JANUARY. 



13 



Instead of reporting both the Norwich and Stoke Newington 

 shows, we will give our readers a descriptive list of the best varie- 

 ties seen at both, adding a few new ones not so well known. 



Ann 3 Salter, pale yellow, very double, 

 and fine. 



Barbette, rosy pink ; very pretty. 



Beauty, rosy lilac, fine and large. 



Comte de Rantzan, noble dark crim- 

 son ; petals very wide. 



Cyclops, buff, cups very much ; under 

 side of petals shaded with orange- 

 salmon. 



Campestroni, purple. 



Duchesse d'Aumale, blush. 



Emile Lebois, rosy blush. 



Fleur de Marie, white, anemone-flow- 

 ered centre. 



Florie, rosy lilac. 



Goliath, blush, very large. 



Helvetius, deep crimson, compact flow- 

 er, rather loose habit. 



Jenny, purple crimson, fine. 



Justine, pale lilac. 



King of Crimsons, deep crimson. 



King, rosy pink. 



L'Ange Gardien, white, good habit. 



La Reine d'Or, pale orange ; inclmed 

 to quill, but good. 



Madame Poggi, noble crimson. 



Madame de Commerson, crimson, neat 

 and compact, good habit. 



Madame Miellez, blush. 



Nonpareil, large lilac, free bloomer ; 

 fine showy variety. 



Nelson, rose. 



Nancy de Sarmet, white, anemone- 

 flowered centre; similar to Fleur 

 de Marie, but has only one row of 

 guard-petals. 



Pilot, deep pink, or rose. 

 Pharamond, orange-crimson, large but 



loose. 

 Pluton, bro^vu-crimson, rather small. 

 Phidias (Salter), shaded rose, fine 



shape ; one of the best. 

 Pompon d'Or, nankeen, good petal. 

 Pomponette, orange, small compact 



flower. 

 Pius IX., orange-crimson, bronze tip, 



fine. 

 Polar Star, white, large and showy, 



quilled. 

 Queen of Gipsies, orange, good. 

 Queen of England, blush, large, and 



fine. 

 Reine des Beiges, blush, good shape, 



late. 

 Rigolette, orange-salmon, large. 

 Rose et Blanche, pale lilac, delicate, 



pretty. 

 Superb Clustered Yellow, large gold. 



yellow. 

 Standard, crimson, fine shape, early. 

 Satyr, pale orange. 

 Strictum, white, with purple stripes. 

 Saturne, orange, small, good shape. 

 The Duke, blush, good shape. 

 Temple de Salomon, gold yellow ; a 



noble variety. 

 Unique, white, yellow centre, compact. 

 Vierge Marie, white, yellow centre 



when opening. 

 Vulcan, crimson. 

 Vesta, white, fine shape, and good in 



every respect. 



Those who procure or possess the above will have a first-rate 

 collection. The quilled varieties are thought but little of now ; we 

 never liked them. 



TRANSPLANTING ROSES. 



I READ with much pleasure the remarks on Roses by my esteemed 

 friend Mr. Rivers, which appear from time to time in the Florist. 

 In the last number, however, he gives me credit for assertions which, 

 I believe, I have never made. The words to which I allude are these: 

 " I think it is Mr. W. Paul who tells us (but I quote from memory), 

 that to remove a Rose once is to injure its growth, to do so twice 

 is a still greater injury." Mr. R. then proceeds to disprove the 

 accuracy of this statement. But do not let me be misunderstood ; I 

 do not charge Mr. Rivers with an intentional misquotation — indeed 



