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On Carnations and Picotees. — Louisa requested a list of a few of the best 

 Carnations and Picotees. I have sent a list of the best I have seen at the prin- 

 cipal shows this season. J. Wood. 



Carnations. Scarlet Bizarres: Twitchett's Don John, Martin's Splendid, 

 Ely's Lord Pollington, Headley's William Cobbett, Rainforth's Game Boy, and 

 Strong's Duke of York. Crhnson Bizarres : Puxley's Prince Albert, Ely's 

 Lord Milton, Cartwright's Rainbow, Mansley's Robert Burns, Ely's Duke of 

 Bedford, Holmes' Count Paulini. Pvrple Flahes : Mansley's Beauty of Wood- 

 house, Pollard's First-rate, Ely's John Wright, Nix's Lady Chetwynde. Scarlet 

 Flakes: Jones' Brilliant, Chadwick's Brilliant, Weldon's Earl of Lichfield, 

 Ivan's Marchioness of Westminster. Rose Flakes: Brook's Flora's Garland, 

 Wilson's Harriet. Lowe's Marchioness of Westminster, Ely's Lady Ely. 



Picotkes. Red-edged, heavy : Sharp's Duke of Wellington, Barraud's Cor- 

 nelius, Wildman'g Isabella, Brinkler's Master-piece. Light-edged: Sharp's 

 Gem and Criterion, Rutland's Duke of Wellington, Burroughes' Mrs. Bevan. 

 Purple-edged, heavy : Mansley's Nulli Secundus, Sharp's Invincible, Dickson's 

 Trip to Cambridge, Luff's Seedling. Purple-edged, light: John's Prince Al- 

 bert, Brinklow's Purple Perfection, Burroughes' Lady Douro, Gidden's Vespa- 

 sian. Rose, or Scarlet-edged : Burroughes' Miss Osborne, Willmer's Princess 

 Royal, Barnard's Mrs. Barnard, Green's Queen Victoria, Barraud's Bride, 

 Twitchett's Fair Rosamond, Wilson's Miss Fanny Irby, and Kirtland's Squire 

 Annesley. 



The Deodar, or Himalayan Cedar (Cedrns Deodara'). — Its botanical range 

 extends from 7000 to 12,000 feet above the level of the sea; and, in its most 

 congenial locality, attains a great height, and a circumference of above thirty 

 feet. When young it closely resembles the real Cedar, but never sends forth 

 spreading branches. The cone resembles that of the Cedar, and is preceded by 

 a catkin of a bright yellow colour ; so that the tree, when in full blossom, appears 

 covered with a rich mantle of gold. These catkins are loaded with a golden 

 dust, which the wind shakes from the branches in such quantities that the 

 ground, for a considerable distance about the tree, becomes as it were sheeted 

 with gold. So durable is its timber that some used in the building of one of the 

 wooden bridges over the Jailum was found little decayed after exposure to the 

 weather for above 400 years. — Thornton's Gazetteer of India. 



Oxai.is Boweiana. — Early the last spring I had two dozen plants of Oxalis 

 Boweiana, and wanting something pretty to fill up a flower-bed in a warm 

 situation in the flower garden, I resolved to make a trial with them. I turned 

 them out as entire as possible the first week in May. They have flourished 

 amazingly and are now (September 3) a vast profusion of bloom. The lovely 

 rose-coloured blossoms producing a fine effect. Louisa. 



Floral Operations for January. 



In the Greenhouse. — Keep everything clean and in good order, that alone 

 is a recommendation to anybody ; at this season few plants are in flower, and 

 therefore filth and confusion will be more perceptible. This department should 

 have good attendance during this month, and place every family of plants 

 together ; they grow best so classed, because the same temperature and attention 

 usually suits them all. 



The herbaceous kinds of plants will require occasional waterings, but less 

 frequent and in less quantities than the woody kinds. Succulents, as Aloes, 

 Sedums, inc., should be watered very sparingly, and only when the soil is very 

 dry. \\ hen water is given it should be as much as will moisten all the soil, 

 where water is only given to moisten the soil an inch or two at the top and the 

 ether kept quite dry, the result is generally certain, namely, the death of the 

 plant. The plan to be attended to is, water only when necessary, but a full 

 supply when it is done, and water at the early part of the day so damp may be 

 dried up before evening. Air should be admitted at all times when the weather 

 is favourable, or the plants cannot be kept in a healthy state. When the weather 



