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THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
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carmine lines on the upper petals; excellent form, the petals nicely overlaying each other. 
Duchess of Edinburgh^ elegant blush-white, with violet and rose twin streaks on the upper 
petals, and a rosy-pink blotch. Miss Blanche^ soft delicate lilac, with violet-purple streaks 
on the top petals; this has a neat well-branched dwarf habit of growth. Nemesis, clear 
carmine deepening into magenta, and shaded with crimson, the upper petals pencilled with 
violet; flowers of fine form, and very effective. St. George, deep lilac shaded with carmine; 
this has a free, vigorous haljit of growth. Now that hanging-baskets are so much employed 
in conservatories, these Ivy-leaved Pelargoniums will be found very useful. 
- 02I^e learn from Mr. Miles, of Wycombe Abbey, that VeitcKs New 
Protecting Broccoli is a most valuable variety, partaking very much of tbe char¬ 
acter of Veitch’s Autumn Giant Cauliflower. This Broccoli has been with him 
very fine, affording a good successional supply of fine close compact white heads, of delicious 
flavour, during December and January. Its constitution appears to be very hardy and 
robust, and it has the protective covering of leaves more developed than in any other variety 
which comes in at that season. Altogether it is a most commendable mid-winter variety, and 
should be grown largely for winter use everywhere. 
- ^HE name of the fine red Celery which has recently attracted som- 
notice under the name of Leicester Bed has been traced back to Wilcoxes 
Dunham Bed. It was introduced to Dunham Hall by Mr. Wilcox, while gardener 
there, and its excellent qualities becoming known, it was much cultivated for the Manchester 
market. It was also largely grown by Mr. Clark and others for nearly 30 years, at Turnmoss, 
and hence became known as the Turnmoss Red. Leicester Red and Ramsey’s Solid Red are 
more recent synonyms. 
- ^ NEW Golden Canadian Poplar is in the hands of Mr. Charles Van 
Geert, of Antwerp, who has issued a coloured plate of it. It appears likely to bo 
a great acquisition, and a fit companion for the Golden Catalpa and the Golden 
Oak (Concordia); but from the rapid growth of the Poplar, it may be made available much 
sooner than those trees, and can be much more generally used. It was obtained as a sport 
from the Canadian Poplar. 
- ^iLES Munby, Esq., died on the 12th ult., at the Holt, Farnham, 
Surrey, aged 63. He was not only a keen botanist, but an ardent horticulturist. 
Having resided for many years as a colonist in Algeria, he possessed an extensive 
knowledge of its flora, and that from a critical point of view as checked by his experience 
as a cultivator. Amongst the observations for which we are indebted to him is that of the 
extraordinary persistence of vitality in the bulbs of Narcissus (§ Corhularici) monophyllus. 
- i^viCHAED Headly, Esq., of Stapleford House, near Cambridge, died on 
the 14th ult. Mr. Headly attained the great age of 81, and is almost the last of 
a past generation of worthies, who, either by the power of the pen, or by examples 
of seedling-raising, have done so much to extend and define the scientific truths of horticulture. 
For nearly half a century Mr. Headly had been a famous grower of Auriculas, Tulips, 
Carnations, and Picotees, and the fine varieties he raised of each of these specialities have 
long made his name “familiar ” in the mouths of his fellows as “household words,” and will 
worthily perpetuate his memory. Until within a few years, the writer of this notice was a 
regular visitor of Stapleford House during the Tulip bloom, and the magnificent sight then 
to be witnessed, and the geniality and hospitality of the host, will never fade from his 
memory. Never will he forget the impression the first sight of Mr. Headly’s great bed of 
breeder Tulips produced. “ This bed contained nearly 10,000 bulbs, and seen under the in¬ 
fluence of the morning sun, its gorgeousness and warmth of tone could hardly be exaggerated, 
at the same time so beautifully did the colours blend or contrast, that the eye rested upon it 
with a sensation of repose inexpressibly delightful.” On the personal qualities of Mr. 
Headly, this is scarcely the place to enlarge, but those who had the privilege of his intimacy 
will join us in ascribing to him all the virtues of the high-bred, high-souled, genial English 
gentleman. 
