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tufted plant, from six to twelve inches in height, producing a succession of 

 upright shoots, terminated by several tiers of flowers, which continue to open 

 in succession for two months. The colours being bright purple, intermingled 

 with white and rose, a gay variegated appearance is produced, which is ex- 

 tremely agreeable when the plant is grown in masses. It is well adapted 

 for covering flower beds, or for forming a compartment in a parterre, or for 

 the edge of a small clump, or in short for any purpose which requires neat- 

 ness, and a protracted blooming. If sown in the. autumn, it will flower in 

 May and June; if sown in spring, it will be in beauty in August and Sep- 

 tember; and by deferring the period of sowing till the beginning of June, it 

 uiav be made to blossom as late as November. 



PART III. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERY. 



On Hepwortu's Leader Carnation. — -Can any of your readers inform 

 me where I can buy Hepworth's Leader Scarlet Bizarre Carnation, and the 

 price per pair .' Innovator. 



REMARKS. 

 Retrospective Notices and Answers, by Snowdrop. 



On Chrysanthemums Flowering in June. — (Gulielmi s, Vol. II. p. 

 115).— It seems to lie a question whether Miller was acquainted with any 

 variety of the true Chrysanthemum Sinense. The Matricaria Indira presented 

 by him to the Royal Society " is preserved in the British Museum. It is small 

 and nut very perfect, but no doubt would lie entertained that it is referable 

 to one of the varieties of the Chinese Chrysanthemums (perhaps the U«ise or 

 Burl'), did not Miller's account of the plant in his Gardener's Dictionary, 

 entirely disagree with almost every particular of the. Chinese Chrysanthe- 

 mum.'* Miller states that it blooms in July and ripens seeds in Autumn, 

 which should be sown in Spring, and treated in the manner of a tender an- 

 nual. This certainly could nut be one of our present varieties. 



I can give Gi'lielmi's no hope of success in flowering the Chinese Chry- 

 santhemums in June. I have paid a great deal of attention to these plants, 

 and have tried many experiments, as well as the one he mentions, without 

 success. I have now plants several feet high of the quilled pink, I wo coloured 

 red, ^c. which did not flower last year, and which seem as far from flowering 

 (on examination this morning, August loth,) before the usual lime as any 

 others I possess. 



Carnations. — (A Lady N. Vol. II. p. 116). — Carnations are planted in 

 large pots for the convenience of layering, and three or four plants are placed 

 in each pot to make a shew of bloom, Carnationisls generally allowing only 

 the leading bud of each plant to flower. Single plants will, however, flower 

 well in 82's, and even in 4S's. 



Hyacinths. — (Charles K. Vol. II. p. 116). — I beg to inform Charles 

 K. that though my Hyacinths bloomed very well last spring; yet they were 

 not equal to what I expected. They certainly had not progressed during the 

 lust season in an equal degree to that of former years. This I attribute to 

 the peculiarity of the weather. On taking them up, however, so far from a 

 deficiency, I found a considerable increase both of size and number from tie' 

 time of planting. But after all, perhaps, it is most prudent, particularly for 



• Sabine, 4 Hort. Trans. 331. 



