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THE FLOKIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ June, 
other Eoseflakes then thought the better, but which time has proved the worse. 
I am unable to recall the mode of its distribution, whether offered in the usual 
fashion, or presented to a small circle of friends; but this is certain, that for up¬ 
wards of twenty years it did duty, and that in large collections, for Lovely Ann. 
It is, however, very distinct from that variety both in grass and flower. Lovely 
Ann forms a long naked layer in the autumn, without breed, or with breed in 
the earliest stage of development; whereas Maid of Athens is, at that time, full 
of breed and well advanced. Lovely Ann, as its flower-stems start, always has its 
leaves curled outwards. Maid of Athens never. The flower-bud of Lovely Ann 
also varies markedly from that of Maid of Athens, always before expanding 
running out to a sharp point, whilst the calyx of Maid of Athens is obtuse (rounded) 
at the point. Another point of difference may be noted, Maid of Athens being 
a good and prolific breeder, whilst though Lovely Ann may yield a fair crop of 
layers in the autumn, the probability is the major part will spindle before planting 
time. Maid of Athens was a cross between Lady Gardiner (Ely) and Lady Grey 
(Malpas), and is one of the best varieties raised by Mr. Hepworth, possessing 
more refinement than any other of his flowers. Though getting well into years, 
it yet exhibits robust health.” 
—E. S. Dodwell. 
P-®ONIES FOE SUMMER BEDS. 
@ HERE is a genus of ornamental plants belonging to the UtanuncvlacecE that 
comes in early and flowers freely, especially in the Southern and Western 
f counties, and which is famed for its intense blaze of bloom, which I 
succeeded so well with in Devonshire that I would fain see it more freely 
planted—I mean the Pseony. Most of the varieties grow a little over a yard in 
height, and may be confined by invisible wire, invisible only at a chain’s length* 
Some of these Pseonies were highly fragrant, and all of them gaudy, surpassing 
the Hollyhock and Dahlia in intensity of colour. There were in my time some 
30 or 40 varieties, and since that day they have received many additions. A clump 
or bed of Pseonies requires to be made as deep and as rich as if it were a vine- 
border, for owing to their tuberous roots, they cannot be regulated or manured 
easily after planting. 
Dwarf Dahlias are often bedded-out with good effect where the family arrives 
at the country seat when the shooting season sets in.—A. Foesyth, Salford. 
EUONYMUS EUROP^US. 
HIS is the common Spindle-tree of English botany, whose bunches 
of scarlet pericarps, or seed-vessels, may be seen after the “ fall 
of the leaf ” glittering in neglected hedge-rows. There are several 
species of the same family in cultivation, and this neglected one is 
worthy of notice, for the sake of its seed-vessels, for purposes of decoration at 
times when flowers are scarce. 
