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THE FLORIST. 
Sartorius, light, fine. 
Zeebergen, very extra. 
SINGLE RED. 
Anna Louisa, dark red. 
Arcadia- 
Cochinelle, deep red. 
Cornelia, fine, red. 
Diebits, very fine, deep red. 
Defiance. 
Duchesse de Richmond, fine, red. 
Julia, fine, red. 
La Dame Anglaise, fine, rose. 
-du Lac, fine, rose. 
L’Eclair, fine, deep red. 
Lady Louisa, fine, deep rose. 
Madame Catalina, fine, red. 
-d’Holland, rose. 
Masterpiece, rose, very fine. 
DOUBLE WHITE. 
Blanchard, fine. 
Carolina, pure. 
Cour Noir, black eye. 
Emperatrice Romaine, large pink eye. 
Elise. 
Gloria Florum, large. 
-Suprema, fine, pink eye. 
Gonde Sceptre, pure white. 
Grand Monarque de France, very large, 
rosy eye. 
Josephus Secunde, fine, violet eye. 
Miss Kitty, large bells. 
Og Roi de Basan, large, rosy eye. 
Sceptre d’Or, good white. 
Sultan Achmet, pure, large. 
Sphera Mundi, blue centre, fine. 
Cheetham Hill^ near Manchester. 
DOUBLE YELLOW. 
Croesus, large bells. 
Due de Berry, fine, pink eye. 
Heroine, bright citron. 
La Grandeur, citron, large bells. 
Mars, fine, deep red. 
Miss Cook, fine, red. 
Princess Elizabeth, fine, pink. 
Poniatowski. 
Queen Victoria, fine, deep red. 
SINGLE BLUE. 
Asterius, black. 
Baton Noir, black. 
Baron van Thuyll, large. 
Grand Vedette, large, porcelain. 
Grand Lilac, porcelain. 
Gumal, fine. 
General Lilac, porcelain. 
Lord Melbourne, fine, dark. 
Nimrod, fine, porcelain. 
Orondatus, fine, light- 
Passe ne-plus-ultra, large bells. 
Plutarchus, fine, blue, large. 
Voorst Metternich, very fine, dark. 
Prince William, good blue. 
SINGLE WHITE. 
Colossus, very extra. 
Grand Vainqueur, good and pure. 
La Dame Blanche, fine. 
La Virginitd, fine. 
Reine Blanche, fine. 
Rousseau, fine. 
Victoria Regina, one of the best out. 
Voltaire, good. 
Madam Vanderhooght, good. 
ON THE MEANS FOR DESTROYING SNAILS. 
BY M. BRACONNOT. 
I DETERMilirED to Undertake the analysis of the small grey snail 
{Limax agrestis), so frequently found in gardens and in the fields, and 
which has this year done so much damage to all kinds of cultivation, 
hoping that such an investigation might lead to the discovery of a 
means of preventing the too great increase of these creatures. My 
attention was especially directed to the glutinous matter which they 
continually secrete, and which serves to attach their bodies to the 
surfaces over which they pass. 
I endeavoured to find out in what way lime, which has long been 
recommended to cultivators as a means of destroying snails, acted 
upon them; and I have ascertained that lime-water diluted with 
