Foreign JSTotices. 



■England. 



107 



We remarked then, that the labor of looking through fifty or a hun- 

 dred columns of fine print, to note down the number of premiums 

 which many of the flowers gained, so as to arrive at a more satis- 

 factory result in regard to the real merits of the kinds, was a labor- 

 ious task, and one which we had not the time to bestow upon: but 

 as we have found an article in the Gardener^s Gazette, which is the 

 result of a careful inspection of all the reports by the writer, who 

 has been induced to perform such a task, we avail ourselves of 

 his labor, in presenting an abstract of the same, for the benefit of 

 our readers, and in particular, for the gratification of cultivators of 

 the dahlia. 



The list is long — too long to copy entire: the writer says that he 

 has "expunged from the statement all old varieties that have been 

 shown but once or twice, retaining only the new sorts that appear 

 in that unenviable position, in order that their worthlessness may be 

 more clearly seen, than by their mere omission." We shall, how- 

 ever, omll many of those new ones which gained only one, two, or 

 three prizes, and name only such as were very successful, as we 

 presume admirers of the dahlia do not wish to grow a variety that 

 will afford but one prize flower in a season. 



As the colors of the kinds are given with the name, we have re- 

 tained the same, abridging them as follows: — ro. rose; y. yellow; cr, 

 crimson; p- purple; sc. scarlet; wh, white; br. bronze; sal. salmon. 



Argo, Widnall's, y. 56 



Andrew Hofer, dark cr. 44 



Admirable, Sparry's, ro. 29 



Amato, Dandy's, p. cr. 24 



Beauty of the Plain, Sparry's, 



wh. (S* p. 99 



Bloomsbury, Pamplin's, buff 46 

 Bishop of Winchester, Jack- 

 son's, cr. p. 

 Bloomsbury, Lee, sc. 

 Burnham Hero, Church, cr. 

 Conservative, Low, light p. 

 Climax, JcflTries, p. 

 Constancy, Keynes, p. 

 Duch(!ss of Richmond, Fowl- 

 er, br. 

 Eclipse, Widnall, sc. 

 Egyptian King, Wiloier, br. 

 Exquisite, Holmes, ivh. fy p. 

 Eclipse, Cattleugii, rosy sc. 

 Eva, Foster, blush 

 Fanny Keynes, Keynes, rosj/^. 30 

 Francis, .Jones, ich. ^- pink 29 

 Grace Darling, Dodds, sal. ro. 78 

 Hope, Neville, ro. 57 



Hiiidee, W Wdmiw^, wh. ^ pink 15 

 Highgate Rival, cr. 17 



Le Grand Baudine, br.p. 61 



Lady Middleton, Je.Tries, lilac 37 



Lewisham Rival, loh. 34 



Maria, Wheeler, ro. 52 



Maid of Bath, Davis, wh. ^-p, 57 

 Marquis of Lothian, cr. 47 



Metella, Bigbee,jo. 40 



Mary, Dodd, loh. <^- pink 31 



Miss Johnston, shaded ro. 27 

 Nicholas Nicklel)y, sal. S^-pink 49 

 Optime,Thurtcll,j9. 23 



Pickwick, Cormack,/>. 92 



Phenomenon, Whale, wh. Sp 



pink 76 



President of the West, Whale, 



cr. 67 



Penelope, Hedley, tdA. <§^/). 12 

 Queen, \WdniK\\, pale lilac 14 

 Rou^'e et Noir, Ansell, dark 37 

 Rienzi, Widnall, dark shaded 26 

 Royal Standard, Whale, cr. 24 

 Rosa, Brees, ro. 18 



Rival Sussex, Stamford, dark 18 

 Retina, Greirorv, red 14 



Sj)ringfieid Rival, cr. 61 



Suiibik Hero, Girling, mtiroora 42 

 Scarlet Defiance, Cozzins 28 



S[)ringfield Purjjle, Gaines 18 

 Tournament, Cattleugh, red 17 

 Upway Rival, Harris, ro. jo. 32 

 Yellow Defiance, Cox 61 



