JANUARY. 9 



with white. This flower at present stands at the top of the fancy 

 Dahlias. It has, however, this drawback, producing self-coloured 

 flowers, sometimes throughout the season ; and has caused many to 

 suppose they had the wrong variety : propagate from the plant that 

 has most constantly produced tipped blooms. There are good and 

 bad strains in Dahlias as well as in Tulips. The form is good; flower 

 large. 3 to 4 feet. 



Gasparine Furstin Reuss (Sieckman). A beautiful flower, and 

 some may think a pretty name ; rich velvety maroon, with distinct 

 white tip ; not a large flower, but the best received from the continent 

 the past season : equally attractive on the plant and in the stand. 

 3 feet. 



General Cavaignac (Hunt). Violet purple, white tip, good 

 habit, but thin of petals, and has not been so good this season as it 

 was in 1848. 



Jenny Lind (Girling). White, with maroon stripe each side of 

 the petal ; a good constant variety. 3 feet. 



Madame Wachy. Purple, white tip ; a flower of fine properties, 

 but a little uncertain in the centre. 2 feet. 



Miss Stevens (Dodds). This is barely a fancy variety ; pale 

 buff", with indistinct white tip ; the form is good, but blooms in the 

 foliage. 3 feet. 



CEillet Parfait (Paris). Orange buff^, striped and spotted with 

 bright crimson ; novel, and of good form ; it has often a green centre, 

 and is of a drooping habit. 



CEillet de Boheme. This is another striped variety, and a 

 showy one it is ; yet this class is not generally admired ; neither will 

 they, until we get them with a purer ground-colour. This is an im- 

 provement in that respect ; blush, with purple stripes. 



PosTSECRETAiRE Hane (Deegeu). Violet, tipped with white; 

 compact form, inclined to quill. 2 to 3 feet. 



Rainbow (Keynes). Showy, scarlet and white; reflexed petal, 

 but high centre. 3 feet. 



Striata perfecta (Salter). Lilac, spotted and striped with 

 purple ; good form ; one of the best of its class. 3 feet. 



Sunbeam (i^eywes). Red, white tip, a showy variety ; petals are 

 notched too often. 4 feet. 



Triomphe de Magdeburgh (Ehrig) . Scarlet, tipped with white ; 

 noble garden variety from its fine habit, and occasionally of fine 

 form ; but in this respect it is uncertain, as all are more or less. 

 6 feet. 



Vicomte de Ressequier (Dubras). Purple and white; a good 

 old variety, either for the border or for exhibition. 5 feet. 



The new varieties must be described on a future occasion. The 

 following have been most conspicuous at the shows: — Prockter's 

 Elizabeth, Bragg's Lady Grenville, Liddiard's Miss Compton, Tur- 

 ner's Mrs. Labouchere, and Dodds' Highland Chief. 



Exuibitor. 



