THE FLORIST. 
TULIP.—HAWARD’S MAGNIFICENT. 
The seed from which this variety was raised, was sown, about 
sixteen years ago, by Mr. Haward, an enthusiastic florist, 
and supposed to have been saved from Rose Camuse. The 
seedlings, previous to blooming, were given by him to Mr. 
Milner, who carefully preserved the entire stock till 1844, 
when he sold them to Mr. Alexander, who, in 1845, sold by 
auction five rows of seven each to the following gentlemen :— 
Mr. Headly, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Hooker, Mr. Wolff, and J. 
Macefield, reserving the offsets for himself. The cup is good, 
but not first-rate ; it measures when expanded, seventeen 
inches in circumference, and is rather more than half a ball. 
The white is pure, the bottom stainless, and the colour 
exceedingly clear and brilliant. The foliage is luxuriant, 
the stem strong and erect, and measures two feet ten inches 
in height. 
I have named this variety Magnificent, from the exclama¬ 
tion of a true florist on seeing it for the first time. I propose 
calling it “ Haward’s Magnificent,” as broke by J. Macefield : 
if others will do the same, the disreputable practice of sending 
out the same variety under different names would receive a 
check, and the different strains in which it breaks be correctly 
ascertained, it having, I understand, already broken into 
colour—feathered only. J. Macefield. 
SEEDLING PELARGONIUMS. 
topping’s brilliant and elegans. 
Our coloured plate, representing these beautiful Seedlings, 
is supplied at the sole expense of Messrs. Veitch and Son, 
who forwarded the drawing, with cut trusses of bloom, and 
accompanied with the following directions: “ Speak of them 
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