December 20,1894. 
JOURNAL OF EORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
565 
both pale primrose, cannot well be left out where freedom in flowering 
is a point to observe.—E. M. _ 
Now the shows are over this is a subject that might be ventilated 
with advantage. In decorative varieties two or three points should 
be considered, namely, colour, free flowering, and blooms that carry 
themselves well. In addition to those named by “ J. L. B.” (page 545) 
let him try Soeur Melaine, Elaine, Lady Selborne, James Salter, 
Florence Percy, Mons. Astorg, Boule de Neige, Elsie, Val d’Andorre, 
THE FLORISTS’ SHOW TULIP. 
Mb. James W. Bentley will gain for himself the highest praises 
and heartfelt thanks of all his brother florists who cultivate with so 
much pleasure and pride the florists’ show Tulip, for the very extensive 
and masterly account he has taken so much trouble in presenting to the 
public through the medium of the Journal of Eortioulture, in regard 
to the history, cultivation, and properties of his favourite flower, the 
florists’ show Tulip. 
Fig. 92.—chrysanthemum PRIDE OF SWANLEY. 
W. Robinson, and Roseum superbum. Cullingfordi would make a good 
succession to Mons. W. Holmes. 
For late use I find Ethel, Meg Merrilies, Ralph Brocklebank, Golden 
Dragon, Mrs. H. J. Jones, Mrs. F. Jameson, Maggie Mitchell, J. Stan- 
borongh Dibbin, Grandiflora, Boule d’Or, and Mrs. H. Cannell, Boule 
d’Or is grand as a decorative variety, being very free, carries itself well, 
and attains that beautiful bronze pencilling on the florets, and those 
who do not object to the eye, which is sure to come, it is well worth 
growing. If cut down about the middle of May and the tops rooted and 
moved into 32-pot8 they make excellent plants for decorating. Where 
late white flowers are wanted Mrs. H. Cannell is the best that I know, 
and should be in every collection.—F, G. 
Mr. Bentley has in his veins the blood of the late and much-esteemed 
show Tulip enthusiast, Mr. Samuel Barlow, who never allowed an 
opportunity to pass when he saw a chance of speaking or writing in 
favour of the florists’ flower he loved and cherished so much, and which 
Mr. Bentley properly terms the “ Queen” of her sex. He has doubtless 
the desire of his late uncle to bring the show Tulip once more before 
the notice of the florists and amateurs in the suburbs and neighbour¬ 
hood of London in the most prominent manner possible, in the hope of 
reviving its culture in the south to the extent it existed in the early 
part of the present century. 
Mr. Bentley has already secured the support of a very enthusiastic 
firm of bulb growers and importers, as I learn that Messrs, Barr and 
