must he six in numter ; broad at the ends, smooth at the edges, and the diTisions hetween the petals scarcely to 
show an indenture. 
" 2. The thi-ee inner petals should set close to the three outer ones, and the whole be broad enough to allow 
of the fullest expansion without quartering (as it is called), that is, exhibiting any vacancy between the petals. 
" 3. The petals shoiildbe thick, smooth, and stiff, and keep their form well. 
" i. The oTOTind should be clear, and distinct, whether white or yellow. The least stain, even at the lower end 
of the petal, would render a Tvdip comparatively valueless. 
" 5. Eoses, Byblomens, and Bizarres, are the three classes into which Tulips are now divided. The first have 
a white ground, and crimson, or pink, or scarlet marks ; the second have white grounds, and purple, Ulac, or black 
marks ; and the last have yellow grovmds, with any coloirred marks. 
" 6. Whatever be the disposition of colours or marks upon a Tulip, all the six petals should be marked alike, 
and be therefore pei-fectly uniform. 
" 7. The feathered flowers should have an even, close feathering all roimd, and whether narrow or wide, light 
or heavy, should reach far enough roimd the petals to form, when they are expanded, an unbroken edging 
all round. 
" 8. If the flowers have any marking besides the feathering at the edge, it shoiild be a beam, or bold mark 
down the centre, but not to reach the bottom, or near the bottom of the cup ; the mark or beam must be similar 
in all the sis petals. 
" 9. Flowers not feathered, and with flame only, must have no marks on the edges of the flowers. Isone of 
the colour must break through to the edge. The colour may be disposed in any form, so that it be perfectly 
uniform in all the petals, and does not go too near the bottom. 
" 10. The colour, whatever it be, must be dense and decided. TSTiether it be deHcate and light, or bright, 
or dark, it must be distinct in its outline, and not shaded, or flushed, or broken. 
"11. The height should be eighteen to thirty-six inches; the former is right for the outside row in a bed, 
and the latter is right for the highest row. 
" 12. The pmity of the white, and the brightness of the yellow, should be permanent, that is to say, should 
stand tmtil the petals actually fall." 
THE CUI/rn^lTIOX OF THE HOLLYHOCK. 
Bt ilii. H. M'MILLiN", "Westekham, Kbst. 
Gl S these noMe things are beginning to take their proper place in gardens, I think it might be nsefol 
XX to some of your readers to know how I have grown them with complete success. As soon as the 
first flower or two opens, of those that I wish to have more of, I take oil any side branches there may be 
that have two or three joints with leaves and no flower buds. I then cut the shoot clean through 
close under the joint at the bottom of the shoot, leaving the leaf on the shoot entire ; then cut it off 
about tvro inches above the joint. The second, and sometimes the third joints will do ; in fact all that 
have the appearance of growing eyes are suitable for cuttings, and thus each bud forms a cutting — its 
base being the bud and joint, with an inch or two of the intei-node above it to support the bud until 
roots are formed. The cuttings should be put in under a handglass in any light sandy soil, and they 
merely want attending to with water, shading, and picking off dead leaves. "^Tien rooted I pot 
them into small siity pots, and place them in a cold fi-ame, where they remain dm-ing the winter. 
In spi-ing they are planted in the open ground where they are to flower. Of com'se all the sorts are 
numbered, and the number, colour, habit, &c., entered in a book, so that in planting, the colours can 
be arranged to produce the best effect. 
The old plants in autumn generally make more herbaceous cuttings than are wanted for next 
season's flower stems ; these, if taken off close to the old stem, and put in under a handglass, make 
excellent plants. The handglass of course must be placed in a warm sunny situation : the border in 
front of a south wall is as good a place as any. In veiy severe weather during the winter a little 
covering over the glass is necessary. 
[It is a fact we believe not generally known that Hollyhocks may be propagated by cuttings of the 
flower stems, if the stems are not too much exhausted by the flowers before the cuttings are put in. 
Thus, when the flowers are becoming shabby, cut the plants down : and, commencing at the bottom 
joints, continue to make cuttings on the plan recommended by ^Ii". M'JIiUan, until the wood is too soft 
for that purpose. These should be put in under a frame or handglass, on a very slight heat, the soil 
being gritty sand, loam, and leaf mould in equal proportions. Water very cautiously, but sprinkle 
the cuttings lightly every day if the weather is fine. The plants are developed out of the accumula- 
tion of adventitious matter and buds formed at the base of each cutting. — A]. 
