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Toison Orange (Cailloux). Orange buff; good petal and outline, 

 centre a little low ; should not be disbudded very hard : 3 feet high. 



Tom (Drummond). Red; very constant, and good centre; quills 

 too much ; should be planted out very early : 3 to 4 feet high. 



FANCY VARIETIES. 



Glorie de Kain (Cailloux). White spotted and flaked with pur- 

 ple ; good shape and very constant ; by far the best striped variety, 

 and very dissimilar ; average growth and disbudding : 3 feet high. 



Laura Lavington (Keynes). Dark fawn, tipped with white ; 

 rather uncertain, but very good shape: 3 feet high. 



Miss Ward (Turner). Canary, tipped with white ; very full, 

 deep, and good shape ; quills a little ; should be planted very early, 

 and allowed to carry all its buds until it is in flower, when a few of 

 the laterals may be taken off: 4 feet high. 



Kossuth (Drummond). Bright red tipped with white; very good 

 shape but uncertain, not filling in the centre : 4 feet high. 



Nancy (Keynes). Dull red tipped with white; good petal, hard 

 green eye ; requires plenty of water and quick growth : 2 feet high. 



Spectabilis (Salter). Yellow striped, spotted, and flaked with 

 red; good shape and constant: 3 feet high. 



Claude (Gaines). White and purple; constant, flat in the face; 

 should not be grown strong: 3 feet high. 



Flora M'lvor (Keynes). Purple tipped with white ; good shape 

 and constant : 3 to 4 feet high. 



Lilliput von Beyreuth (Funke). Red and white ; rather small; 

 good shape and very constant; good growth: 3 feet high. 



Le Paon (Tassart). Orange striped and spotted with red ; full 

 size, of average form ; not to be grown too strong : 3 feet high. 



Many others were sent out with the foregoing, a few of which 

 we have not seen ; but perhaps the less said about the majority of 

 them the better. 



PLANT CULTURE. 



From a remark in the last Number of the Florist, I find I have fallen 

 into an involuntary error respecting Cantua dependens and C. buxi- 

 folia, and have to thank Mr. Edwards for (in a measure) correcting 

 the mistake. It should have been Cantua buxifolia (synonym, C. de- 

 pendens) and Cantua bicolor. 



Within a few days past I have again seen the necessity for widely 

 spread information respecting plant culture, and could point my 

 finger to more than one garden in the north of England where many 

 new plants are purchased annually, and scarcely a well-grown speci- 

 men is to be found. I have seen greenhouse plants struggling vainly 

 to develop themselves amidst the inhabitants of the hothouse, and 

 plants requiring a high and moist temperature consigned to a cold 

 and dry greenhouse. This is not as it should be. There are many 



