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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
year’s work, than if planted out in the winter or spring. The twenty-four varie¬ 
ties I would recommend all to obtain who do not already possess them are as 
follows. I have placed them somewhat in the order of merit. 
Charles Lefebvre. —A grand Rose in all respects ; colour deep velvety crimson. 
A good grower. 
Madame Charles Wood. —A fine large Rose: colour bright deep rose. An 
excellent variety. 
Lord Clyde. —One of the brightest Roses known; colour, when just open, 
fiery crimson. A fine variety. 
John Hopper. —A robust-growing variety of good properties; colour shaded 
deep rose. An excellent kind for poor soils. 
Prince Camille de Bohan. —A deep velvety rose that will please all; colour 
nearly black. Large and distinct. 
Peter Lawson. —Another deep-coloured Rose. Quite an acquisition. 
Beauty of Waltham. —A sweet bright pink kind. Large and finely-formed. 
Olivier Delhomme. —A crimson velvety-looking flower of great merit. 
Francois Lacharme. —A well-formed deep crimson Rose of fine properties. 
A good grower, and a free bloomer. 
Mad. Clemence Joigneaux. —A robust grower ; flowers deep pink, of fine form 
and very bold. 
Alphonse Damaizin. —Colour crimson scarlet. Of good quality and growth. 
Laurent Descourt. —A very distinct kind; colour bluish purple. A finely- 
formed variety. 
Deuil du Prince Albert. —A large very double kind; colour deep crimson. 
A fine Rose. 
Mad. Fmain. —Colour shaded purple, very distinct; petals of fine form. 
Louise Margottin. —Delicate white. A chaste and beautiful Rose. 
La Tour de Crouy. —A large pale flesh-coloured Rose. Yery showy. 
La Phone. —An exceedingly bright crimson Rose, at times fiery scarlet. 
Mad. Boutin. —A thick well-formed Rose ; colour crimson. A robust grower. 
Jean Goujon. —A shaded crimson Rose of good quality. 
Baronne Gonella. —Avery distinct kind; colour shaded pink; the petals of 
great substance and fine in form. 
La Brillante. —A free-blooming well-formed Rose; colour crimson. 
Mad. Julie Daran. —A shaded crimson Rose of good quality. 
Mad. Soupert. —Drench white. A pleasing kind. 
Mad. Victor Verdier. —This is a new Rose of the present year. I have only 
seen one bloom of it, therefore cannot place it higher in the list; but if its cha¬ 
racter is to be foretold by the bloom I speak of, it will occupy one of the foremost 
positions. The form is exquisite; colour deep crimson. 
The Cedars, Castle Bromwich. Charles James Perry. 
RAISING THE GLADIOLUS FROM SEED. 
In the Florist and Pomologist for May, 1863, there appeared from me 
an article on the raising of the Gladiolus from seeds. I have now a good pro¬ 
portion of the seedling plants coming into flower, and they are quite as good 
in shape and colour as the best of the French seedlings. A few I have marked 
for growing in pots next year, for showing as new seedlings at some of the 
exhibitions in the autumn. They are novel in colour and the shape excellent, 
being raised from the very best of the Gandavensis section, such as Bertha 
Rabourdin, Madame Binder, Comte De Morny, Napoleon III., Princess 
Clotilde, El Dorado, Due de MalakofF, Rembrandt, and Yelleda. The seeds 
were only sown in March, 1862, so that it only requires two or three years to 
have flowering-bulbs of Gladiolus when raised from seeds. The Cardinalis 
section flowers the earliest, and are very beautiful but rather deficient in shape. 
I have, therefore, crossed Cardinalis w r ith some of the white varieties of Gan- 
