* Count Vergennes. 



* Walworth. 



* Do little. 



* Due de Bronte. 

 + Hero of the Nile. 

 t Holden's Rose, 

 f Chediera Beauty. 



Flamed. 



1 Galitzin. 



2 Duchess Newcastle. 



3 Ponceau Brilliant. 



4 Atlas. 



5 Rose Quarto. 



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5 Vainqueur. 



7 Rose Monte. 



' Lady Willmott. 



* Unique. 



* Triomphe Royale. 



* Lord Hill. 



* Vesta. 



* Sherwood's Rose. 

 [ Roi de Cerise. 



Incomparable Helena. 

 St. Domingo. 

 Vulcan. 

 Rose Ruby. 

 Grand Voleur. 



By way of appendix to this list, it may be necessary to observe that 

 in feathered varieties especial care should be taken to look out for 

 clean breaks; for if the name alone is trusted to, disappointment will 

 often result. 



I have had Goud Bures, Crown Prince, Due de Savoie, Baguet, 

 Count Vergennes, Walworth, Heroine, Hero of the Nile, and a few 

 others, which in different breaks have presented the appearance of 

 two distinct varieties ; the one being always clean and perfect, and 

 the other never. Indeed this very circumstance has given rise to 

 different names being given to the same Tulip. Thus, Royal Sove- 

 reign is nothing more nor less than a Charles X. very fine ; Magnum 

 Bonum is a very fine Sir Sidney Smith or Trebizonde, and the distinc- 

 tion in all such instances is really worth preserving, for the finer the 

 first break, the more certain is it to continue true to its character. 



Warrington, August 14ih, 1841. 



ARTICLE V. 



ON PRESERVING THE DAHLIA AND TENDER HERBACKOUS 

 PLANTS DURING WINTER. 



by cms. 



Hearing from all quarters complaints of the destruction of Dahlia 

 roots during the last winter, I beg to inform you, in case any of the 

 readers of your Cabinet should like to try the experiment, that never 

 having been able to keep many roots sound any winter in the usual 

 way, I determined this last to leave them out, only covering them 



