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forming a pretty margin ; a large distinct dark spot. Flower nearly 

 white at centre, very large, and of good form. 



Captivation (Gaines's). Lower petals of a pretty pink ; upper 

 petals of a rosy-crimson, having a large dark spot. Flower large, of 

 fine form. 



Princess Royal (Gaines's). Beautiful flesh-colour, the upper 

 petals having a dark velvet spot. Of very fine form. 



Nonsuch. Of a fine deep rose-colour, the upper petals having 

 a large dark spot. Of fine form. 



Cuirassier. White ; some parts of the flower slightly tinged with 

 flesh-colour, the upper petals having a large dark clouded spot 

 extending to a fine violet purple. Of fine form. 



Prince Albert (Foster's). Beautiful blush, the upper petals 

 having a large clouded spot shading off to a fine rosy-crimson. 

 Flower of first-rate form. 



Vulcan (Catleugh's). Pretty lilac-pink, the upper petals having 

 a large and very distinct dark spot shading off to a rosy-pink. 

 Flower of first-rate form. 



(To be continued.) 



ARTICLE II. 



REMARKS ON RAISING SEEDLING DAHLIAS. 



BY MR. O. T. DALE, MANCHESTER. 



Having for many years been a cultivator of the Dahlia, and having 

 paid no little attention to its nature and properties, I beg to commu- 

 nicate an experiment I have tried this season with my seedlings. 



Early in February I sowed a quantity of seed in pots in the house, 

 and the same day sowed some in an open and exposed border. My 

 plants in the house are more fine and healthy, but the plants in the 

 open border far exceed them, yet they have been exposed to all the 

 rough and boisterous weather, and in a climate anything but favour- 

 able to the Dahlia, as the stormy winds we have in this immediate 

 neighbourhood are exceedingly hurtful to it. Thinking some of your 

 leaders Would be glad to hear of this, I send it you. It certainly 

 proves the Dahlia is becoming much more hardy. 



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