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them to remain till spring in the boxes, when they are treated like the 

 rest of the stock. Those who do not like the trouble of saving seed 

 themselves may obtain it from some of the larger seed firms. It is not, 

 however, a profitable way of getting up a collection, as very few of the 

 seedlings will be found worth growing. If the characteristics of this 

 ilower were fixed, as they may be some day, so that good varieties 

 could be depended on being produced from seed, the cultivation of the 

 Gladiolus would be increased to an infinite extent. 



11. P. BllOTHERSTON. 



NOTES FROM THE PAPERS. 



English nurserymen and seedsmen pride themselves on the bewildering length 

 of their lists of plants, seeds, and novelties ; but one American firm at least, the 

 Messrs Ellnanger & Barry of Rochester, N.Y., set a praiseworthy example 

 by shortening theirs — and at no inconsiderable trouble to themselves, it 

 would appear. In the preface to their catalogue for the present year they 

 state "that so soon as novelties after careful trial do not answer to their de- 

 scriptions and the expectations raised by them, they are at once stricken 

 from the list. By this means we avoid a bulky catalogue, and a vast amount 

 of disappointment and vexation to customers." 



And under the head of " Discarded Roses," we are told that, "Having com- 

 mented upon the new Roses, it will probably be interesting to note in order 

 varieties which we have rejected, with our reasons for so doing. Among the 

 Teas are Hortensia, of poor form and colour; Louise de Savoie, not sufficiently 

 distinct from Le Pactole ; Madame Celina Noirey, a coarse flower of dirty 

 colour ; Madame Camille has the same faults ; Madame Halphen, too much 

 like Isabella ; Monte Rosa, poor, and does not open well; Perle de Lyon, poor 

 habit, very liable to mildew ; Safrano a fleur rouge, a poor grower ; Souvenir 

 d'Elise Vardon, too coarse. 



"Among the Hybrid Perpetuals we have thrown out the following : Antoine 

 Mouton, an inferior Paul Neron ; Charles Turner, an inferior General Wash- 

 ington ; Col. de Rougemont, an inferior Baronne Prevost ; Dr Arnal, too small, 

 and not of good form ; Docteur de Chains, an inferior General Jacqueminot ; 

 Dupuy Jamin, neither full nor distinct ; Etienne Dupuy, a shy bloomer ; 

 General Von Moltke, very shy bloomer, and burns in sun ; Henry Bennett, a 

 shy bloomer ; Monsieur Boncenne, an inferior Baron de Bonstettin ; Perfection 

 des Blanches, an inferior Coquette des Alpes ; S. Reynolds Hole, an inferior 

 Louis Van Houtte ; President Leon de St Jean, opens badly, and a shy 

 bloomer ; TriompLe de l'Exposition, an inferior Charles Margottin ; W. 

 Wilson Saunders, shy bloomer, and a poor Rose ; Lyonnaise, Madame Georges 

 Schwartz, Madame Marie Finger, all of the Victor Verdier type, are similar 

 but inferior to varieties of the same type retained." 



The ' Pall Mall Gazette ' is not an infallible authority on horticultural 

 matters, but that does not hinder it from having very decided opinions on the 

 subject of gardens, nor expressing the same in its own peculiarly dogmatic 

 way. It does us no harm sometimes " t© see ourselves as others see us," 

 even though it may happen that those who do "see us" are not gifted with 

 wisdom in all things, nor endowed with much discriminative perception. We 

 therefore extract the following fragment from a lengthy article in your Lon- 



