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Lady Sale. — A rose spot, of splendid form, very distinctly marked. 



Lame. — Of very fine form, a purple mottle upon a white ground. 



Nereus. — A flower of extraordinary size, very full, and delicately 

 marked, a light rose spot, upon a snowy white ground ; this is one of 

 the finest ever raised. 



Princess Royal. — A beautiful variety, dark edge, upon a brilliant 

 yellow ground. 



Prince Albert. — A very large and double flower, a dark brown 

 edge, upon a clear straw ground. 



Queen Beretigeria. — A beautifully formed flower, rose mottled, 

 upon a M'hite ground ; an exquisite variety. 



liichard Dixon. — A heavy purple edge, excellent form, ground of 

 a clear white ; a very large and massive flower, newly raised, and a 

 very free bloomer. 



Sir John de Grceme. — A flower of large size and splendid form, a 

 fine purple edge and cream ground ; one of the finest varieties in 

 being. 



Talisman. — An exquisitely beautiful flower, fine purple edge, upon 

 a pure white ground. 



Zebina. — An exquisite flower, beautifully marked, a rose spot, upon 

 a white ground. 



TO DESTROY THE SCALE. 



Mr. Barnes, of Bicton, recommends a plan, which lie says is quite 

 effectual, and costs scarcely anything but the labout. lie says, " Take 

 of good wood ashes (dry) one peck ; place this in a tub, pouring in 

 twelve gallons of soft water, and allowing it to soak for twelve hours, 

 stirring it up occasionally ; then take of fine soft clay, and of fresh 

 cow-dung, one peck each, and mix them well togetiier into a ' puddle ;' 

 add two pecks of fresh chimney soot, and a peck of fine charcoal dust 

 that has not been wetted ; place these ingredients together, and add 

 enough of the lye of the wood ashes to bring it to the consistence of 

 workable paint, stirring it well up with an old broom. This must be 

 allowed to stand for two or three days, and will then be in good con- 

 dition for painting over the stems, branches, and every part of the 

 plant aflfected with the scale, which it will readily extirpate. 



HOW TO DESTROY MICE IN A GARDEN. 



Bury pickling-jars in the ground, leaving the neck-hole even with the 

 surface. Put a little water in the jars. The writer has taken upwards 

 of 220 mice in this way in his garden, in the course of the last three 

 months. This is an improvement on the plan adopted some years ago 

 in the New Forest, where many thousands of mice were destroyed. 

 (See " Jesse's Natural History.") The writer had a very fine crop of 

 strawberries last year, but the mice devoured and destroyed ninety-nine 

 out of a hundred. Almost everything in the garden was more or less 

 injured. By the next fruit season I do not expect to have a mouse 

 left, as I have ten jars in constant use. 



