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season the plants are always of a proper rich colour. The usual period 
of rest is of course essential to bloom successfully.— Clericus. 
Carnations AND Picoreres.—These lovely flowers are divided into 
several classes, and although well understood by the exhibitors, the 
majority of visitors at floral shows are unacquainted with the dis- 
tinctions. A florist, therefore, sends the following description, which 
is indicated by the colour of the flowers. 
Scarlet Bizarres ; each petal being striped with two colours, scarlet 
and a dark maroon, on a white ground, varying in intensity in different 
sorts. 
Crimson Bizarres; the stripes also consisting of two colours, but 
approaching in their tint more to a rose-colour and purple. In this 
class there is a subdivision, styled pink and purple, which are lighter 
and more lively in their shades. 
There are three other classes, consisting of Flakes. Their colours 
are scarlet, rose or pink, and purple of various hues; some being many 
shades darker than others in each of the divisions, upon a white ground. 
After the flakes come the varieties called Picotees, with either 
spotted or striped margins to their petals, with white or yellow 
grounds. Of these there is a very great variety, and they may be classed 
under the heads of scarlet, red, rose-coloured, and purple. Formerly 
they were only shown in two classes, red and purple, without any re- 
ference to the extent of the colouring; but now each class is sub- 
divided into heavy-edged, having the colour thickly laid on round the 
margin of the leaf, such are called in Lancashire striped Picotees, and 
light-edged where the colour touches the leaf in an unbroken delicate 
line, or as in Lancashire feathered Picotees. 
Supers Roses.— We scarcely need remark that ail the best sorts 
of Roses are exhibited in competition at the London Floral Shows. 
From them we made selections of the very best, and also in looking 
over the collections in the principal Rose nurseries. We can strongly 
recommend to our readers the kinds we enumerate. A part of such 
list was inserted in the last October number, page 268, and the follow- 
ing are additional sorts. It now being the planting season we trust the 
selections will be useful to those desirous to possess the best kinds. 
Perpetuals.—Geant des Batailles, brilliant scarlet crimson, large. 
Marquis Bocella, pretty blush, Robin Hood, pink. General Negrier, 
rosy-pink, fine form, and superb. Jeanne d’Arc, white, with a very 
slight tinge of flesh; the whitish perpetual rose, fine shape. Doctor 
Marx, carmine, large. Fulgorie, rich deep rose. Baronne Prevost, 
rose and pink, very splendid. Cymedor, brilliant red. Soleil d’Aus- 
terlitz, rich crimson. Madame Verdier, pinky blush, beautiful. 
Bouton de Flora, pale rose. L’Inflexible, flesh-colour. Duc d’Aumale, 
brilliant crimson. Augustine Mouchelot, rich vivid crimson. Au- 
bernon, splendid deep crimson. Madame Guillot, beautiful blush. 
Standard of Marengo, bright crimson, shaded with scarlet. Madame 
Aimie, pale peach. The above will usually bloom from June to the 
end of November. 
Bourbon MRoses.—Acidalie,. white, large, beautiful. Du Petit 
Thours, vivid crimson, La Gracieuse, bright pink. Proserpine, bril-_ 
