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yellow side-saddle flower. Two varieties of 
carnations were, old painted lady and new 
painted lady, and he calls Ranunculus fair 
maids of France. He speaks of the double 
white and purple varieties of the garden 
rocket as ‘‘extremely beautiful and fragrant. 
I have not yet had the pleasure of seeing one 
of them in this country, nor have I been 
able to learn that such are to be found on this 
side of the Atlantic. The ladies of Europe 
are extremely fond of it, whence it obtained 
the names of ‘Dame’s Violet’ and ‘Queen’s 
Gilly-flower.’”’ In his list at the end of 
the book, he classes rockets as double white, 
double purple, unsavory, and night-smelling 
or Tristis. I have looked in vain in our 
catalogues of to-day for the double varieties 
of rocket, and it looks as if they had not yet 
crossed the Atlantic. I have the single 
purple in the border, and like it for its 
fragrance and early bloom. 
On one point the old gentleman has sound 
ideas. He says: ‘‘Many flower gardens are 
almost destitute of bloom during a great 
