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I have selected the above varieties, as being all, except two or 

 three, well worth cultivating. Your readers who have collections of 

 this beautiful family are probably well acquainted with most of them ; 

 but as it is pleasant, and sometimes useful, to " compare notes," I 

 will make a few remarks upon them. Notwithstanding the great 

 variety of attractive novelties that are continually being added, the 

 Old Double White still retains its supremacy, and there are probably 

 few who, if they were compelled to be content with one sort only, 

 would not fix on this as the object of their choice. Candidissima 

 comes nearest to it, but differs from it in having smaller and smoother 

 leaves, and in the petals being of a less opaque white. The flowers 

 of Fimbriata are generally smaller than the Old White, and charm 

 every body by the delicate serrature of their edges. Humei, though 

 tinged with " the softest blush that nature knows," may yet be con- 

 sidered as a white, and is remarkable for the acute regularity of its 

 petals. Low's Imbricata (No. 5) is a new and most elegant variety ; 

 the flower is thin and flat, but the petals are so perfectly rounded, so 

 regularly distributed, and have such a delicate, transparent appear- 

 ance, like fine shavings of pure ivory, that it cannot fail to become a 

 general favourite. It is altogether different from its namesake "Alba 

 imbricata," and should have received another appellation. The last 

 named (No. 7) is a fine, vigorous, free-blooming variety, but will 



