366 THE FLORAL WOELD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



ErancoiseMichelon, John Hopper, Jules Margottin,MadameDomage, 

 Madame George Schwartz, Marie Eady, Marquis deCastellane, Victor 



Verdier. 



Crimson-scarlet, red, andcarmine. — Abbe Bramerel, Alfred Colomb, 

 Annie Wood, Camilla Bernardin,Casimir Perier,DocteurAndry, Felix 

 >Genero, General Jacqueminot, Madame Marie Rady, Madame Victor 

 Verdier, Marie Baumann, Maurice Bernardin, President Thiers, 

 Senateur Vaisse. 



Purple, llaGkish-crimson, and crimson-scarlet. — Antoine Ducher, 

 Baron de Bonstettin, Charles Lefebvre, Duke of Edinburgh, Ferdi- 

 nand de Lesseps, Horace Vernet, Louis Van Houtte, Marechal Vail- 

 lant, Pierre Notting, Xavier Olibo. 



PEEPETTJAL BOUEBONS. 



Baron Grouelle, pink ; Baronne de Maynard, white ; Catherine 

 ■Guillot, deep pink ; Louise Odier, bright rose ; Michel Bonnet, rose- 

 peach ; Rev. H. H. Dombrain, rich reddish crimson ; Souvenir de la 

 Malmaison, blush. 



TEA-SCENTED. 



Belle de Bordeaux, pink; Devoniensis, black; Eugene Desgaches, 

 rose; Homer, salmon ; Gloire de Dijon, yellow; and Cheshunt Hybrid, 

 purplish rose. The tea-scented varieties here mentioned are the 

 tardiest in the section. 



THE CHISWICK TRIAL OF BEDDING PANSIES AND 



VIOLAS. 



pNCE the introduction by Mr. B. S. Williams of Viola 

 Perfection a few years since, the bedding violas and 

 pansies have multiplied so rapidly that cultivators 

 became perplexed in making their selections, and, in 

 consequence, the Royal Horticultural Society deter- 

 mined to have a systematic trial of all the varieties in commerce 

 for the purpose of eliminating inferior sorts and indicating the 

 superiority of others by conferring the distinction of first and 

 second class certificates upon them. Accordingly, in September, 

 1874, a collection, comprising all the sorts procurable, was planted 

 out in a selected position in the Society's garden at Chiswick; and 

 as the season has been favourable to these flowers, they have bloomed 

 most satisfactorily, and excellent opportunities have been afforded 

 for determining their relative merits. For the latter purpose, the 

 Floral Committee of the Society visited the gardens several times 

 in the course of tbe early part of the summer, and elosely examined 

 the varieties of which the collection consisted. In all, nineteen 

 varieties were certificated. 



The names of the varieties which were considered suflSciently 

 distinct and good to merit a certificate are as follows : — 



Aljjha. — Flowers large in size, and of a rich blue purple colour, 

 vigorous and free-flowering. 



