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the flokist and pomologist. 
excellence of form and extraordinary substance of petal, are tlie characteristics 
of this flower. I have not seen it growing, but have.no doubt of its constancy. 
Edward Purchase. —Maroon, a colour much required. Good form. 
Earl Pembroke. —Claret, a good deep flower. Yery useful. 
Eclat. —A very useful flower, quite novel in colour—orange, veined with pale 
crimson. 
Fairy Queen. —An extraordinary flower, dove colour, shaded with dull pint, 
the petals of unusual substance. The colour of this variety is anything but 
pleasing, but the other qualities which are to be found in the flower prevent my 
passing it over. I have not seen it growing, but if it can be generally produced 
as it was shown at the September Meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
it will be an acquisition to any stand. 
Fanny Purchase. —One of the best yellows ever raised; of excellent form, and 
bright in colour. A first-rate variety. 
Garibaldi. —Another of the fawn-coloured class—still, so good that it cannot 
be dispensed with. 
John Wyatt. —Deep purple. A good constant flower. 
Magpie. —Very dark, tipped with white—a colour much wanted. 
Messenger. —A dull-striped Fancy flower of great merit, and as constant as the 
best of the show varieties. This is a quality very rare in the Fancy class. The 
petal is good, and the flower of considerable depth. 
Eegularity. —Blush, striped with crimson. Yery good. 
. Sam Bartlett. —A Fancy flower of great merit; deep blush, striped with 
crimson. 
The Bride is a most ideasing flower of first-class excellence—the petals of 
good form, and the flower high in the centre ; ground colour pure white, the edges 
of the petals tipped and shaded with lavender. 
Willie Austin. —A very finely-formed flower, colour bright amber. Yery 
constant. 
White Perfection. —The best and] most constant white Dahlia ever raised; it 
will, no doubt, be a great acquisition, no white Dahlia having hitherto been raised 
having the qualities this flower possesses. 
Report speaks well of Octoroon, Mrs. H. Lawton, Canary, and Mrs. Joy, but 
these I have not seen. 
The Cedars, Castle Bromwich . Chas. Jas. Perry. 
WINTER-BLOOMING STOVE PLANTS.—No. II. 
My first article on this useful class of plants appearing in your last issue, it 
will, I hope, be interesting to pursue the subject a little farther, and briefly 
notice a few other good things most suitable for decorative purposes. 
Thyrsacanthus eutilans is, without doubt, one of the best things in this 
class. It would be difficult to conceive an object more graceful than a really 
well-bloomed plant of the Thyrsacanthus, with its long pendant racemes of 
brilliant-coloured tubular blossoms. It is just about as easily managed as any 
stove plant in cultivation. Cuttings strike freely in March (a suitable month to 
strike them in), in a brisk temperature, and in a fortnight will be ready to pot-off 
into 60-size. When so done place them in the same quarters again, watering 
liberally and syringing twice a-day in bright weather. In three weeks from the 
first potting, if carefully attended to, they will be ready for another shift. In this 
and after-shifts the grower must be guided, with regard to size of pot, by the 
purposes for which the plant will be required, whether for vases, stands, or stages. 
Grow on in a warm stove, near the glass, all through the summer. As autumn 
advances use less water, and avoid syringing overhead. Early in November the 
flower-stems will make their appearance, and if kept in a warm dry stove tem¬ 
perature will remain in bloom for weeks. Good friable loam and leaf mould, with 
an addition of sand, is a good compost to grow it in. A really well-grown plant 
should be clothed with healthy foliage to the rim of its pot. 
