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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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Pauline, but M. Ghys gives the name in his list as Belle Paule, and we 
are informe 1 that this was the title adopted by the raiser. The florets 
are long and drooping, broad, flat, or partially fluted, very distinctly 
margined with lilac purple on a pure white ground, a character which 
renders the variety most telling in a stand of blooms, especially as it is 
of good substance and size. Mr. Molyneux describes it as “ a tall> 
some seed of my selection at the Editor’s request, and will gladly wait 
the result. 
If Mr. Venu3 would like to send some of his to the Fruit Committee, 
he need have no fear in doing so, as it is not for competition, but com¬ 
parison, but I will gladly wait his convenience in that matter, any time 
when agreeable to him will suit me. 
Mr. Oliver says a few plants were selected from a seed bed and given 
Fisr. 80 .—Chrysanthemum Belle Taule. 
vigorous grower, and with good treatment sure to produce fine blooms.” 
It will undoubtedly become a favourite with exhibitors, and we msy 
expect to see it much more generally shown next season. 
VENUS’S y. COOK’S EARLY CABBAGE. 
I AM very glad to be able to comply with Mr. Oliver’s suggestion to 
have the two selections fairly tried side by side, and herewith enclose 
to Mr. Venus. Now, Mr. Venus told me he selected them himself from 
Cook’s Early, after they were planted out. When I say that my selection 
is superior to Mr. Vemis’s, I do not signify they are distinct; the only 
difference is that my selection is more conical, consequently less liable 
to injury from frost and wet, being a strong point in its favour, but what 
I maintain is that neither of them has departed far enough from the true 
type to be named anything else than Cook’s Early, and in this I am 
supported by some good old Northumberland gardeners and nurserymen 
who have grown Cook’s ever since it was sent out. I am at one with 
