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COMPANION TO THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 
Y. Dark horseshoe varieties, with scarlet flowers. 
Baron Picasoli: a great improvement on that old flower Baron Hiigel, 
dwarf in habit, with a very dark broad horseshoe ; the trusses are large, 
and the flowers well-shaped. 
VI. Light horseshoe variety, with scarlet flowers. 
Herald of Spring : a well-defined horseshoe, the flowers light scarlet, 
large and well-formed ; an excellent variety. 
Perfection alias Attraction : the best of all these varieties for general bed¬ 
ding purposes; a great improvement on Tom Thumb. ■ The horseshoe 
is very light, and indeed sometimes hardly perceptible. 
VII. Light horseshoe varieties, with salmon and pink flowers. 
Christina : a most useful and well-known sort, neat and compact in growth, 
and profuse in bloom. 
Prince of Hesse : a beautiful clear rosy-salmon flower, the best in its 
shade of colour. 
VIII. Light horseshoe, ivith white flowers. 
Madame Vaucher : there can be no question as to this being the best wdiite 
out; the growth is good, the leaves well-marked, the blossoms pure 
white, and standing well in all weathers. H. 
THE CHRYSANTHEMUM. 
CULTURE OF CUT FLOWERS FOR EXHIBITION. 
Every part of the United Kingdom abounds in lovers of Floriculture, 
Horticulture, or Pomology; and it is interesting to notice the various 
pets in different localities. In Lancashire the Gooseberry predominates, 
although florists* flowers are not forgotten, neither are articles of utility; 
for instance, the specimens of vegetables, especially Celery, produced by 
some of the amateurs are marvellous : more eastward, Carnations and 
Picotees and Auriculas are largely cultivated : further north, the Pansy 
takes the lead, as the numerous fine varieties offered by the Scotch raisers 
will testify. The Rose is everybody's favourite when it can be cultivated, 
but to the London amateur the Chrysanthemum is endeared by its tract¬ 
able disposition; for amidst the fogs and smoke of this modern Babylon 
it will somehow or other manage to produce its blossoms, making many 
a suburban garden gay, which otherwise would be bare, in dull, dark, and 
dreary November. “ Familiar as household words** are the names of hi3 
pets to the London amateur, and some can go through a whole collection, 
and tell them by the foliage and style of growth; and dear to him are 
his Alfreds, his Queens, his Jardins des Plantes, his Plutus, Trilby, Her - 
mione, etc., as he watches their growth during the season; but the anx¬ 
iety and excitement are at their height when the buds begin to show, 
and the anxious question is often asked when a friend is met, “ How 
many buds have you taken? Is so-and-so (the gem of the season) ready 
