510 THE GARDENER. [Nov. 



of the October No. of the 'Gardener' it was commended by Mr Perry. Mrs 

 Coleman (Turner) is another flower with a white ground, tipped with crimson, 

 very pretty, but the dry weather had told against it also. Oxonian (Turner), a 

 deep flower of a bluish-purple shade, is distinct in character, of fine petal and 

 outline, and likely to prove very useful. Provost (Turner), shaded orange, is a 

 flower suitable for exhibition or border purposes, having a capital upright habit, 

 and being free blooming, makes a fine back-row flower. Sunshine (Turner), yellow, 

 tinged with red on the points of the petals, pretty, good, and very constant ; and 

 Toison d'or (Turner), no doubt the finest yellow Dahlia in cultivation, of a deep 

 pure golden hue, very fine and constant. 



Of Mr Keynes's new flowers of the present year, the following were seen here, 

 and they were estimated as under : Aristides (Rawlings), deep crimson, shaded 

 with purple, perfect form and fine quality, but, as seen here, too small ; Charles 

 Backhouse (Goodwin), glowing scarlet, fine shape and hue of colour, also small ; 

 Gipsy '.King (Hopkins), a novel shade of mulberry, new in colour, and fine quality ; 

 Golden Eagle (Keynes), yellow, with a lacing of maroon, like a Picotee, petals a 

 little pointed, but a good useful constant flower; James Grieve (Keynes), buff, 

 deeply edged with crimson, late in blooming, large and coarse ; Mrs Eckford 

 (Keynes), blush, a large and bold flower, but rather inclined to coarseness; Netty 

 Buckell (Keynes), blush, tinted with pink, large, and wanting refinement ; Paul 

 of Paisley (Keynes), lilac, fine form, high centre, full substance, promising to be 

 very useful ; Pretender (Keynes), lilac, nearly white at the base of the florets, 

 flat, and a little coarse; Roundhead (Keynes), a peculiar shade of bronze, novel 

 and distinct, large, fine shape and substance ; Royalty (Rawlings), rich golden- 

 yellow, with a dark centre, fine outline and petal, canes good early in the sea- 

 son — wants another season's growth to test its constancy ; and Thomas Hobbs 

 (Keynes), deep crimson, of good size and quality, and a constant and reliable 

 show-flower. 



Of older kinds the following were passed in review, and possibly the descrip- 

 tive notes appended may be found of some service to our readers. Adonis 

 (Fellowes), French white tipped with lilac rose, a lovely Dahlia; Albion (May), 

 white, very useful as a back-row flower, though a little coarse ; Andrew Dodds 

 (Keynes), a good useful dark flower, of fine quality; Artemus Ward (Fellowes), 

 blush, striped and edged with lilac rose, actually a fancy flower, though capable 

 of being shown in both classes, a novel and pretty variety; Autocrat (Fellowes), 

 rich maroon, shaded with purple, very fine ; Bullion (Fellowes), deep yellow, a 

 good useful flower ; Buttercup (Fellowes), very fine shade of yellow, but comes 

 thin ; Champion (Thorneycroft), crimson, a good-shaped flower, but uncertain in 

 a dry season ; Charles Turner (Keynes), yellow, tipped with crimson, very fine 

 and useful ; Charlotte Dorling (Turner), white ground, edged and tipped rosy- 

 purple, very fine ; Fair Imogene (Fellowes), white, delicately edged with laven- 

 der, very fine and constant ; Hugh Miller (Salter), shaded orange, very useful, 

 though old ; Iona (Fellowes), buff, edged and tipped with lake, wants depth of sub- 

 stance ; James Bennet (May), blush, veined and tipped with purple, very useful and 

 good ; John Downie (Keynes), yellow, tipped with red, a good early-flowering 

 variety ; John Dunnington (May), dull red, large, and very constant ; John Kirby 

 (May), a very good and constant buff-yellow flower ; King of Primroses (Raw- 

 lings), primrose, very fine, of great depth of substance, and constant ; Lady 

 Gladys Herbert (Keynes), white, deeply edged with crimson, inclined to be 

 coarse, but a very useful exhibition flower ; Lady Jane Ellis (Eckford), cream 

 ground, tipped with purplish - rose, very constant ; Lord Derby (Pope), rosy 

 crimson, a very useful show-flower, but inconstant this season ; Lord Napier 



