The follo^v^ng list, prepared carefully wliile the plants were in the best condition, 

 shows the best of a collection of upwards of 100 sorts, embracing many of the best 

 English prize varieties of the last three or four yeers. Every one may be relied upon 

 as fine ; but we have noted a few ourselves, as worthy of particular distinction, and 

 place them in small capitals. We wiJi thank cultivators of the Dahlia to hand us 

 lists of their best varieties. 



Agnes — pure white, full size, and fine form. 



George Olenny — bright yellow, full size, occasionally with a few red lines. 



George VilUers — dark velvetty purple, medium globular shape. 



Gem (Oakley's) — white and lavender, full size, with a dark lavender center. 



Mr. Francois — orange-scarlet, large and fine form. 



/. Sickman — creamy-white center, tinged with lilac, the largest yet known. 



Clara — blush-white, tinged and tipped with crimson. 



FoRGET-ME-xoT — white and regular, striped with crimson. 



Elegantissima — rosy-purple, striped and tipped with white, curious and pretty. 



Boh — \'ivid orange-scarlet, double petals, with creamy-white stripes inside. 



Beauty of the Grove — salmon-buff, striped and tipped with purple, full and fine. 



Unanimity — scarlet, tinged with yellow, full size. 



Claudia — violet purple, tipped with white, free bloomer. 



Mrs. Hansard — bright yellow, tipped with white. 



Belle de Paris — pale lilac, edged and tipped with lavender-purple, very constant. 



Queen of Fairies — rosy-crimson, tipped with white. 



Queen of Beauties — blush-white, tipped and tinged with rosy-purple. 



Barmaid — creamy-white, tinged with purple. 



Queen of Primroses — primrose yellow. 



Grand Duke — bluish-lilac, full, of fine form. 



Coquette de Dugney — rosy-lilac, tinged with salmon, a very constant bloomer. 



Miss Caroline — white, slightly tipped and tinged with purple. 



General Faucher — fawn color, very large and full. 



Sir John Franklin — buff, with rosy-salmon at the base, high center. 



Blanche Fleur — pale lilac, regular and fine. 



Nil Desperandum — vivid scarlet, large and full. 



Beauty of Osborne — mottled orange, tipped with purple, large and full. 



Earl of Clarendon — orange-buff, and double and striped petals, globular and fine. 



We extract the following account of new varieties, from the report of the National 

 Floral Society's show, in London Gardeners' Chronicle : 



Septenler 7. — Several seedling Dahlias were produced; Mr. Dodds, of Salisbury, had 

 Miss fferlert, bronzy-pink, with light tip ; Lord Maglan, a flower like Sir John FranHin, 

 but lighter; and Mrs. Stowe, briglit lilac-pink, to which a Certificate of Merit was awarded. 

 Mr. Wheklek sent blooms of Lord Bath^ a deep maroon, good in form and substance, and 

 Primrose Peerless., a promising flower. Mr. Keynes sent Eitly Queen., a well-formed me- 

 dium-sized flower, to which a first-class Certificate was awarded ; Comet., pale yellow and 

 pink, shghtly striped with crimson, which received a Certificate of Merit; and Lady 

 Folkeston., yellowish-buff tipped with bright rosy-purple, which also received a Certificate 

 of Merit. Mr. Rawlings sent 3fiss Frampton., deep red ground with shaded wlate tip 

 form and substance, and well deserving the first-class Certificate which was awarded 



