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EEPOKT ON THE VARIETIES OE CUCUMBER. 



spined varieties, but for its yellow-coloured point, which places it 



as the third best. 



Hamiltons MarJcet Favourite. — The best and handsomest 



Cucumber in the wliole collection, and the best of the tipped- 



spined varieties. 



Phenomenon. — A very handsome Cucumber, and the second 



best of the tipped-spined varieties. 



Hamiltons Surprise, — A handsome and good Cucumber, and 



the third best of the tipped-spined varieties. 



Butler's Empress Eugenie, — A very handsome fruit, and the 

 plant an abundant bearer. The best of the white-spiued sorts, 



Dicksons Neivtoivn Hero. — The second best of the white- 

 spined sorts. 



Godfreifs White Spine. — A very handsome cucumber of a fine 

 dark green colour. 



Himalaya. — A handsome white-spined variety. 



Improved Manchester Prize, — A very excellent and generally 

 useful sort, and one of the best of the wliite-spined varieties. 



INDEX TO THE VARIETIES. 



No. 



Acme of Perfection. See Diclson'^s 



Newtown Hero . . .25 

 Ayres* Prolific Black Spine . .17 

 Beavis' Leader. See Phenomenon 21 

 Berkshire Champion, See Butler^s 



Empress Eugenie . , ,22 

 BinVs Hybrid. See Ayres^ Pro- 

 lific Black Spine , . . 1 7 

 Bird's Improved Sion House . 2 

 Butler's Empress Eugeuie . . 22 

 Butler's Extra fine Prame. Sec 



Frog^uore Frame , . . . 

 Butler'sSurprise. SeePhenomenon 21 

 Californian. See Improved Man- 



Chester Prize . , • . 32 

 Captain Lorraine's. See Pheno- 

 Toenon . . . _ . 



Carter's Champion . , , 



Champion of England. See Im- 

 proved Manchester Prize 



Cheltenham Surprise (Butlei*). See 

 Latter'* s Victo7*y of England . 



Cheltenham Surprise (Turner) . 



Chinese. See Lord Kenyan 



Improved , 



See Kem/on^s 



21 

 1 



32 



34 

 23 

 14 



Clapham Defiance. SeeGun Barrel 27 

 Clarke's Wonder. 



5 



No. 

 Constantine's Incomparahle. See 



Ayres"* Blach Spine . . 17 

 Cuthill's Black Spine. See Dr. 



Livinqstone . , , . 8 

 Cuthiirs Highland Mary , . 3 

 CuthilFs White Spine . . . 24 

 Dancer's Long Black Spine. See 



Rifleman . . . ,16 

 Dickson's Newtown Hero , , 25 

 Dr. Livinsstone . , .8 



See Phenonienon 21 



Garawaj's Ne plus Ultra. See 



Greenes Lady A nirohus , . 10 

 Garaway's Wonder. See Butlcr^s 



Empress Eug6nie . . . 22 

 General Canrobert. See Sir Colin 



Campbell . , . .7 

 General Outram, See Rifleman 16 

 Gillespie's Hybrid White Spine. 



^^^ Improved Manchester Prize 32 

 Glory of Arnstadt . . . , 2G 

 Godfrey's Black Spine. See Phe* 



nomeaon .... 



Drjham Park. 

 Frogmore Frame 



Godfrey's White Spine . . . 



Gordon'sWhite Spine. See Laiter''3 

 Victory of England 



21 



28 



34 



