124 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 
The first six mentioned are considered the best, and 
all that are really profitable to grow under glass; they 
include all the desired colors, and are the best of their 
respective classes. 
Varieties for General Cultivation.— The selec- 
tion of varieties for general cultivation is an individual 
matter depending wholly upon the number required and 
the taste of the one making the selection. As with all 
other plants, tastes differ, one preferring self-colored 
flowers, as far as possible; others the more positive and 
well-defined colors; again, others preferring the neutral 
tints only. Unfortunately, catalogue descriptions are 
misleading. Our named varieties in the Gandavensis 
section being largely of French origin, a corruption of 
the French language has been used in the description, 
which, in many cases, does not describe; and in very 
many instances the same description is given to a great 
number of varieties that are entirely different in their 
general characters. For instance, the flowers of Ceres, 
Shakespeare, or Princess of Wales, would answer the 
description given to either, although there is a vast dif- 
ference in the general appearance of the three flowers. 
If a fine display of good flowers is desired, it is bet- 
ter to select wisely from the named sorts, and then keep 
up a stock by growing from the offsets; although it 
is more expensive at the start, in the end, if the offsets 
are carefully saved and grown, the expense will be 
very light compared with that of the more generally 
grown bedding plants, that must be renewed annually. 
The following twenty-five varieties, from a list of nearly 
five hundred, are the best of the Gandavensis section for 
general cultivation; they fairly represent the class for 
color, and are all vigorous growers. 
Abricote.—Apricot-rose color, with a large, well- 
formed flower. 
Adanson.— Fine rose, with darker rose markings, 
and white blotch and lines. 
