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the flowers, though too short in the stem to be 

 good for cutting, are borne in profusion and 

 show no trace of injury by weather. A fine 

 English flower and one of Mr. Goacher's new 

 kinds is White Pet, deserving equal honours with 

 Champde Neige, which it resembles in habit,but 

 is a little longer in the stem ; its blossoms are 

 pure white,profuse,and of the size and form best 

 adapted for wreaths and decorations in which 

 long stems are not necessary. Of older %ox\.$Myt- 

 chett White shows well as one of the best earlies 

 and quite worthy of its reputation, but it has 

 not as good stems as some of the newer varieties. 

 Parisiana, which, though so different, is a sport 

 from Gustave Grunnerwald, is also an early plant 

 of great merit, grown in quantity for the con- 

 tinental markets under light shelters to prevent 

 dewfall and splashing, a plan which Mr. Wells 

 considers might well be followed more largely 

 by English growers. Charlie, a flower of cream 

 colour on opening, but becoming white, is free 

 with blossoms prettily arranged, but as a border 

 plant its habit is a little weak. Cranford White 

 is a good plant of ideal habit, but the flowers are 

 slightly tinted ; while Victor Mew with quilled 

 petals, a sport from Madame Desgrange, is dis- 

 tinct, but only an improvement when disbud- 

 ded. We must not forget to mention Mabel 

 Goacher, bearing a dainty single flower, use- 

 ful for cutting and the earliest of the singles, 

 often showing bloom in August. If Mr. Wells' 

 hopes are justified we shall hear more of early- 

 flowering singles. 



Pink andMauve-tinted Flowers. — Mr. 

 Wells is growing some new things in this class, 

 where good kinds are scarcer than in whites and 

 yellows. Light Pink Parisiana is a tinted sport 

 from the white kind of that name, of which it 

 has retained the habit, form, and other good 

 qualities. Several of Mr. Goacher's strain show 

 great improvement : Belle deSeptembre, a rather 

 tall grower, with long, wiry stems, flowers not 

 large but very free, borne upon stalks of unequal 

 length, which prevents crowding, while the 

 petals are deeply coloured, especially towards 

 their base, and the centre of the flower very dis- 

 tinct and pretty. Pearlie, a similar flower, but 

 of a very beautiful rosy shade, which is rarely 

 seen so clear and bright. Blush Beauty is a fine 

 light flower of large size and the best of its 

 colour, free, and of robust habit, resembling the 

 old kind Mrs. Pitcher (the leaves of which had 



suffered badly) but with a longer period of 

 bloom, and better in flower and leaf. Primrose 

 is a dainty pale yellow kind, of fine form and 

 pretty as a spray. The older kinds of the Masse 

 type, always cheerful and good in habit, were 

 conspicuous for their show of bloom, Madame 

 Marie Masse as a dense bush of lilac-mauve 

 flowers about a foot high ; Crimson Marie 

 Masse, a bronze-coloured sport, just as good ; 

 and Ralph Curtis, a third variation, with petals 

 just shaded mauve. Madame C. Perrier has 

 flowers more deeply tinted, but this year is not 

 a success, its foliage having suffered so badly 

 as to spoil the beauty of the plant; it should 

 not be planted in close order, and needs an 

 open, sunny spot. Edith Syrat, with flowers of 

 purplish-pink, was in good form, and Myt- 

 chett Pink, prettily flushed, very neat and pro- 

 fuse. 



Yellow Flowers. — Some first-rate new 

 flowers appear in this group, the best of them 

 being Mr. Goacher's seedlings. Carrie, grown 

 in quantity, is in great demand for market ; it is 

 again of which Mr. Wells is justly proud, being 

 very free, of good dwarf habit, lasting, perfect 

 in form and colour, whether disbudded or in 

 masses. For all round merit it is hard to choose 

 between this and The Champion, a fine flower, 

 rather bigger in growth and perhaps a little less 

 free but renewing well, and so distinct that both 

 may well be grown. A third, considered by the 

 raiser as one of his best gains, is Maggie, a deep 

 yellow flower, very double and of bushy habit, 

 coming rather later, and as a good succession 

 to those first named. Leonard Peto, a new sort 

 sent out last season, has not done well; though 

 good in colour the stems are weak and trailing, 

 and the flowers show often a hollow centre. On 

 the other hand, Craigmillar is of ideal habit, a 

 dense bush covered with golden disks, rather 

 small but in lasting profusion. As a border or 

 pot plant it lifts well and is very neat. Miss B. 

 Miller shows a large flower of intense colour, 

 but the stems are a trifle weak for its size, though 

 for large clusters a few drooping stems are not 

 without their value. Horace Martin is a deep 

 yellow sport from the Masse group, and shows 

 their profusion, dwarf habit, vigour, and glow- 

 ing colour. Etienne Devi Hat is a distinct flower 

 of uncommon hues, being a blend of pale red- 

 dish copper and bufF or chamois colour ; the 

 flower is to some tastes scanty, but the shades 



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