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price), and has been the wonder and admiration of all who have seen 

 it. Its peculiar excellence consists in its extraordinary size, its bold 

 broad well-rounded petal of remarkably strong fleshy substance, 

 which causes the flower to remain an unwonted time in bloom ; the 

 ground colour is a pure ivory white, free from specks or stains ; the 

 edging is of the richest purple, clear, distinct, and free from all ten- 

 dency to striping ; the flower is high and well crowned, and filled 

 in the centre with its fine imbricating petals. It is altogether in- 

 finitely superior to every other Picotee in cultivation, and must be in 

 all valuable collections. This flower is named in honour of Dr. 

 Horner, an highly esteemed and talented physician at Hull, who has 

 greatly favoured the promotion of horticultural pursuits." This is a 

 very favourable notice, but the success which has attended the intro- 

 duction of this Picotee into all localities where there is heavy compe- 

 tition fully attests the truth of the description, and proves it to be 

 a first-rate flower, and highly creditable to the raiser. Ely's Mrs. 

 Horner, a very beautiful scarlet-edged Picotee, came out about the 

 same time, and has already been favourably noticed in this work, and 

 is still held in the highest estimation by the competing amateur. 



In 1840 Mr. Ely sent out his Grace Darling and Mrs. Hemming- 

 way, along with Mrs. Bentley, Lady Howdon, and Bishop of York; 

 the two first we have grown with unmingled gratification and 

 already noticed in a former number of the Cabinet, the three last- 

 mentioned we have not seen. 



In the autumn of 1842 Mr. Ely sent out his George Lane Fox, 

 Mrs. Bossville, Mrs. Meynell, Emperor, Empress, Mrs. Ramsden, 

 Field Marshal, Great Western, &c, and these were the last which 

 the worthy gentleman lived to circulate in the floral world. Through 

 life he had been blessed with uninterrupted good health, scarcely 

 ever being troubled with anything more serious than a day's cold, 

 which rarely prevented him from pursuing his occupation ; but 

 within the last twelve months he had been frequently ailing, and he 

 expired on the 26th of March, 1843, at Rothwell Haigh, in the 

 sixty-fifth year of his age, deeply regretted by his numerous rela- 

 tives, and highly esteemed through life by his acquaintance, and the 

 numerous customers with whom he had transacted business in the 

 floral world. 



Through life Mr. Ely was distinguished for his integrity and 



