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colour cbesnut with gold points outside, but on the inner side the 

 petals are reddish chocolate. 



Lord Derhy. — A superb large incurved flower, in the way of 

 Prince Alfred, but quite distinct ; the colour is rich dark claret 

 turning over silvery purple ; first-rate. 



Captivation. — Not incurved, and like a dahlia, colour pucy pink 

 with tinge of orange in the centre ; a lively pleasing variety, well 

 adapted for the conservatory, and to grow as a specimen plant. 



Golden Orb. — Large incurved, clear canary-yellow. 



Golden Thread. — A Japanese variety ; a large, curiously quilled 

 flower, looking as if formed of stiff golden wires set on a central 

 disk, very early, and highly decorative. 



Aurantia. — A Japanese variety, buflp-yellow, handsome. 



Tarantula. — A Japanese variety of remarkable form, more 

 nearly resembling a gigantic spider than a flower of any kind ; the 

 wire or thread-like florets radiate from a button-like disk ; they are 

 at first yellow, but afterwards change to purple. 



Meteora. — A Japanese variety, of a fine orange colour. 



Tycoon. — A Japanese variety, the flower very large, colour fine 

 cinnamon inside, the back golden. 



THE VILLA KITCHEN-GAEDEN.— No. YI. 



BT J. C. CLARKE, 

 Head Gardener at Cothelston House, near Taunton. 



gss^^jHE BROCCOLI. — This is a subject that requires a 

 Ho l^li deep rich soil. This is especially the case in small 

 ^^ ^^' g'^^^^^^^' ^^ usually the cultivator is not able to get 

 ^^ ^Hl them planted out so early as those who are favoured 

 ffrtniiii ^iimfBl y^{w^ more space. Hence the necessity of liberally 

 manuring and digging the ground in small gardens, to promote a 

 speedy growth to make up for a deficiency of time, as they generally 

 have to follow an early summer crop ; whereas with a duke's gar- 

 dener a quarter is very often set aside during winter for their 

 special benefit, and remains unoccupied until the end of June. But 

 as very few villa gardens have sufiicient space to admit of this being 

 done, some special preparations will be necessary for the reasons 

 above given. All the hardy winter kinds delight in a strong, well- 

 drained soil ; but the more tender varieties, such as the AValcheren, 

 Snow's Winter "White, and Adams's Early White, should be 

 favoured, if possible, with soil of a lighter and drier texture, as 

 their season of use occurs at a time when frost and rain generally 

 prevail ; and the more shelter that can be secured them, the more 

 satisfactory the result, in the majority of seasons, will be. When I 

 was occupied in tlie rr:auagement of a villa garden, I never set aside 

 any ground for tbecu subjects, except for Snow's Winter White, 

 and these I always endeavoured to get planted out as early in June 



