in the country in considerable favour: we are only referring to 
the decline of the interest in them around London. We see 
that the northern florists are contemplating the formation of a 
Society for the Encouragement of Florists’ Flowers there, it 
having been found that the difference of latitude makes a very 
material difference in the time in which flowers come into 
bloom. 
The new Pico tees which Mr. Turner announces for this sea¬ 
son are Flower of the Bay (Norman), a very fine, heavy-edged, 
scarlet, petal large and well-shaped, white, good, smooth on 
the edge, marking very bright, and altogether a first-class 
flower. Jessie (Turner), the subject of our plate, is a medium- 
edged purple, fine, large, smooth petal, of good substance, and 
tolerably full, not crowded. Lady Llcho (Turner), figured by 
us last year, a light-edged purple, large smooth petal, finely 
marked, without the slightest bar, full size. Mrs. Reynolds Hole 
(Turner), light-edged red, very smooth, good-shaped petal, and 
moderately full. 
Samuel Moreton (Addis) is the only Carnation in Mr. Turner s 
list of novelties; it is a fine, large, full flower, with good broad 
petal, well and regularly marked, very robust in habit,—a great 
desideratum,—and will carry from three to five blooms on each 
plant. 
We have nothing to add with regard to the cultivation of 
this tribe; happily, most of the new varieties, in addition to 
other excellent qualities, are robust in habit. We well remem¬ 
ber, especially in scarlet-edged flowers, how difficult it used to 
be to grow them properly; but now the vigour of their growth 
makes it, comparatively speaking, an easy matter. 
