200 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



Florists' Varieties. — The following are superior varie- 

 ties: Double Red — Acteur, Prince of Wales, Sans Souci, 

 Waterloo. Double Blush — Bouquet Royale, Comtesse de la 

 Coste, Grootvoorst. Double Blue — Bonaparte, Bouquet Pour- 

 pre, Grand Sultan, Laurens Koster, Lord Wellington, Oronda- 

 tus. Double White — Anna Maria, Don Gratuit, La Deesse, 

 Nannette, Ne Plus Ultra, Prince of Waterloo. Double yellow 

 — Bouquet Orange, La Grandeur, Louis d'Or, Ophir. Single 

 Red — Aimable Rosette, Appelius, L'Ami du Coeur, Mars, Paix 

 d' Amiens, Panorama, Temple d'Apollon. Single B hie — Belle- 

 rophon, Grande Vidette, L'Ami du Cceur, Nimrod, Orondatus, 

 Othello, Prince Albert, Vulcan. Single White — Grand Vain- 

 queur, Grande Vidette, La Candeur, Queen Victoria, Triomph 

 Blandina, Virgo. Single Yellow — Heroine, La Belle Jaune, 

 Ida, Due de Malakoff, San Francisco. 



Hydrangea. [Saxifragaces.] Hardy or half-hardy de- 

 ciduous shrubs, most of them showy plants. H. hortensis^ 

 the most popular of this family, has been long familiar as 

 one of the commonest of market plants. Grown in the or- 

 dinary way it is very showy, but with pains it may be made a 

 ver}' noble object. There are t^vo very different ways 

 of growing it, — the one to form a shrubby plant ; the other a 

 single stem, and a large flower-head. The latter is the fa- 

 vorite mode of growing it for show, the aim being to produce 

 as large a head as possible. For this purpose, take cuttings 

 in July of the strongest shoots, and plant them in sandy soil 

 under a hand-glass ; when rooted, pot them in five-inch pots, 

 in a compost of one-third loam, one-third dung, and one- 

 third peat, well mixed together, and passed through a very 

 coarse sieve. Such of them as branch out will make pretty 

 little shrubby plants ; whilst those whose growth is confined 

 to a single stem, will, in all probability, form a large flower- 

 head. When the general set of plants drop their leaves, 

 and indicate by their terminal buds the strongest heads, 

 some of the most promising cuttings may be taken off, and 



