10 FLORICULTURAL GLEANINGS. 



leaves are large, finely rounded and firm in substance, and the centre 

 is well filled with petals. It is a superior and desirable variety. 



Hutchinson's Lady Ridley. 

 This is a purple flake that has long been cultivated in Northumber- 

 land, but in my opinion it is nearly useless. The white is tolerably 

 good, and the stripes are of lightish purple, but the flower is only of 

 the middle size, and the centre hollow, for want of additional " stuff." 

 On the whole it is decidedly inferior to " Butt's Lord Rodney," 

 which has been noticed in a former paper. 



Ely's Colonel Wainman. 

 Colonel Wainman is another very rich and showy scarlet bizarre. 

 It is somewhat similar to the " Jolly Dragoon " in marking, but 

 quite sufficiently distinct to be easily distinguished by an ordinary 

 judge. The white is very fine and pure, and the scarlet and maroon 

 colours are finely distributed ; only I think it has a little more of the 

 darker colour than the Dragoon has. The petals are large, strong 

 and finely rounded, the centre well filled, and the flower of an excel- 

 lent size, especially if a " first pod " can be secured for the exhibition 

 day in first-rate order. I have grown it beside the " Jolly Dragoon '' 

 this season, much to my own satisfaction, and I beg to recommend 

 them both to the purchaser as excellent varieties. 



Ely's Lady Hewley. 

 Lady Hewley is a very beautiful purple flake. The ground is a 

 very pure white, and the stripes of lightish purple. The flower is of 

 an excellent size, especially if a " first pod " can be secured, the 

 petals of good form and the centre well filled. It is, in my opinion, 

 the best purple flake in cultivation in the north of England. 



Queen of Trumps. 

 This is a very pretty scarlet flake, the white being good and the 

 stripes very regular and vivid, but the flower is only small. 



Ely's Lady Peel. 

 Lady Peel is a very pretty rose flake, the ground colour very pure 

 and the markings very regular. It possesses a beautiful pod, and is 

 a flower of the middle size. 



Woolley's Tallyho. 

 This is a very beautiful pink and purple bizarre, with the colours 



