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DESCRIPTIVE FLOWER LISTS. — THE TULIP. 
white i> never good, and sometimes it is very 
bad. We have seen seasons when oven Siam 
would not bleach to its colour, but Tintoretto 
i- very apt to have yellow remaining at the 
bottom. It is a good second, or moderate third- 
row variety, and is, of course, classed as a 
byblomen. 
Dutch Ponceau. — A first-row rose, deser- 
vedly in great request, but there are many 
who hardly know it from Ponceau Tres Blanc 
in line character. AVith us the flower is always 
larger in proportion to its height than the 
other Ponceau, and always pretty and effective. 
Both. — A fourth-row flower of very indis- 
tinct character, prized for its tallness as much 
as anything; but there are times when all its 
colour seems to be concentrated in a fine black 
feather. It is creamy white, and will always 
be remarked for its height. This was one of 
the flowers broken by Mr. Rutley, who 
originated a vast number of those varieties 
which are the least deserving in their general 
character, and yet the most remarkable and 
beautiful at times of any that we have in cul- 
tivation. 
Princess Sophia of Gloucester. — This splen- 
did rose is now ascertained to be nothing 
more nor less than Madame Vestris ; and, al- 
though broken by Mr. Rutley, from breeders 
raised by Mr. Clarke, of Croydon, Mr. Lawrence 
broke his Madame Vestris from the same 
breeders, had, like Mr. Rufley's, from Mr. 
Clarke. The offsets of Madame Vestris fre- 
quently come with a feather only, and in that 
state was the flower named by Mr. Rutley, and 
a most beautiful variety it is. There may be 
many bulbs of Madame Vestris grown in a bed 
without disparaging it; for, while in a young 
state, they may be in the first row, larger 
bulbs may be in the second, and the finest may 
go in the third; and the first-row ones will 
often maintain the feathered character, which 
Mr. Rutley first calculated upon, as a new and 
distinct flower. 
Belle Nannette. — A very delicate and dis- 
tinct rose, with a narrow brilliant feathering, 
and pretty constant; the white is pure, the cup 
rather long and inclined to hug, like Claudiana, 
but very much smaller, adapted only for 
the first row. It has been said, by some 
fanciers, that it was " like Heroine, or 
Triumph Royal;" but, except that it is a rose, 
we see no one point of resemblance. It is a 
narrower cup, does not expand so well, is not 
nearly so large ; nor is there any similiarity 
even in the grass. 
Brulante Eclatante (Beteral's). — A gay 
feathered and flowered rose, very pure 
bottom, bright colour, pretty constant marker, 
and never flushes. A good second-row flower, 
expands well, and, although not a first-rate 
form in the cup, a very useful show-grower. 
Brulante Eclatante. — A larger flower, 
pretty when it comes out, but soon flushes, 
and the colour runs into the white, so as to 
spoil it altogether. This is also a second-row 
flower, and is very much grown. 
Violet Rouyeatre. — A byblomen, of tole- 
rably good form, pure white, rather uncer- 
tain, but heavy marking, and in pretty general 
cultivation. Good-sized flower, for its height, 
which is third row. 
Violet Triumphant. — A showy byblomen, 
tall enough for the fourth row ; colour good, 
but rarely grown in the best collections, on ac- 
count of its foul bottom. 
Violet Imperial. — Is a second-rate, as well 
as a second-row flower. The leaf is mode- 
rately good, but the bottom is rarely bleached 
well enough to show the yellow stain, which is 
greatly against it. The marking is uncertain, 
and it is very apt to bear blotches of the 
breeder colour. 
Violet Belief orme. — A byblomen adapted 
for the third row ; very uncertain, and the 
petal too thin and flimsy for anything. 
Glencoe. — A very showy bizard, bright and 
clean for the second row; the bloom full-size, 
cup very good, yellow excellent; the character is 
very often aflame down the middle of each petal. 
Grotius. — A very pretty byblomen, of 
rather good proportions, and if of full size, goes 
up to the third row, but a most difficult variety 
to keep single, splitting, as it constantly does, 
into offsets. There is but little dependence on 
a root blooming, even if it look promising, for 
that which gives any promise of a blooming 
bulb, will often split into offsets. Many have 
discarded it on this account. 
Heroine, or Hermione. — A fine rose, of 
excellent properties, pure white, bright colour- 
ing, delicate feathering, and generally much 
admired. Many fanciers consider it only a 
sport from Triumph Royal. If so, it is a 
beautiful one, for it seems even shorter in 
stature. We have grown it pretty constantly 
for some years, and if it be another species of 
Triumph Royal, it is worth growing for its ap- 
parent distinctness of character. Triumph 
Royal is certainly flourishing in many places 
under different names, and plenty of it in a 
bed is always acceptable. 
Austria. — A tall bizard of unecpual charac- 
ter, in general speckled all over, instead of 
striped or feathered distinctly; but, when in 
character, it is rich and scarcely approached 
by any other, being of a splendid gold or yel- 
low bud, the feathering about black. The 
uncertainty of the flower gives people a dis- 
taste for it, and many will not grow it at all, 
for the remote chance of its blooming in cha- 
racter. We have seen it almost inimitable. 
The cup is rather long, and it grows right up 
to the middle row. 
