146 FLORICULTURAL GLEANINGS. 



ARTICLE II. 



FLORICULTURAL GLEANINGS.— No. 11. 

 ADDITIONAL POLYANTHUS DESCRIPTIONS, 



BY MR. WILLIAM HARBISON, SECRETARY TO THE FEI.TON FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



(Continued from page 160, vol. x.) 



Riddle's Minna Troil. 



Minna Troil is a very pretty variety of the dark-ground class, a 

 seedling of last year, raised by Mr. Riddle, gardener to Mrs. Mitford, 

 of Mitford Castle. A truss of nine pips was exhibited at the Felton 

 exhibition on the 8th of May, and obtained the seedling prize. It is 

 a very pretty variety of the dark-ground class, the eye being a very 

 fine pure yellow, the mouth of the tube beautifully elevated above the 

 level of the eye, the ground colour a fine dark velvet, and the lacing 

 rather light, or narrow. The lacing is a trifle scared in two or three 

 places out of the nine pips, but this is a trifling fault, compared with 

 its many other good properties. There is no doubt of its taking its 

 place among the acknowledged winning varieties in future years. 



Riddle's Brinda Troil. 



This is another seedling of last year, and a lovely variety it is. 

 Mr. Riddle has been fortunate in raising two varieties in one season 

 that are likely to have their merits registered in the calendar of Flora's 

 gems. Brinda Troil is of the red-ground class, being of a rich 

 crimson, the eye a delicate palish yellow, somewhat similar to that of 

 Clegg's Lord Crewe, the lacing rather heavier than that of either of 

 the two last-named varieties, and the tube rather elevated, but not so 

 prettily as that of her twin-sister, Minna. Still it is a delicate and 

 lovely flower, and by many preferred to Minna, oh account of its 

 more delicate appearance and more correct lacing; but we have no 

 hesitation in pronouncing both to be very fine, and hope the stock of 

 them will thrive, that the floral world may have more opportunities 

 of judging of their merits in future years. 



Craiggy's Bertram. 

 This is another exceedingly beautiful variety, raised by Mr. Craiggy, 

 of Crawcrook, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The pips are well formed, 

 the eve a very fine yellow, the tube neatly elevated, and the ground 



