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brandies, one-ha]f of the tree was de- 

 stroyed. — Princ. of Gardening. 



POIVREA. Six species. Stove 

 evergreen climbers. Young cuttings. 

 Sandy loam and peat. 



POLANISIA. Five species. Hardy 

 annuals. Seed. Sheltered, light rich 

 loam. 



POLEMONIUM. Twelve 

 Hardy herbaceous. Division 

 loam. 



POLIANTHES. Tuberose 

 species. Green-house bulbs, 

 imported. Sandy loam and leaf-mould. 



POLYANTHUS. Primula vulgaris, 

 var. polyantha 



species. 

 . Light 



Two 



Bulbs 



Nicholson's Ranger. 



Nonsuch. 



King. 



Sir Sidney Smith. 

 Telegraph (Head's). 

 Turner's Emperor Buonaparte. 

 Princess. 



Timm's Defiance and Yorkshire Re- 

 gent. 



Characteristics of Excellence, are 

 thus enumerated by Dr. Lindiey : — 



" The pip of the Polyanthus should 



be large, and the nearer the outline 



approaches a circle the better ; it 



should be free from any unevenness, 



A florist's flower much j and lie perfectly flat; the edge must be 



esteemed in England ; in the United 

 States but little attention has been paid 

 to it. 



Varieties. — Mr. Slater, florist, of 

 Manchester, gives the following lists: — 



FIRST CLASS. 



Barrow's Dutchess of Sutherland. 

 Buck's George the P'ourth. 

 Bullock's Lancer. 

 Clegg's Lord Crewe, alias George 



Canning. 

 Collier's Princess Royal. 

 Cox's Regent. 

 Crownshaw's Invincible. 

 Eckersley's Jolly Dragoon. 

 Gibbon's Sovereign. 

 General Bolivar. 

 Gond's Independent. 

 Hetcher's Defiance. 

 Hilton's President. 

 Hufton's Earl Grey, alias Clegg's Lord 



John Russell. 

 Hufton's Lord Rancliffe, alias Clegg's 



Prince of Orange, and Clegg's Golden 



Hero. 

 Hufton's Lord Lincoln. 

 Maude's Beauty of England. 

 Nicholson's Bang Europe. 

 Ollier's Beauty of Over. 

 Pearson's Alexander. 

 Saunders's Cheshire Favourite. 

 Wood's Espartero. 



SECOND CLASS. 



Beauty of Coven. 

 Buckley's Squire Starkie. 

 Burnard's Formosa. 

 Dew's Britannia. 

 Faulkner's Black Prince. 

 Fillingham's Tantarara. 

 Queen's Earl Fitzvvilliam. 

 Hepworth's Elizabeth. 

 Jolly Sailor. 



smooth, and the divisions in the corolla, 

 which form it into heart-shaped seg- 

 ments, should reach the eye but not 

 cut into it. The segments should be 

 well rounded, making the divisions be- 

 tween them small and shallow. The 

 tube must be of a fine yellow, round, 

 clearly defined, well filled with an- 

 thers, and terminating in a narrow 

 ridge raised slightly above the surface 

 of the eye. 



" The eye should be of a bright rich 

 yellow colour, of a uniform width 

 round the tube. The ground colour 

 must be entire, free from specks or 

 blemishes, of a dark or rich crimson, 

 not paler at the edges, and uniform in 

 every division. The edge should form 

 a narrow well defined riin of yellow, 

 perfectly regular, bordering each seg- 

 ment, and passing down the centre of 

 each division to the eye. 



" It is essential that the edge and 

 the eye be of a uniform yellow. These 

 qualities in the pips, and the flowers 

 forming a compact truss, standing well 

 above the foliage on a firm upright 

 stem, will constitute perfection in the 

 polyanthus." — Card. Cliron. 



Propagation by Seed. — Dr. Lindiey 

 says, " during February sow in pots in 

 a light and moderately rich soil, and 

 give the seed, when sown, a slight 

 covering of sifted soil ; the pans should 

 then be placed under hand-glasses. It 

 is better to raise them without bottom- 

 heat, as the young plants are apt to 

 damp off". As soon as the seeds begin 

 to vegetate, air should be given ; and 

 as they increase in size, care must be 

 taken to keep away slugs. When the 

 sun has much power, it will be advisa- 

 ble to remove the pans to an east or 

 north aspect, to prevent them from be- 



