60 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF CAUNATIONS. 



Wells's Josephine. — Good pod and petals, small flower, colours 



bright, light edged. 

 Wells's Lady Flower. — Pod bad, petals narrow, flower small, white 



good, light edged. 

 Wells's Maid of Orleans. — Good pod, petals bad shaped, flowers large, 



very slightly edged with a rose colour. 

 Willmer's Alcides. — Good pod and petals, flowers large, edging bright, 



and white good, and rather heavy edged. 

 Willmer's Duchess of Cornwall. — Good pod and petals, white good, 



flower large, light edged. 

 Wood's Victoria. — Good pod and petals, flower large, white good, 



and very light edged. 

 Woollard's Miss Bacon. — Good pod and petals, flower not very large, 



colours good, and rather light edged. 

 Woollard's Little Wonder. — Good pod and petals, flower not large, 



edging a bright scarlet, white good, and rather inclined to be heavy 



edged. 



Yellow Picotees. 



Martin's Queen Victoria. — Pod bad, petals good, flower not very 

 large, yellow, fades and dull, edging light, full of petals, and apt to 

 burst. 



Groom's Favourite. — Pod middling, petals good as well as yellow, 

 edging light, and flower large, and full of petals. 



ARTICLE IV. 



A REMARK UPON A PARAGRAPH IN THE CONCLUSION OF MR. 

 SLATER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF TULIPS. 



BV A 1'I.OKIST OF A MIDLAND COUNTY. 



I have read the whole of the Descriptive Catalogue of Tulips with 

 great interest, and I have also read the concluding remarks, particu- 

 larly the observation made upon a certain Don John. 



I beg to call Mr. Slater's attention to the sweeping assertion he 

 has made upon this flower, namely, " that it is deficient in every 

 good point." 



I think he has pronounced his judgment rather prematurely. I 

 will state my reasons why I entertain such an opinion. In the first 

 instance, Don John obtained the premier prize at the London Flori- 

 cultural Society's show in 1841, (open to all England,) as the best 



