52 floricultural gleanings. 



Jonathan Martin. 



This is an uncommonly large scarlet flake, and well deserves a 

 place in every collection. In consequence of the vast number of 

 petals it contains, its pod is very thick and, consequently, rather apt 

 to burst, without great attention from the cultivator, who ought to 

 assist Nature in bursting the pod, and then tie it carefully up with 

 waxed thread. Its petals are very large and well formed, and the 

 flower when well grown has a very striking appearance, having plenty 

 of central petals to fill up and form a high crown. This flower is 

 only known in Durham and Northumberland as yet, I believe, and 

 is in comparatively few hands, having been lately raised by a private 

 amateur near Sunderland, I believe. Its fiery appearance has in- 

 duced the raiser of it to name it after the notorious incendiary who 

 fired York Minster. 



Duke of Terceira. 



The Duke of Terceira is a very superior scarlet bizarre — indeed 

 one of the very best that I have as yet had the pleasure of seeing. 

 It does not seem to be in any of the leading catalogues at present, 

 and I am surprised at it, as it certainly possesses every requisite for 

 constituting a first-race Carnation. The pod is long and not very 

 apt to burst, the petals of excellent form, the white clean and pure, 

 and the stripes of bright scarlet and dark maroon very distinct, and 

 about in regular proportions. The petals are of good substance and 

 stand beautifully when the artificial support is withdrawn from 

 beneath the guard leaves. This variety may, therefore, be fairly 

 considered one of the very best Carnations cultivated in the north of 

 England for floricultural competition. 



Leighton's Bellerophon. 



Leighton's Bellerophon is an old variety, but I am inclined to 

 think that there are perhaps few purple flakes that are better worthy 

 of cultivation even yet, particularly as Hannibal (in last year's June 

 number of the Cabinet, p. 143) recommends it as one of the best 

 six purple flakes that are in cultivation (in the neighbourhood of 

 Cambridge ?) It possesses a fine long pod, not at all inclined to 

 burst, the white good, the stripes of a lightish purple, the petals of a 

 good round form, and the flower of an excellent size. 



