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an excellent bedder ; it is very dwarf and free, lias flowers of the 

 most brilliant scarlet. The season lias not been favourable to it, and 

 it would not be prudent to speak too positively about it. Grand- 

 Duchess, deep crimson, and Beauty of Wilts, ligbt orange scarlet, 

 are also full of promise as bedders. Corsair, now known as one of 

 the finest scarlets for pot culture, is also a good bedder, and can be 

 strongly recommended; it is compact in growth, produces good 

 trusses iu abundance, and the flowers, which are quite circular, are 

 of the brightest scarlet, and have no white eye. Lucius has long 

 been well known as one of the fiuest of the strong growers, with 

 cerise flowers ; for throughout the season it bears a profusion of 

 noble flower trusses. It is now surpassed by Mrs. Betley, which is 

 of a similar colour, but a few shades brighter, neater in habit, and 

 blooms rather more profusely. I have now had it two years, and con- 

 sider it one of the best I have added to my collection for some time. 



I have not a large number of white varieties in my collection, 

 for most of them are so unsatisfactory, that I have considered a few 

 only worth keeping. The best of those I now have is White Clipper, 

 and I have no hesitation in recommending it in preference to all the 

 others. In common with other white varieties, it is very robust iu 

 growth when planted in rich soil, or in wet seasons like the present, 

 but it flowers more abundantly than either of the others, and the 

 flowers are of the purest white. An undue luxuriance may be 

 checked in ordinary seasons by plunging the plants in pots, or by 

 filling the bed with some poor sandy soil, should the ordinary soil 

 be too rich. Some of the newer varieties with pink flowers are 

 exceedingly good. Of the pink zonals, not more than two or three 

 are required, because of the fine things we have amongst the pink 

 nosegays. If only one is required, Mrs. Halihurton should be 

 selected in preference to all the others. It is free and compact ; the 

 flowers are borne very profusely, and are of the brightest rose 

 pink. If three are required, add Mrs. Upton and Bella ; the latter 

 is an improved Christine. 



Amongst the nosegays will be found some of the very finest of 

 the geraniums suitable for bedding purposes. Ghunder Sen has a 

 dwarf spreading habit, and bears large trusses of orange scarlet 

 flowers. Charley Casbon is very dwarf, and bears neat trusses of 

 flowers of a brilliant scarlet colour. Star of Fire has brilliant scar- 

 let flowers, which are produced in large trusses, and the habit is 

 extremely good. Bonfire surpasses Stella, Waltham Seedling, and 

 all the nosegays of that class ; it has a compact, robust habit, the 

 flower-trusses are large, and the colour is a rich crimson scarlet. 

 Soleil is the best of the orange scarlet series. Ladf Kirldand is 

 unequalled amongst the purple crimsons, and a superb bedder. 

 Forest Mill Nosegay is the best nosegay with salmon flowers. 

 Violet HilV Nosegay has the finest habit of any of the nosegays, and 

 blooms freely ; and wherever a purplish salmon colour would be 

 suitable, it should be planted. We have now some grand things 

 amongst the pink nosegays. Mrs. Bole is of dwarf growth, the 

 colour bright pink. Mrs. Fytche, rather strong growing, with noble 

 trasses of deep pink flowers. Amaranth has purplish pink flowers, 



