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THE FLORIST. 
We hope those that grow for exhibition, and have attended to 
our directions, will be able to give a good account of themselves 
after the shows are over; but there is far more pleasure in witness¬ 
ing a fine collection at home in their freshness, than in looking over 
the best exhibition of cut blooms. 
RANUNCULUSES. 
The following twenty-four varieties possess qualities of decided 
merit, and from their frequent appearance in winning stands can 
be safely recommended as worthy of the attention of the cultivator. 
Our Note-Book. 
NAME. 
RAISER. 
Ground 
Colour. 
Character of Marking. 
Eliza. 
Giles 
straw 
self. 
Alexis. 
Tyso 
yellow 
brown spot. 
Sir John de Graeme . 
Lightbody 
cream 
purple edge. 
Henrietta .... 
Aush 
white 
crimson edge. 
Edgar. 
Tyso 
yellow 
coffee edge. 
Melange .... 
* 
red 
yellow stripe. 
Coronation .... 
Costar 
buff 
pink mottle. 
Marquis of Hertford . 
* 
crimson 
self. 
Celebrator .... 
Tyso 
white 
purple edge. 
Queen Victoria 
Kilgour 
cream 
purple edge. 
Flaminius .... 
Tyso 
yellow 
dark spot. 
Attractor .... 
Tyso 
white 
purple edge. 
Naxara. 
* 
dark 
self. 
Creon . 
Tyso 
lemon 
dark edge. 
Mrs. Nielson . 
Nielson 
white 
red edge. 
Sabina. 
Costar 
yellow 
self. 
Victor. 
Tyso 
plum 
self. 
Princess Royal . 
Kilgour 
buff 
purple spot. 
Glennelg .... 
Tyso 
yellow 
coffee spot. 
Larne. 
Lightbody 
white 
purple mottle. 
Glacia. 
* 
yellow 
brown mottle. 
Herald. 
Lightbody 
white 
crimson edge. 
Temeraire .... 
* 
cream 
red stripe. 
Apollo. 
* 
crimson 
self. 
POTTING CARNATIONS. 
In Mr. C. Turner's Pansy practice he intimates that Carnations 
require very firm potting for blooming. Will some other growers of 
this beautiful fiower favour me with their opinions on this subject, 
as doctors differ ? J. E. H. 
* Raiser unknown. 
