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much cracked-up at the time, yet was by no means one of the best of 

 this gentleman's flowers. His Beauty was a great novelty, being one 

 of the first flowers having deep veins (with occasionally a blotch) on 

 all the lotver petals. These flowers have always been more or less 

 popular, and, with Occellatum of the present day, has nearly attained 

 perfection. The same raiser's Nymph was a flower remarkable for the 

 purity of the throat, a quality which had hitherto been rare. RuAr, a 

 very dark flower, a great improvement on Jewess, and Prince 

 Albert, complete the list. All the above of Mr. Foster's were sent 

 out at two guineas, except Nymph, which was priced at thrqt guineas. 

 Mr. Garth's flowers were Bridesmaid, Britannia, Comte de Paris, 

 a very high-coloured orange flower, Corona, and Duenna, which were 

 all advertised at two guineas. A few other flowers of this year do not 

 call for any attention, and are only mentioned to render the list com- 

 plete ; among them were Gaines's Incomparable, Little Wonder, 

 and Prince Albert; two raised by Catleugh, and named Lord 

 Mayor and Lady Mayoress ; Mabel, Cressida, Arabella, aud 

 Gem of the West, raised by a Mr. Nairn, which was a model as 

 regards form, though the colours were not striking. The whole of 

 these were also advertised at two guineas ; but, as stated before, the 

 season was productive of little improvement as compared with the great 

 step in advance attained during the year 1840. About this time the 

 system of exhibiting seedlings for prizes came into vogue. Of the 

 varieties sent out in 1841, only four obtained any reward at the show 

 of 1840, which were Nymph, Beauty, Comte de Paris, and Brides- 

 maid : so that this would afford a good proof that the year 1840 saw 

 but little improvement or novelty. As stated in the last article, the 

 brilliant success attending the season of 1840 caused many exhibitors 

 and seedling raisers to redouble their exertions ; and accordingly we 

 find that in the season 1842, now about to be described, an immense 

 number of novelties and good flowers made their first appearance, seven 

 of which were rewarded as seedlings the previous year. They are dis- 

 tinguished by an (*) prefixed to their names, as will be the case with all 

 varieties (hereafter named) which have been rewarded at any of the 

 London exhibitions. *Rising Sun (Gaines) was the most celebrated 

 flower of the year, and was priced at five guineas ; it was of the form 

 of the same raiser's King, and much in the same way, but of a bright 

 light orange-scarlet colour. The same grower also raised and sent out 

 Amaranth and *Caftivation at two guineas ; and Duchess of 

 Kent and *Caroline at three guineas. Mr. Foster's flowers were 

 *Prince of Waterloo, a striking high-coloured flower, sent out at 

 two guineas ; Jessie, at three guineas ; Amulet, a small but very 

 bright flower, one guinea ; Augusta, two guineas ; Bertha, which 

 was, perhaps, an improvement on the same raiser's Nymph, one guinea; 

 Com us, in the way of Beauty, but da*rker, two guineas ; Gifsey, two 

 guineas ; Jew, RnoDA % and Selina, thirty shillings each ; also Medora, 

 two guineas : this last variety was very novel in colour, and was the 

 forerunner of many others in the same style, as, for instance, Leonora, 

 Cleopatra, and others. Mr. Garth's flowers were Queen of Fairies, 

 at three guineas ; Queen of Beauties, Douglas, Evadne, P^velyn, 



