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grand varieties with scarlet flowera. lanthe and Heartsease are the 

 best of those with bluish-purple flowers ; Master Christine, Mrs. 

 Musters, and Mrs. Fijtclie, three of the most useful pinks. Of those 

 with crimson flowers, General Outram and Wellington are perhaps 

 the best. The most useful salmon-coloured varieties are President 

 Thiers and Gloire de Gorheny ; and tlie best of those with white flowers 

 White Wonder and The Bride. The best of the painted flowers are 

 unquestionably Alice Spencer and Beau Vilhgeois. The three best 

 varieties for winter flowers are Vesuvius, Master Christine, and 

 White Clipper, as they bloom very freely during winter with very 

 little preparation. 



MR. LAXTON'S NEW PEAS. 



E/. LAXTON, of Stamford, lias entrusted to Messrs. 

 Hurst and Son, of Leadenhall Street, a series of new 

 varieties of peas, which merit the attention of the cul- 

 tivators of the most esteemed of garden vegetables. 

 The aim of Mr. Laxton, in his labours as a cross 

 breeder, appears to be to insure the production, by dwarf plants, 



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of peas of the finest quality, such as we have hitherto obtained only 

 from the tallest growers. Dr. Maclean, probably, was actuated by a 

 similar intention, for he certainly secured some grand varieties 

 characterized by robustness, productiveness, fine quality, and quite 



