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Maid of Bath (Davis's.) French white, laced with purple; the pet- 

 als are rather too broad and shallow, and not sufficient in quantity. 

 It is, however, a very constant and useful flower, and has been a 

 great favorite durinj( the past season, having been shown in most 

 of the winning stands. 

 Oranije Boven. Uncertain, sometimes producing fine show flowers. 

 Poole's white. Worthless, 



Queen (Ansell's.) White, laced with pink; seedy eye; worthless. 

 Queen (Widnall's.) Color peach blossom; very constant, and oc- 

 casionally very beautiful; general form of the flower very line. 

 Regina (Gregory's.) Crimson; a constant and very useful show 



flower. 

 ReveniTo (Cox's.) Sulphur; worthless. 

 Rival Revenge (Cox's.) Sulphur; worthless. 



Scarlet Defiance (Cozzens's.) A desirable variety, from the dis- 

 tinctness of its color, being a bright orange scarlet; it is a well 

 formed and useful flower. 

 Scarlet le Grand (Wingfield's.) The petal of the flower is of first 

 rate form and quality, but it has a hard eye, and is never to be 

 seen in showa!)le condition; useless. 

 Tournatiient (Cattleuiih's.) Scarlet red; a flower of good proper- 

 ties, rising well in the centre; a very constant and desirable variety. 

 Unique (Walton's.) White, edged with lilac; a very useful flower. 

 Uxbridge Magnet (Cattleiigh's.) Purple; a flower of good sub- 

 stance; occasionally confused in the centre, but producing, at 

 times, fine show flowers. 

 Yellow Climax (Wildman's ) Fine color; uncertain; occasionally 

 produces good show flowers. 



Some of the hard eyed flowers may do better here than in Eng- 

 land, while those which are thin, and inclined to show a centre, may 

 not do as well. We, however, are inclined to the opinion that cli- 

 mate makes but little difference: a dahlia which is really good in 

 England, will prove so here; at least, such has been the case here- 

 tofore. (Gard. Chron., 1842, p. 155.) 



Bone dust for Manure. — With respect to bone dust, twelve months 

 ago we had a ton of it to mix along with the earth in the vine bor- 

 der. 1 took two or three barrowfulls of the smallest, and mixed it 

 with some compost in which I was potting some pelargoniums, and 

 the result was, that I lost every plant. I likewise tried it upon some 

 chrysanthemums, and they grew and bloomed splendidly. The re- 

 maining- portion of the compost I united with soil, which I put to 

 some strawberries, and I had an excellent crop. When I had filled 

 up my vine border, 1 had about two duzen barrowfulls of coin|)ost 

 left, which 1 put into my celery trenches, along side some that were 

 well manured with cow-dun;.'; and the difference was quite visible 

 all the time the plants were growing; and on taking them uj), and 

 com|)aring the largest heads of each, I foimd that those grown with 

 the bone dust were the heaviest by two pounds a head. {Id., 1842, 

 p. 158.) 



Nitrate of Soda. — Nitrate of soda, applied at the rate of one 

 pound to the rod, when roses commence growing, will much improve 

 their vigor, and seems to prevent their being attacked by the green 

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