NOVELTIES AND SPECIALITIES. 
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VIOLA CORNUTA— Continued. 
instructions of Mr. Wills, and will try them by the thousand next summer. I have also to thank 
Mr. Wills for the Viola lutea, a perfect gem of the dwarf old-fashioned type, invaluable for a dwarf 
yellow bed or edgings. It is a bright yellow, of the most compact habit, and seems even to flower 
more freely than Mauve Queen, which, if identical with eornuta, as some affirm, has the great merit 
of flowering much more freely than I have over seen eornuta." 
Price 6(7. and l.«. per paeliet. 
VIOLA LUTEA. 
Mr. William Bull has procured a quantity of very good seed of this invaluable plant j the flowers are 
bright yellow, habit very dwarf and compact, and blooms quite as free as Viola cornutay and forms a 
beautiful contrast when planted by the side of V. eornuta. This is undoubtedly the best yellow-flower- 
ing bedding plant in cultivation ; it produces a great profusion of its bright yellow flowers all through 
the season, and its remarkably dwarf habit and neat style of growth renders it an invaluable plant 
for small beds or marginal lines. The plant is perfectly hardy, and very easily propagated. It 
flowers earlier in the spring than Viola eornuta. If a recommendation beyond Mr. William Bull’s 
was wanting in offering this attractive plant, which will prove one of tho “gems of the season,” 
he feels he could not give one better qualified to convince all of its usefulness than by referring to a 
letter in the Gardeners^ Chronicle of October 12, 1807, page 1048, from Mr, Bruce Findlay, Curator 
of the Botanic Gardens, Manchester, who writes : — 
“This plant has qualities adapted for bedding purposes which, when known, will render it as 
popular and as much sought after as its lovely compeer the Viola eornuta. On a recent visit to 
Huntroyde I was very much struck with the charming effect produced by these two Violas planted 
iu a border side by side. V. lutea is perfectly hardy, of a compact habit, and produces its beautiful 
canary coloured flowers throughout tho season (rain or sunshine) in the greatest profusion. To 
those who are not tho fortunate possessors of this plant, my advice is, get it and propagate it as 
soon as you can. Mr. Wills informed me that the border in which his plants were blooming so freely 
had been well manured ; this is a matter that will require attention, as neither of these Violas will 
bloom so freely in poor soil as they will do iu good rich material. It is a pleasing fact to note, that 
three of our most effective bedding plants are quite hardy, viz. : — Vactylis gl&merata variegatay 
Viola cornutay and Viola lutea. 
Priee 1^., l5. 6^?., and 2fi, Qd. per paehet. 
ASSORTMENTS OF CONTINENTAL AND OTHER EXTRA 
CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS. 
Mr. W. B. begs to remark, that in making his selection of Asters and Stocks from 
tho French and German cultivators, he has in every instance obtained from the best 
sources, and carefully selected, only tho most distinct colours, discarding all that are 
dull and ineffective, so usually found in collections made up on the Continent. 
ASTERS. 
COCKADE OR CROWN ASTER. 
A very handsome variety, with large flowers, the centres of which are pure white, surrounded 
with bright colours. 
5 distinct and showj’ colours, separate ......... 2s. 0<7. 
ITiuest mixed psr 
DWARF CHRYSANTHEMUM-FLOWERED ASTER. 
One of the best varieties for pot cultivation, and exceedingly effective in beds. It is of dwarf com- 
pact habit, 9 inches high, flowers largo and well reflexed, and are produced when other varieties are 
out of bloom . 
12 splendid and distinct colours, separate 
0 2s, 0(/. 
Choice mixed . ’. per pkt. Is. 0(7. 
