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raiser of breeders. He was very particular in selecting roots to 

 save seed from, and also in destroying all dirty bottoms, and bud 

 cups ; his breeders are much sought after at the present time. It 

 was from his breeders that Miss Fanny Kemble, Polyphemus, (and, 

 I believe, Rutley's Queen Adelaide,) and some others, were broken. 

 Mr. Franklin, of the City-road, Mr. Bowler, of Albany-road, Cam- 

 bervvell, have added considerably to the stock of seedling breeders. 

 Mr. Greig, of Hackney Wick, four years ago, seeded a bed of eighty- 

 rows of fine-named varieties; and his collection of bulbs, not 

 arrived at a blooming state, amount to one hundred thousand. John 

 Shelmerdine, Esq., of Altrincham, twelve years ago, sowed a pod of 

 seed taken from Louis XVI., which has produced seventy varieties, 

 all of which partake of the character of the parent root, and not a 

 few of them surpass the parent as respects colour, &c. ; and every 

 year I see new beauties breaking into colour from them, which excel 

 any Louis ever grown. The name of Sherwood will also go down 

 to posterity as the raiser of those celebrated Roses, Lady Crewe, 

 Duchess of Newcastle, or, as it ought to be called, Queen Boadicea. 

 These celebrated Roses were raised by him above thirty years ago, 

 from a pod of seed saved from Rose Vesta ; and the first Lady Crewe 

 that was broken was grown by Mr. Turner, of Derby. There are a 

 many varieties of breeders sold as Lady Crewe, which cannot be dis- 

 tinguished in the breeder state, (which is the case with many 

 others,) but there is only one which breaks fine. The last, though 

 not least, is Lancashire. A florist named Buckley, residing near 

 Ashton-under-Lyne, near Manchester, raised some celebrated breeders 

 from Bienfait Incomparable, which at the present time sell at high 

 prices. The Lancashire Hero was sold a many years ago for 

 £13. 10s. to a London florist; but the name, I have no doubt, has 

 been changed, as I have not seen it in any London catalogues, 

 although Mr. Groom has five of Buckley's, under the name of 

 Walker's Beauty, Glory, Flora, 46, and 71. Beauty and Lancashire 

 Hero are considered the best. Arlette, a Rose, when it is plen- 

 tiful, will rank higher, in my opinion, than any Tulip ever raised 

 in Lancashire. The cup is fine, the ground colour a very good 

 white, and the feathering a rich scarlet. Our English florists have 

 obtained very high prices for Tulips. Mr. Davy, of King's-road, 

 Chelsea, broke a Tulip named " La joie de Davy," for which he was 



