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type flower ; Julia Lagrave, crimson, small, but striking, and a most desirable 
colour if with a brighter tint; Jardin des Plantes, golden yellow; Her Majesty, 
blush or delicate rose, a good flower; St. Patrick, reddish chestnut; White 
Queen of England, a very large and fine pure white flower ; Florence Nightin¬ 
gale, very pretty, in colour pale sulphur; Bernard Palissy, fiery orange, very 
novel and striking; Beverley, rosy white ; Robert James, beautiful golden 
amber, a very pleasing shade of colour ; Dido, pure white ; Sir Edwin Land¬ 
seer, rosy puce, a fine incurved flower, good for pot culture; General Bainbrigge, 
dark orange buff, very fine indeed; Psyche, a hybrid Pompon, clear yellow, a 
small-sized flower, but very good; Alfred Salter, a well-known good pink 
flower; Christine, pale pink, a good flat-petalled flower; Dr. Rogers, rosy 
crimson, a very striking flower ; General Slade, deep orange, with golden tips, 
very novel; Princess of Wales, blush, with silvery tips, a very fine flower; 
Lord Ranelagh, a splendid incurved flower, in colour golden buff; Cardinal 
Wiseman, deep rich crimson, very fine and showy; Triomphe du Nord, dull 
red, a tasselled flower, one of the best for pot culture; Duchess of Bucking¬ 
ham, a beautiful light flower; Julia Grisi, bright pink, a very fragrant flower, 
scented like Violets; Vesta, a very fine incurved white flower, another good 
variety for pots ; and Sparkler, a bright reddish orange, distinctly tipped with 
gold. 
In Mr. Salter’s estimation the tasselled flowers are by far the best for pot 
culture, and, judging from what I saw here, I am prepared to endorse that 
question. 
A large batch of very fine seedlings in the second year of probation were 
also to be seen, some few of the most advanced of which had already received 
names. Of these I can highly commend the following :—Venus, delicate rosy 
pink, a flower of great promise; Sam Weller, orange red, with golden tips; 
Lady Carey, dark rose, very large and full flower; Striped Dr. Pocock, reddish 
stripe on golden ground, a fine incurved flower, a sport from, but being much 
finer than the original flower; Rose Pearl, inside of petals bright rose, the 
backs of petals pearl colour, a very fine flower indeed; Albert Helyar, dark 
rosy purple, also very fine ; Lucy Whitehead, transparent pink, a beautiful 
variety ; and Prince of Wales, violet amaranth, very fine indeed. Of the 
unnamed seedlings, the following were awaiting fuller development, preparatory 
to being named :—S. 119. x. 2., amaranth purple, very fine indeed, and very 
novel; S. 5 7. x. 2., golden amber, a very fine incurved flower; S. 6. x. 3., dark 
red orange, with regular bright golden tips, very fine indeed; S. 22. x. 2., rose, 
with shade, a flower full of promise; and S. 66. x. 2., pale sulphur, with rose 
tips, a very beautiful flower. 
In a small house were some short stocky plants in pots just coming into 
bloom, that had been plunged out of doors during the summer, and stopped 
back four times. They were—Prince Albert, bright dark red ; Alma, dark 
purplish red; Her Majesty, rose; and Chevalier Domage, bright gold, very 
early in coming into bloom, and some other varieties not yet expanded. 
In the garden, growing in the open air, on a south-east border, was a large 
collection of Pompons, among which the following were conspicuous by their 
excellent quality :—Figaro, salmon red, very fine; Christiana, yellow, with 
brownish tips ; Madame Fould, yellowish cream, tinted with rose, very pretty 
and free-blooming; Mrs. Dix, deep rose and white, a very handsome flower of 
fine form ; Ariadne, creamy sulphur, with brown tips, very fine ; Canary Bird, 
golden yellow ; Bernot, yellow, very early and free ; Arvina, dark crimson, with 
white pencillings, a free but late-blooming variety; Adonis, rose, with darker 
tips, very fine and free ; Marabout, a very pretty light flower, with feathered or 
fringed petals; Miss Julia, dark red chestnut, double, and very free ; the golden 
