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Hardy's seedlings ; and Storer's No. 4, a fine flower. 

 Feathered] roses : Modesty, a charming variety, 

 withja rich deep scarlet feather on a white ground ; 

 Martin's 101, beautifully feathered, but wanting 

 in shape ; Nancy Gibson, rich in colour, quite 



William Bentley, a scarce variety, finely feathered ; 

 and Alice Gray, also a good useful flower. Flamed 

 bybhemens: Talisman, one of the very best in culti- 

 vation ; Duchess of Sutherland ; Adonis, very fine ; 

 and Friar Tuck, a rosy bybkemen, fine and correct 



posely omitted a few of the newer varieties, because 

 they are practically unobtainable at present. ./?. D. 



The Dahlia. 



The plants require constant attention in pinching 



20. CYRTOPODIUM SAlNTLEaERIANC.M*: PORTION OF THE INFLORESCENCE : FLOWERS YELLOW, HEAVILY BARRED AND SPOTTED Willi BROWN. (SEE P. 180.) 



a scarlet ; and Industry. Flamed roses : Annie 

 McGregor, perfect in marking and shape, very 

 fine ; Aglaia, a good old variety, especially when 

 in its best form ; Lady Sefton, bright in colour ; 

 and Mabel, very pretty and striking. Feathered 

 bybloemens : Bessie, Mrs. Jackson, with a rich 

 feathering of glossy raven-black ; Mrs. Cooper, 



when in its best form. Breeder Tulips— bizarres : 

 Excelsior, Sir J. l'axton, William Lea, Horatio, Abe 

 Lincoln, Ashmole's Seedling, and Storer's No. 4. 

 Rose breeders : Mrs. Barlow, Annie McGregor, 

 Lady C. Grosvenor, Miss Burdett Coutts, and In- 

 dustry. Bybloemen breeders: Glory of Stakehill, 

 Adonis, Talisman, and Elizabeth Gill. I have pur- 



or cuttting out all superfluous growths, and I would 

 remark here that pinching is better than cutting 

 out. When a plant has been allowed to grow until 

 it has formed a thicket of shoots, that have har- 

 dened, and must be removed with a knife, it cannot 

 be expected to do so well afterwarls as if the 

 growths had been small and soft, easily removed by 



