Plate 351. 



NEW PERPETUAL CARNATIONS. 



The five new varieties of perpetual-flowered carnations forming this plate are from the 

 collection of Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son, Pine Apple Place Nursery, Maida Vale, W. 

 They are all charming- varieties, giving some new tints and combinations of colour in tree 

 carnations. They are all sweet-scented, more particularly Irina, which makes these pretty 

 and useful flowers all the more valuable. There is a great demand for these carnations : last 

 year this well-known nursery firm raised 6000 plants. The cuttings are struck during 

 January and up till the end of February in a gentle heat, and when rooted are placed in a 

 cool house and potted on as required, and gradually hardened off to bear exposure in a cold 

 frame when the weather suits. During the summer (the plants being by this time potted in 

 forty-eight pots) they are plunged in abed of cocoa fibre, or spent hops in the open ground, 

 care being taken the plants do not become dry. Old plants are cut back after flowering, 

 then allowed to break, and planted out in the open border, reducing the ball of roots at the 

 same time ; in the autumn they are lifted, potted, and placed in a cold frame, and supply 

 cuttings for propagating purposes. 



Plate 352. 



NEW FANCY PANSIES. 



Some twenty years ago, when the Fancy Pansy was in its infancy, and English florists 

 were awakening to the fact that the French varieties which then formed a very small collection 

 Avere capable of improvement, it was predicted that in course of time they would become a 

 popular class of flowers. This prediction has been abundantly fulfilled. These Fancy 

 Pansies have one great advantage over what is known as the English Show Pansies, that 

 they are of more vigorous constitution and a freer growth, and well-established plants 

 flower profusely. 



The three varieties now figured are from the fine collection in the hands of Messrs. 

 Downie & Laird, Nurserymen, Edinburgh. This well-known firm sometimes sends to the 

 early Summer Exhibitions held in London, collections of cut blooms of their Fancy Pansies, 

 and visitors are much struck with the °reat size and massiveness of the flowers and their rich 

 and striking colours. Whether grown in pots or cultivated in the open border, these Fancy 

 Pansies are singularly attractive, and they cannot be too highly recommended to all lovers of 

 hardy flowers. 



