258 FLORICULTURAL GLEANINGS. 



Ely's Mrs. Ramsden (light edged purple.) 



Ely's Mrs. Ramsden is another very desirable and delicate Picotee, 

 of the light edged purple class. My plant of this variety has not 

 been very vigorous, and was rather late in getting into bloom, but 

 it seems about two and a half inches in diameter, the petals well 

 formed, the lacing slight and of a rosy purple, the white pure and 

 fine, and entirely free from all markings, there being not a single 

 speck in either the first or second flowers, which is all I have seen 

 of this variety. It seems every way desirable for the competing 

 florist. 



Forsyth's Faerie Queen (yellow.) 



This seedling was raised by Mr. Forsyth, gardener to A. J. 

 Baker Cresswell, Esq., M. P., of Cresswell, and took the seedling 

 prize at Felton on the 4th September. There is something very 

 delicate and beautiful about this variety, the ground being a good 

 yellow, and the edging light and of a beautiful pink colour, but 

 unfortunately it extends a good way down the middle of the petals, 

 a blemish which the severe judgment of modern florists can scarcely 

 pass over at the present day. To those who can overlook this and 

 who are fond of yellow grounds, it will be a delicate and desirable 

 variety. 



Burn's St. Cuthbert (yellow.) 

 This is another seedling raised by Mr. Burn, the raiser of Lady 

 Prudhoe, (noticed last autumn). There is something exceedingly 

 grand about this Picotee, the size being tremendous, the yellow very 

 rich and the edging a pale purple, made up of pencillings almost 

 confined to the margin of the petals. But unfortunately the petals 

 are rather serrated and the pod almost globular, so that it is almost 

 impossible to bloom the first pod without bursting ; at least not 

 without as much trouble as is required by Fanny Kemble. This 

 added to its serrated edge makes it only valuable as a border or 

 parterre flower, and for this it is exceedingly beautiful. 



Felton Bridge End, October 4th, 1843. 



