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TOIZES OBTAINED BY THE BEST DAHLIAS IN 1840. 



come under my notice, and of course some of the flowers may have 

 been placed more times ; but what is seen from the above table will 

 be a pretty safe guide to future purchasers. I must not however 

 forget to mention one circumstance, and that is, I have bloomed two 

 plants of the yellow Dahlia, " Rival Queen's Superba," in quite 

 different soils, and almost every bloom on both the plants has been 

 perfect; far superior to any yellow Dahlia I have seen this season, 

 except a single bloom of " Cox's Yellow Defiance," shown at the 

 Beverley Exhibition. How it happens to be placed only four times 

 this season I am quite at a loss to define ; perhaps it has not been 

 much grown. My original intention was to report upon one hundred 

 of the old flowers ; but the other twenty-eight were placed so seldom, 

 I thought it not worth while to include them. 



NEW KINDS OF 1840. 



*Argo, Widnall's .... 



Arabella, Wick's . . , . 

 *Bloomsbury, Pamplin's . • 

 *Bloomsbury, Lee's . . . 

 *Beauty of the Plain, Sparry's 

 *Bishop of Winchester, Jackson 



Bedford Rival, Mayle's . . 



Bishop of Salisbury, Squibb's 

 *Charles the Twelfth, Harrison 



i Miller's 



— ^— — — — Mortiboy 

 ■ Pamplin" 

 *Countess of Pembroke, Dod's 



Challenger, Brown's • 



Coronal, Squibb's. 



Constance, Ansell's . 

 *Defiance, Cox's . . 



Defiance, Squibb's . 

 ♦Defender, Squibb's • 

 ♦Danecroft Rival, Girling' 



Fat Boy, Low's . 



Fair Rosamond, Parson's. 



Henrietta, Begbie's . 



Iver Hero, Thompson's 



Iver Champion, King's 



Julia, Robinson's . . 

 *Lady Wetherall, Mitchell'; 

 *Lady Middleton, Jeffrey's 

 *Le Grand Bauduin, Low's 



Lady Mill, Taylor's . 

 *Maresfield Rival, Mitchell's 



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