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Madame Ca)ir6bert. — A fiae full symmetrical flower, in tlie style 

 of Madame Vidot, colour silvery flesli deepening to bright rose. 



Madame Housset. — -Large, loose, shell petals, silvery rose. 



Madame Stella. — Large and rather loose ; when fully expanded, 

 shows an eye ; the colour is a lovely shade of soft pink deepening 

 to warm rosy pink. 



Madame Derreux Doumlle. — Large, full, fine form ; colour 

 delicate glossy rose shading to white at the edge. First-rate. 



Madame Verscliajf^elt.—hoo^e, confused, purplisli rose. 



Madame Victor Verdier. — A superb rose, possessing the highest 

 qualifications for show purposes, the centre extremely beautiful. 



Marcella. — A promising H.P., globular, full of stuff, stout and 

 symmetrical ; colour pale flesh deepening to light rose. It may be 

 likened to Souvenir de la Malmaison cast in a new mould. 



Mdlle. Bapiste Desportes. — Compact, cabbage style, and cabbage 

 colour, but full average size of the H.P. class, therefore eminently 

 desirable, 



Mdlle. Margaret Domhrain. — Large, coarse, deep pinky flesh. 

 The flower shown was past its best, and it may prove to be a fine 

 rose when fresh ; therefore please accept the implied condemnation 

 cum grano sails. 



Monsieur Boncenne. — A grand dark quartered flat flower ; colour 

 fiery crimson deepening to black crimson ; superb as respects colour. 



Princess of Wales. — Large, flat, loose, fine broad petals, colour 

 lively carmine ; would be a good rose if not saucer-shaped. 



Souvenir de William Wood. — Large, superb form ; colour deep 

 purplish-crimson ; first-rate. 



Xavier Oliho. — Peculiar in form, the outer petals rolling back, 

 and the centre remaining rolled up in the form of a cone. It is 

 extremely beautiful, and will long enjoy popularity on account of it3 

 distinctness ; colour rich deep velvety crimson. 



LETTUCES EOR WINTER AND SPEING. 



BY HENRT YOUNG. 



lO have these in perfection during autumn, and from the 

 middle of April to the end of May, sow from the 20th 

 of July to the 10th of August, the full batch to be 

 sown on the 25th or 2Gth of July. The best sorts to 

 sow now are Hammersmith, Brown Silician, and Brown 

 Dutch. These are the hardiest, and make capital saladings, and 

 they do not need so rich a soil as the crisper kinds. In order to 

 be very distinct, we should advise a sowing in a bed of fine rich 

 soil, on the 20th of July, of true Bath Cos, v/hicli will supply good 

 lettuces in October and November, and the smallest plants left will 

 stand the winter. On the same day sow also, on a bed which was 



