In addition to the large number of seedlings raised by Mr. 
Standish, we are constantly supplied with novelties from France, 
where M. Souchet, of Fontainebleau, keeps up the well-merited 
character he has gained, of the most successful French raiser 
of this beautiful flower ; his additions this year comprise Charles 
Dickens , delicate rose, tinged with buff, and striped with vivid 
carmine; James Carter , bright orange-red, very large, and spotted 
with pure white; James Veitch , lively cochineal-red, with white 
and scarlet stripes; Princess of Wales, white flamed carmine- 
rose ; Peter Lawson , lilac-rose, large white spots; Stuart Low , 
violet-rose, spotted and flamed with deep rose, on a white 
ground; and Walter Scott , very lively rose, on white ground, 
striped with rosy-carmine. 
Gladiolus , Dandle Jackson , is a very distinct variety, the 
ground colour being a bright peach, with distinct stripes and 
blotches of crimson-rose, the lip has a bright, dark crimson 
feather, with white line in the centre ; it is of vigorous growth, 
and is, we think, likely to he a general favourite. 
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