34 OX THE CULTURE OF BELLIS PEREN'NIS, &C. 



Countess of Liverpool fine scarlet 



Lord Stanley bright scarlet 



Duchess of Richmond scarlet 



Lord Liverpool fine dark puce or purple 



Augusta shaded purple 



King of the Whites very fine 



Queen of ditto ditto 



Globe Crimson globular shaped, close cupped petals 



Metropolitan Blush shaded 



Fair Helen blush lilac 



Picta Formosissima orange and scarlet stripe 



Enchantress variegated (small flower) 



Negro Boy very dark large flower 



Dawson's Victory dark 



Queen of Yellows .good 



W. J. P. 



New North Road, Dec. \9th, 1834. 



[We recommend our readers to look over the lists of Dahlias in our Ad- 

 vertising Sheet, for new and superior varieties. — Conductor.] 



ARTICLE III.— On the Culture of some Varieties of 

 Bellis perennis, Sfc. By Mr. Francis Goodall, 

 Rode Hall, Cheshire. 



I am of opinion, that amidst the very eager pursuit for the pos- 

 session of new plants, some of the handsomest inmates of the 

 flower garden are not regarded according to merit, solely because 

 they have been in the possession of our ancestors. Amongst the 

 number to which I refer, is that most charming perennial plant, 

 the Double Garden Daisy. I am certain the neat and beautiful 

 varieties now existing, deserve a place in every flower garden ; 

 and if brought into notice through the medium of the Cabinet, 

 I am persuaded they will be far more extensively cultivated. 



The kinds in cultivation in the gardens in this country, are 

 supposed to be varieties of that great ornament of our pastures, 

 viz. Bellis perennis, Common Field Daisy. But the beauty of 

 the latter is not to be compared with the pretty varieties of the 

 former. 



The kinds I cultivate are — ■ 



Bellis hortensis, large double red. 



variegatus, large double, white and red. 



albidus, do. do. white. 



fistulosa, do. do. quilled, red and white. 



All the above varieties of the Bellis have an exceedingly pretty 

 effect, when properly arranged in the front of a border, with other 

 low-growing flowers. They are extremely hardy, flower most 



