OLD FAVOURITES 



IN the foregoing lists I have tried to include all the 

 most up-to-Sate and reliable varieties that will render a 

 satisfactory return for the attention bestowed on them. 



But what has become of the favourites that graced the 

 showboards of some twenty years ago ? Alas, many are 

 almost gone and forgotten ; but I am glad to record 

 the attempt by some of resuscitating some of the old 

 Incurves, such as the Rundle family, those charming 

 little flowers, typical of what a true Incurve should be, 

 the petals naturally arranged as neatly as the feathers 

 on the breast of a bird. 



I refer to Mrs G. Rundle, white, Mrs Dixon, a golden 

 yellow, Mr George Glenny, a sulphur primrose, and 

 others. 



And the culture is so easy. I well remember some 

 of these in a southern county many years ago. They 

 were planted out in a quarter of the garden, and gave a 

 quantity of bloom. When the frost came on a slight 

 framework was fitted over them, and on this was rolled 

 some old tiffany blinds that had done duty on the stoves 

 and greenhouses. This answered most efficiently, and 

 cutting was usually carried on late in November and 

 sometimes even to December. 



Many, too, of the Reflexed kinds have gone out of 

 date. There is Elaine without a rival, even at the 

 present day, for purity of its snowy petals ; Maiden's 

 Blush, creamy white ; Progne, a dark-coloured form, 

 with a most agreeable scent; Cullingfordii, dark crim- 

 son ; Distinction ; Chevalier Domage. 



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