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(Keynes), both thin and inconstant ; Memorial (Eckford), pale rose, a most use- 

 ful and beautifully-formed flower ; Mrs Boston (May), lilac, exquisite shape, and 

 very constant ; Mrs Brunton (Eckford), pure white ground, heavily laced with 

 deep purple, very fine indeed, and constant ; Mrs Dorling (Turner), in the way 

 of Charlotte Dorling, and quite constant ; Paradise Williams (Keynes), clear 

 claret, with a good deal of fire in it, very useful and constant ; Princess (Fel- 

 lowes), pure white, good, constant, and early to bloom ; Queen of Beauties (Fel- 

 lowes), pale straw, tipped with purple, very fine ; Valentine (Fellowes), white, 

 with a well-defined edge of purple, fine outline, and very constant ; Vice-Presi- 

 dent (Keynes), bright-orange, a good, useful, and constant flower ; Yellow Boy 

 (Keynes), pure deep yellow, somewhat uncertain, but comes very fine occasionally ; 

 and Yellow Perfection (Turner), bright yellow, of fine shape, but apt to come 

 quilled in the petals. 



No new Fancy Dahlias were sent out by Mr Turner last spring. Mr Keynes 

 sent out the following : Judy (Keynes), yellow, fully striped and spotted with 

 maroon, good and useful; Lord Dalkeith (Keynes), pale ground, edged with 

 purple and crimson, wanting in quality ; Model (Eckford), pale buff, striped with 

 maroon, fine petal, shape, and substance ; and Purple Flake (Keynes), pure white, 

 deeply flaked with clear purple; came somewhat thin this season. Among older 

 Fancy flowers, the following notes will pretty fairly estimate their worth, as seen 

 this season : Annie (Collier) crimson, tipped with white, useful and good ; Bessie 

 Wyatt (Keynes), white, striped with red, fine and constant; Butterfly (Keynes), 

 pale ground, striped with scarlet and brown, very constant and good ; Chang 

 (Keynes), yellow, striped and mottled with scarlet, very large and somewhat flat, 

 but very useful; Ebor (Godwin), chocolate, striped with dark maroon, fine form, 

 and useful ; Fanny Sturt (Pope), red, tipped with white, very pretty, and a reli- 

 able show variety; Formidable (Legge), red, tipped with white, pretty and good; 

 Frank Tiffin (Keynes), yellow, heavily striped with red, fine and constant; Galatea 

 Fellowes), white, striped with maroon, very pretty ; Glory (Legge), blush, striped 

 with rosy-crimson, useful, and dwarf in growth; Lady Dunmore (Turner), saf- 

 fron, with bright crimson stripes, and tipped with white, very fine and constant ; 

 Le Domine Noir (Turner), maroon, tipped with white, very pretty indeed when 

 caught good ; Miss Annie (Eckford), yellow, tipped with white, the best of its 

 class ; Negress (Fellowes), rosy purple, striped with maroon, and tipped with 

 white, very pretty, but comes small ; Norah Creina (Green), orange, tipped with 

 white, very fine and constant ; Pauline (Turner), buff, tipped with white, of extra 

 fine form and quality ; Pluto (Turner), dark maroon, tipped with white, a fine 

 and showy flower; Polly Perkins (Turner), yellowish buff, tipped with white, 

 fine quality, one of the best Fancies grown ; Prospero (Godwin), maroon, tipped 

 with white, very pretty; Punch (Keynes), light ground, striped with purple, 

 pretty and good ; Queen Mab (Turner), white, with scarlet edges, very showy 

 and fine ; and Top Sawyer (Keynes), white, striped and mottled with purple, 

 very good. 



There were many other features of interest to be seen in this Nursery which 

 were noted down at the time, but our space forbids any further extension of this 

 paper. In subsequent numbers we shall be able to allude to them. 



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