intend to continue this year, is to cover over the beds now , with 
old sashes or any suitable covering that will protect them from 
heavy rains, and when taken up, which they will be about the 
middle of November, to dry them well indoors, to manure the 
beds well at this season, so as to allow it to get well incorpo¬ 
rated with the soil during the winter months, and not to plant 
too early in the spring. We have been tolerably successful in 
growing them, and think that these plans are likely to ensure 
success; in these we are confirmed by the opinion of M. Ch. 
Verdier, of Paris, who is a large grower. 
The beautiful variety now figured is one of those raised by 
Mr. Standish, of Ascot and Bagshot, and received a certificate 
at the September show of the Boyal Plorticultural Society, 
but it is quite impossible to find any pigment that will do 
justice to its glowing richness and beauty. We have had the 
opportunity of testing his flowers this season, with some of the 
best and newest of M. Souchet’s, and to our mind, there can be 
no doubt as to the superiority of the English seedlings, their 
form and substance being better than the French ones. The 
very beautiful collections exhibited by Mr. Standish, both at 
the Crystal Palace and South Kensington, were greatly admired 
for the variety and richness of their colouring and general 
effect. 
