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THE GARDENER'S ASSISTANT. 



Innocente Pirola. Cream, sometimes tinted with pink. 



Isabella Sprunt. Canary-yellow, best in bud. 



Jean Ducher. Yellow, shaded salmon; does well under 



La Boule a" Or. Golden-yellow, very double. 

 Luciole. Carmine and yellow. 

 Madame Cusin. Rose and yellowish -white, small. 

 Madame de Watteville. Salmon- white, bordered rose. 

 Madame Falcot. Apricot-yellow, beautiful in bud. 

 Madame Hoste. A pale-yellow sport from Anna Ollivier. 

 Madame Lambard. Rose and salmon, variable. 

 Martian Cochet. Carmine and yellow. 

 Marie Van Houtte. Creamy -yellow, edged carmine. 

 Niphetos. The best white for pots. 

 Perle des Jardins. Straw-yellow, handsome foliage. 

 Rubens. White, tinted rose, early. 

 Safrano. Apricot, good in the bud. 

 Souvenir de S. A. Prince. A pure- white sport of the 

 preceding. 



Souvenir de Therese Levet. Dark-shaded red. 

 Souvenir d'un A mi. Salmon and rose, sweet-scented. 

 The Bride. A white sport from Catherine Mermet. 



Vigorous growers, 5 feet or more. Useful as climbers 

 under glass or against walls in the open. 

 Belle Lyonnaise. Pale canary-yellow. 

 Climbing Devoniensis. Creamy-white ; free, tender. 

 Climbing Niphetos. Pure-white; shoots 10 to 20 feet. 

 Climbing Perle des Jardins. Straw-yellow, vigorous. 

 Germaine Trochon. Pawn and yellow, very vigorous. 

 Gloire de Dijon. Buff, pale-orange centre. 

 Madame B&rard. Buff and apricot, strong grower. 

 Madame Chauvry. A yellow form of the preceding. 



Hybrid Noisettes. — This small class includes a few 

 exceedingly valuable varieties, such as : — 



Baronne de Maynard. Pure-white. 



Boule de Niege. White, very hardy, a good grower. 



Coquette des Blanches. Pure-white, small. 



Madame Alfred Carriere. White, yellow base, free. 



Reine Olga de Wurtcnbcrg. Light-crimson, a grand 

 climber, handsome foliage. 



Hybrid Teas. — This comparatively new class has been 

 produced by crossing Teas with Hybrid Perpetuals. They 

 were at first relegated to the class they most nearly ap- 

 proached, but they soon proved distinct enough to form 

 a new class. The late Mr. H. Bennett of Shepperton 

 raised some of the earliest and best. The class is now 

 increasing rapidly, and has many good qualities. They 

 are equally free and continuous bloomers with the Teas 

 and Chinas, and they are almost proof against orange- 

 fungus and red -rust. 



Augustine Guinoisseau. A blush-white La France. 



BardouJob. Large, crimson, semi-double. 



Camoens. Bright-rose, yellow base, compact habit. 



Captain Christy. Clear-flesh, dark centre ; there is an 

 extra strong climbing variety of this. 



Caroline Testout. Salmon-pink, fine and free. 



Cheshunt Hybrid. Cherry-carmine; a robust climber. 



Clara Watson. Salmon and pink. 



Duchess of Albany. A dark form of La France. 



Gloire Lyonaisse. Pale lemon-white; excellent for beds. 



Grace Darling. Large, full, rich-pink, dark centre. 



Gustare Regis. Canary-yellow, extra long buds. 



Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. Cream, shaded lemon. 



Lady Mary Fitzwilliam. Rosy-pink, dwarf and compact. 



La Fraicheur. White, tinted with rose. 



La France. Silvery-peach. 



Madame A bel Chatenay. Pale-fawn, pink and salmon. 



Madame Pernet Ducher. Canary -yellow, good in bud. 



Marjorie. White, flushed pink; a compact grower. 



Marquise Litta. Rosy- carmine. 



Marquis of Salisbury. Bright-red, semi-double, extra 

 free and good. 



Mrs. W. J. Grant. Bright rosy-pink, very free ; good 

 in beds or pots. 



Reine Marie Henriette. Carmine; an immense grower, 

 hardy, and especially bright under glass during winter. 



Viscountess Folkestone. Silvery-white, tinted with pale- 

 salmon, very large, sweet and free. 



Varieties for pot-culture. — Augustine Guinoisseau, Cap- 

 tain Christy, Caroline Testout, Clara Watson, Clio, Fisher 

 Holmes, General Jacqueminot, Gustave Piganeau, Hein- 

 rich Schultheis, Lady Alice, Lady M. Fitzwilliam, Madame 

 Lacharme, Marquise Litta, Merveille de Lyon, Anna Olli- 

 vier, Catherine Mermet, The Bride, Niphetos, G. Nabon- 

 naud, Francisca Kruger, Hon. E. Gifford, Jean Ducher, 

 Mme. de Watteville, Maman Cochet, Souvenir d'un Ami, 

 Sunrise, Duke of York ; all the Fairy and Miniature 



Varieties for massing in beds. — Augustine Guinoisseau, 

 Baroness Rothschild, Caroline Testout, Danmark, Duke 

 of Wellington, General Jacqueminot, J. D. Pawle, La 

 France, Marquise de Salisbury, Merveille de Lyon, 

 Triomphe de Caen, Viscountess Folkestone, Prince C. de 

 Rohan, Queen of Bedders, Souvenir de la Malmaison, 

 Comtesse de Frigneuse, Dr. Grill, Edith Gifford, Madame 

 de Tartas, Mme. Hoste, Marie van Houtte, Duke of York, 

 Cramoisie Superieure, Mrs. Bosanquet, Caroline Kuster; 

 the Provences, and Scotch Briers. 



Varieties for beds, the shoots to be pegged down. — Abel 

 Carriere, Baron de Bonstetten, Charles Lef ebvre, Duke of 

 Edinburgh, Earl of Dufferin, Gloire de Dijon, Her Majesty, 

 Madame A. Carriere, Mme. G. Luizet, Mme. Montet, Ulrich 

 Brunner, Mrs. Paul, Madame Berard, William A. Richard- 

 son, and LTdeal. 



Varieties for training on pillars. — Duke of Edinburgh, 

 Paul Neron, Dupuy Jamain, Earl of Dufferin, Jeannie 

 Dickson, Mme. Isaac Pereire, Margaret Dickson, Mrs. J. 

 Laing, Caroline Kuster, Mrs. Paul, Coupe d'Hebe, Ful- 

 gens, Boule de Neige, Coquette des Blanches, Gloire de 

 Rosomanes, Princess Louise Victoria, Bardou Job, Wal- 

 tham Climber No. 3, Madame A. Chatenay, Polyanthas 

 simplex and grandiflora. 



Varieties for high walls and fences. — The climbing forms 

 of *Devoniensis, *Perle des Jardins, *Niphetos and Cap- 

 tain Christy; Mme. Berard, the White and Yellow Bank- 

 sians, *Reine M. Henriette, Belle Lyonnaise, Celine 

 Forestier, LTdeal, Ophirie, Reve d'Or, *William A. 

 Richardson, *Mar^chal Niel, *Mme. A. Carriere, Reine 

 Olga de Wurtenberg, Rosa Bracteata, Tour Bertrand, 

 and *Gloire de Dijon. 



Varieties for screens and arches. — Dundee Rambler, 

 Rosa setigera, R. moschata, R. macrantha, The Garland, 

 Longworth Rambler, Crimson Rambler, Reve d'Or, Emilie 

 Dupuy, Setina, Felicite Perpetue, Leopoldine d'Orleans, 

 Splendens, Ruga, and the newer forms of Sweet Briers. 



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*The asterisk denotes those suited for walls, &c, under glass. 



Sarracenia. — The Side-saddle Flowers or 

 North American Pitcher-plants are worth a 

 place among popular garden plants. They are 

 easy to cultivate in a greenhouse, and they are 



