes that they 

 will be found on trial worthy to be placed besides those I have described. 

 It is perhaps hardly necessary to say anything as to the culture of this 

 favourite and easily managed flower, but I would just venture to 

 recommend any of your readers whose plants may be backward in the 

 spring, to water them once a week with a solution of sheep's dung ; they 

 will, I think, be benefited both as regards foliage and bloom. 



Delta. 



WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH TIFFANY? 



It now and then happens that the gardening world is all at once startled 

 from its propriety by the exhibition of some marvellous invention, or 

 instances of culture which surprise everybody for the time, and afford 

 a fertile theme for praise or censure, as individuals feel disposed to go 

 for, or against the novelty. We well remember the time when 

 the late Mr. Wilmot, of Isleworth, was going to astonish Covent 

 Garden Market by sending there first-class Grapes in May, which he 

 was going to produce with the aid of " The Arnott Stove," at a cost 

 of somewhere about Is. 6d. per lb. ; then " Polmaise " was going to 

 revolutionise the entire system of heating forcing houses, and an atmo- 

 sphere unequalled by all the appliances of steam and hot water was to 

 be produced, wherein the finest fruits of the world might be grown to 



