HORTICULTURAL, SOCIETY OF NEW YORK. 



Peter Henderson; Snowdon; Silver Spray, a good one; Lizzie McGowan, 

 none better in its time; Flora Hill, for a long time famous and still grown 

 to a considerable extent; Glacier, White Lawson, Queen Louise; The Queen; 

 Lady Bountiful, is most beautiful; the greatest defect in this fine variety 

 is the tendency to be a shy bloomer in the fall and early winter; and finally, 

 Lieutenant Peary, which I think is the most valuable white to date; Vesper 

 is another good one, and not as well known as it deserves to be; it is vigor- 

 ous, early and continuous, very satisfactory with many growers; My Mary- 

 land, lacking in the essential qualities for a good comercial white; White 

 Enchantress promises well; The Belle, is a very good white with many 

 growers. 



In crimsons, which is one of the least important, commercially, we have 

 had Black Knight Louis Lenoir, Anna Webb, Crimson King, F. Mangold, 

 Seawan, Gomez, Maceo, Daheim, Harlowarden and Harry Fenn; the latter 

 two are the best in this class and are still cultivated. 



The class known as white variegated has been represented by a number 

 of varieties, enjoying a large measure of popularity; the best have been 

 Hinsdale a good variety extensively grown fifteen or twenty years ago. I 

 never saw it better than at John H. Taylor's, Bayside, L. L, for several years 

 he grew it in large quantity; Chester Pride, Variegated La Purite, a sport 

 from the great La Purite, Mrs. Bradt and Lilly Dean; Olympia; Prosperity; 

 M. A. Patton and Variegated Lawson; the last two are the latest and best. 

 Jessica which is being introduced this year, looks promising. 



In yellow variegated, we have had Astoria, introduced by William Wil- 

 son, of Astoria, about thirty years ago, a fine variety in its day. Then came 

 Charles T. Starr's Buttercup, introduced to the trade in 1884, and the best 

 one we have ever had; followed by Andalusia and Sunrise and Eldorado, 

 which are now probably both out of cultivation. We need a good new one in 

 this class. 



Now, I have named in all the classes, most of those that have been 

 specially valuable in the past and those which are the best at the present 

 time. I have also had the temerity to "pick the winners" of those being in- 

 troduced this year. It is interesting to note that the early and free bloom- 

 some of the wide-awake English growers. Among the kinds that have done 

 well over there may be mentioned Enchantress and America; Fair Maid, 

 The Belle and Harlowarden have done particularly well. I recommend our 

 English friends to try Helen Goddard, and, when they are introduced, Win- 

 sor and Beacon. Although there is a lack of sunlight in England, the free- 

 blooming American varieties produce some flowers in the fall and winter, 

 and in March, April, May and June bloom freely. As the London fashion- 

 able season runs into July, there is always a good demand for the blooms. 

 The method of growing, heretofore, in England has been in pots, but the 



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