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attractive red-grounds that I have seen, being totally distinct from all 

 others. It seems not to be known farther south, as I have not met 

 with it in any of the southern catalogues ; but it is highly esteemed 

 in Scotland, from which quarter I received it. 



Nicholson's Bang Europe. 



This variety has disappointed me. Its tube is pretty well elevated, 

 and the eye a good yellow ; but then the ground-colour is so very 

 deficient in quantity, when compared with the large eye, that it can 

 never stand high in the estimation of a good judge. Its lacing, also, 

 has not been very correct with me ; and if it does not bloom finer next 

 season, I shall certainly never recommend any one to add it. to his 

 collection. 



Craiggy's Seedling, of 1841. 



There is something very distinct about this variety. The tube is 

 beautifully elevated above the eye ; the eye itself is a little too small, 

 but a very clean yellow ; the ground-colour an exceedingly dark vel- 

 vetty brown, closely bordering upon black, and the lace very regular, 

 except in the middle of the " segments," where it sometimes does not 

 quite reach the eye. Should it improve in this respect, it will be well 

 worthy of preservation, as its ground-colour is so exceedingly dark 

 that it renders it distinct from all others. Such it has bloomed with 

 me this season, and I shall nurse it with care till I see it3 face 

 again. 



Thompson's Lord Morpeth. 



This is a beautiful variety, a seedling of this year. It took the 

 seedling prize at Felton, at the first exhibition, and was raised by 

 James Thompson, Esq., of Morpeth. It is a noble trusser, the spe- 

 cimen exhibited having ten or eleven pips, all " beautiful exceedingly," 

 as the poet says. The tube is finely elevated, the eye a fine yellow, 

 the ground-colour very dark, and the lace exceedingly correct. It 

 very much resembles Maud's Beauty of England, and ordinary 

 judges would be very apt to confound it with that variety. It is. 

 however, so correct and beautiful, that it cannot fail to be a decided 

 favourite with competing amateurs in future years. 

 Felton Bridge End, June 10, 1844. 



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