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quiring a literary ediicatiou, in the fullest sense of the word; yet in the 

 rank of society they hold, we challenge a comparison with any other class as 

 to intelligence and industry, and they are by no means ignorant of every 

 thing else but practical gardening, hi confirmation of this statement, we 

 could easily point out many gardeners, and also a number of their literary 

 productions inserted in gardening publications. — Conddctor.] 



Your book on Floriculture seems likely to supply a great want I hope 

 you will confine it exclusively to that subject. I wish to ask you about the 

 Heart's-ease— how is it cultivated ! how are the varieties obtained and conti- 

 nued, especially the large dark blue ? I wish you would give us a treatise on 

 it.— 1 think your plate of plants should be arranged on some system, and be 

 made illustrative of some article in the book. Wlia^do I as a flo'rist care 

 about Brook-lime ? Suppose your last plate had consisted of several varieties 

 of the Calceolaria : we should then have had a tolerable notion of that spe- 

 cies and its principal varieties; and so of other flowers from time to time: 



or of the various classes of the Chrysanthemum— as, for instance-, one of the 

 Quilled, one of the Ranunculus flowered, &c. &c. This would have given 

 us a notion of the distinctions which florists make in their plants, and have 

 completed the subject in some degree. Or of the Auricula, or the Polyanthus 

 in the same way :— or of the Tulip, shewing also the various distinctions 

 which florists make in Bizarres, Flakes, &c. &c. A few good explanatory 

 plates upon this principle would, I think, be new and very useful, if accom- 

 panied by a few illustrative notes. An Amateur 



[Our object is to meet the wishes of our respected correspondent, and to 

 accomplish all satisfactorily to our readers, our utmost eftbrts shall be directed 

 to the purpose. — Condictor.] 



REFERENCES TO PLATES. 



\. EivelPs LadijWharncliffe. Pink. This very superior variety was raised 

 by Mr. John Revell, florist, Pitsmoor, Sheffield, in 1831. In 1832, it first 

 bloomed, and was judged by very eminent florists to be the best Pink, in cul- 

 tivation, of its class. The drawing was taken this season, but the flower was 

 then lu an imperfect state, not being more than half its usual size. It is of 

 the purest white, and the dark colour is of the richest dark crimson Its 

 coloure far exceed any other Pink. The petals are very broad, and well 

 formed. The pods never burst prematurely. It is a very free bloomer For 

 culture, see page 101. We are glad to learn that the very worthy person 

 who raised it has now one hundred young plants, aud such may be obtained 

 by applying to Mr. Revell— (see this month's Cover.) 



2. Lychnis sylvcstris. Red Campion, Wood Lychnis. Flowers diiEcious • 

 petals cleft, crowned with four teeth; capsule one celled, rouudish • leaves 

 egg-shaped, acute; stem from one to two feet high, slightly clammy ; 'panicle 

 terminal, many flowered ; petals thin, of a line rose-colour. Perennial- 

 flowers in May aud June; grows in woods, hedges, and shady waste places • 

 common. r ■ » 



i. Calceolaria Menziania. This most superb variety was raised from seed 

 by Mr. Joii.v Menzies, the meritorious and industrious gardener to Chris- 

 topher Rawson, Esq., Hope House, near Halifax, Yorkshire. We hesitate 

 not to say, that no colouring can near display the splendour and richness of 

 the flower. I he profusion of its blossoms, with the fulgent richness of their 

 colour, renders it infinitely superior to every other kind come under our 

 notice. W e have named it iu compliment to the very worthy gardener who 

 raised iL J J o 



4. Mimulua varUgatui. Variegated flowered ; monkey flower. The draw- 

 lug wa* taken from a plant in the very splendid collection of plants at Earl 

 l-iTZwiLLiAM\, W'ei.lworth House, Yorkshire. It is a very pretty species. A 

 native of Chile, lately introduced into Irunce. It thrives the beU if the Dot 

 containing the plant be placed in a pan of water. It bears .seeds freely and 

 being probably not long lived, it i% requisite to renew it frcuueutly It de 

 lighu in a light, rich, Ioam\ soil. / " "«■- 



