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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ JANUARY, 
almost alone, lie lias continued to announce a batch of new varieties yearly, and 
consisting either of his own seedlings or those of the. Rev. Lord Hawke and 
other well-known cultivators. 
Mr. Chater some time since gave us a foretaste of his new varieties of the 
present year by sending to South Kensington examples of seedling flowers. While 
they showed undoubted signs of high-class quality, they were wanting, to some 
extent, in two characteristics that have always distinguished Mr. Ohater’s flowers 
in later years,—size and fine finish. Two influences had been sorely felt in the 
Hollyhock grounds at Saffron Walden ; one was the drought of the past summer 
following on the heels of damaging frosts in early June ; the other was the 
ravages of the Hollyhock disease. In spite of these, however, Mr. Chater has 
kept his stock together, and certain I am, from what I saw of the varieties at 
Saffron Walden during the past summer, that they will prove worthy successors 
to many fine flowers of the past ten years. 
Owing to the causes above mentioned, but one variety, Rose Supreme , received 
a First-class Certificate; the exceedingly fine and full flowers are of a rosy- 
carmine hue, very bright and effective, and they form a noble spike for show 
purposes. The remainder are as follows :— Duke of Edinburgh, reddish crimson, 
a fine large full flower, and a noble spike ; Duchess of Edinburgh , soft silvery- 
peach, at times almost white; a medium-sized flower, forming a fine spike ; this 
variety has a close habit of growth, and it is therefore requisite that the buds be 
thinned out to obtain fine flowers—the three foregoing are all tall growers. 
Ernest , apricot, pleasingly tinged with salmon, fine high bold flowers, very pretty 
and distinct; Emma , salmon-flesh, large and well-filled flowers of the most 
approved symmetry, and forming a fine spike—these two are of medium growth. 
Golden Queen , rich golden yellow, large bold flowers of the finest quality, and 
makes a grand spike ; Rosy Queen , delicate rose, deepening towards the centre of 
the flower, very fine quality—these two are tall growers. Lastly, Selina , very 
pale creamy flesh, with deep carmine base, very pretty and distinct, and quite 
novel in point of colour—this is a medium-growing variety. All these are Mr. 
Cliater’s own seedlings. 
Here is a list of twenty-four of the finest flowers in cultivation :—Alba 
superba , pure white ; Black Gem , glossy blackish maroon ; Competitor , deep rich 
purple; Eclipse , bright rosy red ; Edward Speed , French white, suffused with 
deep purple ; Eleanor (Hawke), soft pale rose, a greatly improved Willingham 
Defiance ; Emperor , crimson-maroon ; Exultium , rich shining maroon ; Fire King , 
bright glowing reddish crimson ; Golden Drop , perhaps the deepest and brightest 
yellow in cultivation ; Jessie Dean , clear apricot, sometimes tinted with salmon ; 
Joshua Clarke , brilliant cherry ; Junia , pale primrose, suffused and stained with 
purple ; Leviathan , bright reddish rose, very fine ; Lord Napier , deep glowing 
scarlet-crimson ; Midnight , deep glossy maroon ; Mrs. W. Chater , pale flesh, the 
colour deeper at the base ; Nonpareil , rich dark purplish maroon ; President , yel¬ 
lowish buff, heavily suffused and tinted with rose ; Rose J Amour, beautiful rosy 
