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Mrs. Brand (Ely's) ; William Caxton 

 (Ely's); Robert Burns (Mausley's) ; 

 Tally-ho (Woolley's) ; Bonpland (Wil- 

 mer's) ; Dord Durham (Tomlinson's) ; 

 Rainbow (Cartwright's) ; Squire Ray 

 (Hufton's) ; Betty (Lovegrove's) ; King 

 Alfred (Gregory's) ; Eclipse (Eason's) ; 

 Taglioni (Pickering's). 



Scarlet Flakes. — Beauty of Cradley 

 (Wallis') ; Ringleader (Toane's) ; Bright 

 Venus (Ely's); Premier (Creswell's) ; 

 Lord Morpeth (Ely's) ; Captain Ross 

 (Ely's) ; Mary Anne (Greasley's). 



Rose Picotees. — Few of this class are 

 grown near Nottingham ; the following 

 are amongst the best : Queen Victoria 

 (Green's) ; Favourite (Giddens') ; Fanny 

 Irby (Wilson's) ; Marchioness oi' West- 

 minster (Evans') ; Queen Victoria 

 (Wains'); Ann Page (Lovegrove's); Mar- 

 quis of Granby (Simpson's) : Earl of 

 Errol (Wilmer's); Wellington (Foster's); 

 Earl of Leicester (Wigg's) ; Rob Roy 

 (Orson's); Madame Mara (Pearson's) ; 

 William the Fourth (Wilson's) ; Lady 

 Hill (Pugh's); Fox Hunter (Hufton's): 

 Donna Maria (Millwood's); Red Rover 

 (Fletcher's) ; Bishop of Gloucester 

 (Brown's). 



Rose Flakes. — Lovely Anne (Ely's) ; 

 Rosea (Hulton's); Queen Victoria (Hy- 

 ron's) ; Lady Gardiner (Ely's) ; Lady 

 Ely (Ely's); Elizabeth (Easum's); 

 Village Maid (Greasley's); Lady Flora 

 (Hudson's) ; Sarah (Hastings') ; Brew- 

 ing (Hoyle's) ; Miss Walker (Ash- 

 worth's) ; Mrs. Pickering (Pickering's) ; 

 Lovely Nancy (Hoyle's); Eliza (Par- 

 kinson's) ; Emma (Lakin's) ; Miss Molly 

 (Ely's) ; Queen of England (Fletcher's); 

 Luna (Brown's) ; Lady Egertou (Low's); 

 Lady Grey (Malpas'). 



Purple Flakes. — Mango (Ely's) ; Beau- 

 ty of Woodhouse (Mausley's); Bellero- 

 phon (Leighton's) ; Prince Charlotte 

 (Turner's); Premier(Millwood's); Squire 

 Meyneli (Brabbin's); Sir J. Plastain 

 (Bates') ; British Queen (Elliot's) ; In- 

 vincible (Simpson's) ; Major (Spray's); 

 Miss Thornton (Hudson's) ; Enchanter 

 (Pearson's); Rev. J. Gisborne (Brab- 

 bins') ; Miignilicent(Ely's) ; Queen Vic- 

 toria (Ely's); Cleopatra (VVeldon's) ; 

 First Rate (Pollard's) ; Platoff (Hall's) ; 

 Major Cartwright (Hall's). 



Red Picotees. — Mrs. Flower (Ely's) ; 

 Miss Bacon (Wollard's) ; Little Won- 

 der (Wollard's) ; Duke of Wellington 

 (Sharp's) ; Mary (Morris') ; Pilot (Mor- 



ris') ; Will Stakely (Hutton's) ; Derby 

 Willow (Maw's) ; King of the French 

 (Green's) ; Royal Briton (Hardy's) ; Ma- 

 tilda (Parkinson's) ; Venus (Hudson's) ; 

 Mary Antony (Benii's); Hector (Sharp's); 

 Cornelius (Barraud's) ; Colonel Foreman 

 (Barraud's); Teazer (Giddens'); Cresar 

 (Giddens') : Criterion (Sharp's); Cathe- 

 rine (Hardy's) ; Nulli Secundus (Maus- 

 ley's) ; Bloomsbury (Clegg's) ; Mrs. Jud- 

 son (Wheatley's) ; Lady Peel (Pullen's); 

 Vespasian (Giddens'); Victoria (Mus- 

 croft's) ; Queen ofSheba (Wakefield's); 

 Nottingham Hero (Robinson's); Mr. 

 Mugglestone (Robinson's); Hope (Brink- 

 ler's) ; Trip to Cambridge (Dickson's) ; 

 Grace Darling (Ely's) ; Pluperfect (Wil- 

 son's) ; Queen Victoria (Kirkland's) ; 

 Nehemiah (Hufton's) ; Delight (Jack- 

 son's) ; Victoria (Crask's) ; Isabella 

 (Hufton's); Miss Hunter (Hufton's), alias 

 Toones, Miss Garey ; Mary (Lee's). 



Characteristics of Excellence. — Mr. 

 Orson, at a meeting of the Floricultural 

 Society, made these excellent observa- 

 tions : — " Carnations were originally 

 divided into three classes, viz., Bizarres, 

 Flakes, and Picotees ; but the latter are 

 now considered a distinct variety. Bi- 

 zarres were distinguished by having two 

 colours, and flakes by having only one 

 colour upon a white ground ; these two 

 principal classes being subdivided into 

 scarlet, crimson, pink, and purple bi- 

 zarres — scarlet, purple, and pink or 

 rose flakes. In some counties pink, 

 purple, and crimson bizarres were all 

 classed under the head of pink bizarres, 

 whereas in other parts of the country 

 they were known as crimson bizarres. 



" The calyx, or pod, should be long, 

 firm, and entire, of sufficient substance 

 to support the petals, which should be 

 thick, broad, and substantial, smooth, 

 and free from indenture on the edge. 

 The guard petals should rise gracefully 

 above the pod, and turn in a horizontal 

 direction, having a gradual disposition 

 to cup, but not terminating in an abrupt 

 curl, at the outer edge, the whole form- 

 ing a complete circle. The interior 

 petals should rather decrease in size as 

 they approach the centre, each row be- 

 ing regularly and alternately arranged 

 above the other, and not have a loose 

 and gaping appearance, in fact, the 

 spaces should be only sufficient to dis- 

 play the colouring distinctly. The num- 

 ber of petals in a first rate flower 

 should not be less than seventeen, three 



