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out at the latter end of April; and the most of them will flower before 

 September. 



Tree Carnations. — These are best multiplied early in the spring, 

 when they root with speed, and with few failures. The plants should 

 be potted without delay, into sizes of from 4 to 6 inches diameter, ac- 

 cording to the extension of the ball of soil adhering to them when 

 taken out of the cutting-bed. Allow them generous diet, but the pre- 

 vailing material in the compost must be fresh fibry loam ; second to 

 loam in importance, is a sufficiency of properly reduced cow-dung; drain 

 extra, and pot firmly, without ramming. Eepot as soon as the roots 

 net the exterior of the ball, repeating the same again and again, to 

 whatever size of pot the roots require to contain them. Have no 

 thought of limiting the size of pot to induce the plant to flower ; 

 flowers will come by-and-by, and the bigger the plant the greater 

 the success both in size of blossoms and in numbers. 



SELECTIONS TTvOM THE BEST COLLECTIONS. 



Scarlet Bizarrcs. — Admiral Curzon (Easom), Coriolanus (May), Dreadnought 

 (Daniels), Duke of Wellington (Bragg), Lord Derby (Heap), Oliver Goldsmith 

 (Turner), Splendid (Martin), William Pitt (Puxley). 



Crimson Bizarres. — Black Diamond (Haines), Eccentric Jack (Wood), a mag- 

 nificent flower of large size, finely marked ; Graceless Tom (Wood), Hope (Pux- 

 ley), pretty; Lord Raglan (Bowers), fine; Phidias (Wood), Rifleman (Wood), 

 in crimson bizarres one of the most beautifully marked ; The Lamplighter, an- 

 other splendid flower, by the same raiser as Rifleman (Wood). 



Plnh and Purple Bizarrcs. — John of Gaunt (May), Masterj)iece (Schofield), 

 Purity (Wood), Shakespeare (Puxley). 



Purple Flairs. —Dr Foster (Foster), Earl Stamford (Elliott), Florence 

 Kightingale (Sealey), Mayor of Nottingham (Taylor), True Blue (Taylor). 



Scarlet Flakes. — Annihilator (Jackson), Christopher Sly (May), Illuminator 

 (Puxley), first-rate; Marshal St Aruaud (Puxley), Mr Battersby (Gibbons), 

 one of the best ; William Cowper (Wood), a clear and beautifully-marked 

 flower. 



Pose Plaices. — James Merry weather (Wood), Lord Belper (Turner), Mr Mar- 

 tin (Elkington), Nymph (Puxley), Rosabelle (Schofield), Rose of Castille 

 (Headly), Samuel Moreton (Addis). 



^ree Carnations. — Foremost amongst the splendid array in this section must 

 be named Souvenir de la Malmaison, and its beautiful varieties. There are 

 both a rose and a pink, besides the much-admired blush-white. The rose is 

 certainly a grand addition, and model companion for the latter. Its shade of 

 colour is very deep rose, a self, with all the qualities of the blush-white. The 

 pink is a striped form, the pink prevailing in the flower. Ascot Giant, white- 

 edged red ; Ascot Yellow is edged crimson, fine form ; Boule de Feu, scarlet, 

 good old sort ; Brilliant, scarlet, striped with crimson ; Hermine, white self, 

 fine ; Novelty, bufi", splashed and streaked scarlet ; The Dragon, scarlet, good ; 

 "WTiite Nun, white self, constant bloomer, fine. 



The following little list has been raised by Mr Robertson, gardener, Seacot 

 House, Leith. They have all been awarded first-class certificates, and are the 

 pick out of hundreds grown by that successful grower and raiser of the Carna- 



