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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ September, 
the lights - may be kept off them as much as possible. Great attention is neces¬ 
sary all this time in the use of the water-pot; they must not get too dry, but 
must be kept moderately moist, so that their roots may become well established 
before the winter. In cases where the plants are growing in the ground, and 
there is not convenience for wintering them under glass, it is best to allow the 
layers to remain on until the spring, and then to remove them ; or if preferred, 
they may be left on permanently, and will make a fine mass and bloom very 
freely. 
Early in March, if the weather is favourable, those wintered in pots should 
be planted out, or repotted into their blooming-pots, taking care not to overpot 
them. We find them do much better in small pots ; 8-in. pots are quite large 
enough for two or three plants, according to their strength. But little advance 
has recently been made in the improvement of the Carnation ; but among 
Picotees some very fine varieties of sterling merit have lately been raised, though 
they are still in the hands of the raisers. In the subjoined list will be found some 
of the best varieties in each class :— 
Carnations. 
Scarlet Bizarres. 
Daniels’ Dreadnought. 
Bunn’s Lord Lewisham. 
Hooper’s Duke of Grafton. 
Puxley’s William Pitt. 
Crimson Bizarres. 
Wood’s Rifleman. 
Bower’s Lord Raglan. 
Wood’s Eccentric Jack. 
Wood’s Graceless Tom. 
Pink and Purple Bizarres. 
Wood’s Purity. 
May’s Falconbridge. 
Puxley’s Shakespeare. 
Ward’s Sarah Payne. 
Purple Flakes. 
Foster’s Dr. Foster. 
Taylor’s True Blue. 
Holland’s Colonel Wyndham. 
Elliott’s Earl Stamford. 
Scarlet Flakes. 
Wood’s Annihilator. 
Gibbons’ Mr. Battersby. 
W T ood’s William Cowper. 
Hedderly’s Sportsman. 
Rose Flakes. 
Wood’s James Merry weather. 
Whitehead’s John Keet. 
May’s King John. 
May’s Poor Tom. 
Picotees. 
Heavy Red Edged. 
Ellcington’s Exhibition. 
Norman’s Mrs. Norman. 
Taylor’s Forester. 
Kirtlands’ Lord Yalentia. 
Light Red Edged. 
Turner’s Mrs. Reynolds Hole. 
Kirtland’s Miss Holbeck. 
Fellowes’ Linda. 
Taylor’s Miss Turner. 
Heavy Purple Edged. 
Turner’s Admiration. 
Simmonite’s Mrs. Summers. 
Fellowes’ Christie. 
Payne’s Mr. Tutton. 
Light Purple Edged. 
Simmonite’s Mary. 
Simmonite’s Ganymede. 
Read’s Frances. 
Turner’s Lady Elcho. 
Heavy Rose Edged. 
Gibbons’ Gem of Roses. 
Kirtland’s Miss Meeking. 
Norman’s Miss Williams. 
Payne’s Purity. 
Light Rose Edged. 
Kirtland’s Empress Eugenie. 
Taylor’s Lucy. 
Taylor’s Mrs. Fisher. 
Kirtland’s Miss Sewell. 
Heavy Scarlet Edged. 
Kirtland’s Juliana. 
Kirtland’s Obadiah. 
Wood’s Scarlet Queen. 
Norman’s Charles Williams. 
Yellow Ground. 
Bragg’s Empress of India. 
Smith’s Miss Stanley. 
Smith’s Unexpected. 
Bragg’s Loveliness. 
Blackmore’s No. 1. 
Prince Arthur. 
