floricultural gleanings. 53 



Ely's Captain Ross. 



Captain Ross is another among the many raised by Messrs. Ely, of 

 Rothwell Haigh, near Leeds. It is a very beautiful scarlet flake and 

 well deserves a place in every collection. The flower seems of good 

 size, the ground colour a very excellent white and the flaking of 

 brilliant scarlet. It seems of strong and vigorous habit and took a 

 prominent prize here at our last year's exhibition. 



Wakefield's Paul Pry. 

 Wakefield's Paul Pry is a very beautiful dark Carnation and 

 appears among the pink and purple bizarres. The .white is very 

 clear and good, and is beautifully striped with pinkish crimson very 

 regularly alternating with the darker velvety colour, which gives it a 

 very rich appearance. The pod is only of the middle size, but the 

 petals are of an excellent round form, although they appeared to me 

 not to bloom very flat, being slightly cupped. I trust, however, that 

 this is not its general character, as it is one of the most beautiful dark 

 bizarres that I have as yet seen, and the " Young Beginner " may 

 rest assured that, whenever Paul Pry " pops in " to his collection, 

 he will never be considered " intruding." 



The Injured Queen. 

 The Injured Queen is another variety that has been a good while 

 cultivated in the north, although I think it will not any longer main- 

 tain its ground against the newer faces in the same class. It is a 

 scarlet flake of good size, but the ground colour is only a middling 

 white, being very apt to run. It possesses plenty of petals, but they 

 are generally of too small a size, which being the case even with the 

 guard-leaves, the flower seldom keeps in a good form. 



Prince Ernest. 

 This is another very excellent scarlet bizarre carnation, although 

 its name does not appear in any of the catalogues. It is very similar 

 to the "Duke of Terceira" already described, in every respect, except 

 that the dark maroon stripes are generally a good deal heavier than 

 the scarlet ones, which gives it rather a darker appearance than the 

 other ; for which reason, having grown them both in the same soil, 

 I am inclined to think that they are quite distinct varieties, although 



