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THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
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SuRPASSE Beaute DU SuRESNES: Discarded for bedding, R.H.S.; recommended for 
bedding, John Fraser. 
Memnon : Discarded for bedding, R.H.S.; one of the best bedders, H. Cannell. 
Commissioner: Not equal to others of similar character, R.H.S. ; recommended for 
bedding, John Fraser. 
Claude Lorraine : Not equal to others of similar character, 72.TT./S.; novel, distinct, 
and beautiful, W. Paul. 
David Garrick : Not equal to others of similar character, 72.; recommended for 
bedding, John Fraser. 
Douglas Pearson : Not equal to others of similar character, 72.77.5.; one of the best 
dark bedding varieties, 77. Cannell ; first-class bedder, C. Turner. 
Mdllb. Nillson : Not equal to others of similar character, R.H.S. ; a great acquisition 
for bedding, John Fraser. 
Diana: Not equal to others of similar character, 72.77.5.; recommended for bedding, 
W. Paul. 
White Perfection : Discarded as a pot-plant, R.H.S. ; fine for pot-culture, J ohn Fraser 
fine shape and very free, H. Cannell. 
George Peabody : Not equal to others of similar chai*actor, R.H.S. ; extra, Downie 
Laird, ^ Laing. 
Sydney Turner: Not equal to others of similar character, R.H.S.; a novo and 
distinct variety, Downie, Laird, ^ Laing. 
The following are also given as not equal to others of similar character by the 
Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, and are offered by Messrs. 
E. G-. Henderson and Son as of proved quality:— Deuil de la Lorraine., C. Fox., 
Margaret, Miss Saunders, Mons. Charles Rouillard, Mr. Gladstone, Afrs. Good- 
ford, Sir Charles Napier, Sir Thomas More, Thomas Speed, Troubadour, Veloci¬ 
pede. To the last-named variety Messrs. Henderson attach the description, 
“ Beautiful scarlet, splendid bedder, and winter bloomer.”—W. Paul, PauVs 
Nurseries, Waltham Cross. 
GAHDEN LITERATURE. 
HE arrangement of our gardens and pleasure-grounds is a subject of such 
importance, affecting as it does so intimately their beauty and utility, that 
Mr. Johnson’s new work on Landscape Gardening* may be welcomed for any 
useful hints or information which it may contain. It is divided into three 
books, as follows :—I., Beauty ; II., Laws of Order ; III., Principal Effects and 
Styles of Scenery; and is illustrated by several plates, showing various outlines 
for grouping and massing, and for water-scenery, and the habits of various 
ornamental trees. The first book, on Beauty, opens with the inculcation of this 
truth, that man’s work in the production of real beauty can only be effectively 
compassed by strict obedience to natural laws. In countries where the surface is 
level, no attempt should be made to imitate mountain scenery. A level country 
has a beauty 'of its own, and this demands a character of treatment very 
different indeed from that which we should think it expedient to adopt 
in a district of rocks and hills. In regard to lines, we read: Hogarth’s 
line of beauty has been adopted with advantage in a variety of instances. 
The line, however, which is best suited for beautifying land is a natural line. 
* The Natural Principles of Landscape Gardening; or, the Adornment of Land for Perpetual Beauty. By 
Joseph Forsyth Johnson, Curator of the Royal Botanic Garden, Belfast; and Landscape Gardener. Belfast: 
Printed for the Author, and sold by C. Aitchison, 12 Castle Place, Belfast. 
