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flower being in a winning stand says but little for it, while its beating 

 in a class is, if the award be honest, strong presumption of its supe- 

 riority. 



New Yellow Picotees. — Georgy is a seedling raised in Guern- 

 sey. Yellow ground, edged with purple. It crowns remarkably well, 

 but is slightly serrated, though when well grown this is scarcely 

 perceptible. 



La Grandeur. — Buffish yellow, heavily edged with dark crimson. 

 A very attractive and bold variety. 



Le Marquis. — Bright canary, edged with light red. A very lively 

 and pretty sort ; good form. 



L' Hussard. — The best form and petal we have seen amongst yellow 

 picotees ; crowns well ; light yellow, edged with pale rose. It is 

 deficient in size, but, from its other qualities, would be good to seed 

 from. 



Malay Chief (May). — A bold variety, with good petal ; yellow, 

 heavily marked with bright red. 



Lord Gough. — A Guernsey seedling ; pod good, and the ground 

 colour bright yellow, heavily margined with purple ; distinct and 

 good. 



BartletVs William IV. — The ground colour nearly orange, rather 

 heavily marked with a rich purple. Though not very well grown, this 

 is evidently a superior variety. 



Le Cuirassier. — Very good form ; stout petal ; pale yellow, heavily 

 edged witli red. 



La Villageoise. — Sulphur, laced with marone ; rather tall in its 

 growth ; a distinct variety. 



Kossuth. — The yellow pale, heavily edged with rose and slate 

 colour ; a very remarkable and distinct variety. 



Samiel. — This is also different to anything we have previously seen. 

 Ground colour canary, bleaching a good deal as the flower ages. The 

 marking is distinct stripes of rosy purple.— i^/^c?fa«// Florist. 



Destruction of the Thrip. — This insect having caused great 

 trouble and some loss, I can understand the anxiety many of your readers 

 evince as to the best means of destroying it, and therefore I send you our 

 experience on the subject. As it made its appearance on a large 

 collection of Indian Azaleas, which it almost destroyed, we tried 

 repeated smoking with tobacco without any success ; but we afterwards 

 found tliat dipping them over head in very strong tobacco-water, and 

 then placing tliem in the sun, repeating the operation after a few days, 

 killed every insect ; but this can only be done when the plants are 

 small. Having mentioned the subject to Mr. Henderson, of Brechin, 

 and told him that I had seen a large and very valuable collection of 

 Dahlias destroyed, he said that he could give me a receipt which 

 would kill this or almost any other insect that attacked plants. It was 

 as follows: to 1^ gallon of soft water, add ^ lb. of black soft soap and 

 J pint of turpentine ; this he assured me was the remedy he employed, 

 and that it was in no respect injurious to any plant to which he had 

 applied it. — J, M, Pearson, Chilwell Nurseries (Gardeners^ Chronicle). 



