5H WHO is RIGHT? 



nouncing accordingly. Certainly, when dealing with a 

 plant which is used for such various purposes, it would 

 seem to help to an accurate estimate of value if the plant 

 were looked at from one or other of two points of view 

 (i) as a florist's flower, in which shape, size, and substance 

 are the chief requisites ; and (2) as a decorative or bedding 

 plant, in which colour, habit of growth, freedom and 

 duration of flowering, should be placed in the ascendant. 

 This, I am aware, has been done in the Report of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society, so far as to classify them as 

 "bedding plants" and "pot plants," but the "doctors" still 

 differ widely, which I will proceed to show, by placing side 

 by side the opinions of the Floral Committee of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society of London, and those of two or 

 three of the largest growers of this plant in the vicinity of 

 London : 



GOLDEN TRICOLORS. 



Allan-a-Dale. Discarded as a bedding sort, R.H.S. ; 

 recommended as superior for bedding, E. G. Henderson 

 & Son. 



Hong Kong. Discarded as a bedding sort, R.H.S. ; 

 recommended as superior for bedding, E. G. Henderson 

 & Son. 



Miss Batters. Discarded as a bedding sort, R.H.S. ; 

 recommended as a bedding sort, H. CannelL 



Mrs Dunnett. Discarded as a bedding sort, R.H.S. ; 

 recommended as' superior for bedding, E. G. Henderson 

 & Son. 



Saragassa. Discarded as a bedding sort, R.H.S. ; 

 recommended as a bedding sort, E. G. Henderson & Son. 



SILVER TRICOLORS. 



Caroline Longfield. Discarded as a bedding sort, 

 R.H.S. ; proved fine for bedding, E. G. Henderson & Son. 



Clarinda. Discarded as a bedding sort, R.H.S.; 

 proved fine for bedding, E. G. Henderson & Son. 



