March 21.] 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
Duchess cVOrleans .—Worthy of the name it bears; 
ranunculus-formed petals, very round ; well imbricated ; 
colour white ground, with a slight tint of flesh colour, 
irregularly striped and spotted with carmine; a first-rate 
variety. 
Emilie Gavazzi. —Extremely delicate form and colours; 
well imbricated; rosy-white blotches, striped with carmine, 
centre yellow. 
Emperor. — Raised by Davies & Co., near Liverpool, 
by impregnating C. colvillii with C. reticulata; form and 
colour greatly improved upon both. It obtained a prize 
at the London Horticultural Society's meeting, in Regent 
Street, 3s Gd. 
Eastii. —Very grandly imbricated; of the finest possible 
form ; white ground, blotched, and striped with rose. 
Fulgens plenissima. —Imbricated; lively rose, with a 
line of white down the centre of each petal, 2s 6d. 
Grand Duchess d’Etruria. — Peony-shaped ; ground 
white, finely striped with rose ; a good variety, 2s 6d. 
Guillaume Tell. — Imbricated perfectly; three of the 
outer ranges of petals of a deep lively rose, the rest to the 
centre of a pale delicate rose ; each petal large, edged with 
white ; a first-rate flower, 5s. 
Jubilee. —Well imbricated; white, slightly tinged flesh- 
colour, veined and striped with rose, centre a clear fine 
yellow, 5s. 
Jupiter. — Imbricated; of a red colour, mixed with a 
clear salmon, and a ribbon of white regularly down the 
centre of each petal, 3s 6d. 
Lady Hill. —Globular form; delicate dark red, shaded 
with white, powdered over and speckled with carmine ; very 
fine, 2s 6d. 
Landrethii. —Size and form of C. imbricatii; rose sha¬ 
ding, with white towards the centre ; first-rate, 2s 6d. 
Leopoldina d’ltalie. —Large fine flower; white ground, 
spotted with rose, and striped with red; always imbricated. 
Madonna. — Imbricated; very large; pure white, bor¬ 
dered with carmine; superior to that fine variety, the 
Duchess d’Orleans, 5s. 
Marchioness of Exeter. — Delicate rose, sometimes 
blotched with white; extra grand magnificent flower. 
Obtained the first prize at the large Quinquennial Exhi¬ 
bition at Ghent, 3s 6d. 
Margaret Gouillon. —Imbricated, and poeony-formed ; 
delicate rose, spotted and striped with lively red; superior 
to Sweetii, 2s 6d. 
Maria Luigia di Parma. —Very large petals, spread out; 
dark blood-red, with large pure white spots, often self- 
coloured, 2s 6d. 
Neoboracensis. —Very large and fine; dark scarlet, striped 
in the centre with white, 2s Gd. 
Palagi. —Poeony-form; rosy white, spotted and lined 
with white and purple, 5s. 
Perigrina. —White, striped with carmine like a car¬ 
nation ; a very distinguished variety, 2s Gd. 
Perfecta ( Chalmers's). —First prize at the Grand Ex¬ 
hibition at Philadelphia. Imbrication and size perfect; 
rose sometimes dark and sometimes delicate ; petals round 
and thin, each covering gracefully; generally spotted with 
white. During the later period of blooming its flowers 
become white; the centre petals bloom sometimes quite 
white, whilst those of the circumference keep the lively 
colour of cherries, 3s Gd. 
Perfection (Cunningham's). —Imbricated; magnificent 
dark red ; a white ribbon divides each petal in equal parts. 
This variety, when nearly done blooming, becomes all blue ; 
first rate, 2s Gd. 
Pirzio. —Imbrication admirable; producingwhite flowers, 
others red, or half red half white; others quite white, 
veined with carmine, 2s Gd. 
Prince Albert ( Chandler and Son's). —Imbricated cir¬ 
cumference ; poeony-form in the centre; ground colour, 
bright rose, powdered, spotted, and flamed with carmine ; 
an admirable variety, 2s Gd. 
Princess Adelaide de Carignan .—Very free flowerer; 
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well imbricated ; round petals ; rosy white, powdered over 
with carmine; centre yellow, 3s Gd. 
Princess Baciocchi. — Superbly imbricated ; the first 
four ranges of petals of a fine dark velvet-like carmine, the 
others deep scarlet, edged with white, 2s Gd. 
Pulcherrima striata. —Brilliant deep scarlet, marbled 
with large and small spots ; charming, 2s Gd. 
Queen Victoria. —Priestley’s magnificent variety, with 
very thick petals ; fine red, with a white line down the 
centre of each. 
Ridolfiana. —White ground, with broad ribbons of blood- 
colour ; some petals of a delicate rose-colour hang elegantly 
off the bottom ; all the others are regularly disposed; mag¬ 
nificent, 2s Gd. 
Saccoi nova. —Imbricated variable petals ; rosy, some¬ 
times transparent, sometimes semi-coloured ; at other times 
well variegated; a beautiful variety, 3s 6d. 
Spectabilis. —Magnificent globular flowers, very full; 
white, spotted with rose, 2s 6d. 
Teutonia. —Beats the old double white by the admirable 
disposition of its large petals. What renders it especially 
desirable is, its double inclination to produce flowers, either 
quite white or quite red, sometimes divided between the two 
colours, 3s 6d. 
Toui'resiana. —Anemone-flowered, lively cherry-colour, 
with purple veins, 2s Gd. 
Ver chaffeltiana. —Well imbricated; lively rose, the petals 
marked with a narrow whitish stripe on the edge; very fine, 
3s Gd. 
Villageoise. —Elegant form ; rosy white; well spotted 
with purple ; very pretty, 2s Gd. 
Violace superba. —Fine foliage ; large size ; fine carmine, 
with violet shaving, 2s 6d. 
Visconta nova. —Imbricated ; very full; dark carmine, 
spotted or streaked with white, 3s 6d. 
Woodsia alba. —Extremely large flower ; petals of the 
circumference milk white, with large bands of carmine- 
coloured spots, and lines more mixed than in “ Camellia 
King," 3s Gd. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
*** We request that no one will write to the departmental writers 
of Tiie Cottage Gardener. It gives them unjustifiable trouble 
and expense ; and we also request our coadjutors under no circum¬ 
stances to reply to such private communications. 
Indexes (A. Z.). —You can have these, together with prefaces 
and title-pages, by applying at our office, 2, Amen-corner. Send 
your direction there, inclosing four penny stamps, and they will be 
sent to you. 
Gladioli {Ibid). —We will publish a descriptive list of these 
shortly. 
Corriea {Mary Marshall). —Whoever your friend is who told you 
that this is a hybrid between a fuchsia and a heath, knows nothing 
of botany. He might as well say that the Pyrus japonica is a hybrid 
between a crab and a poppy. The Corrcea is a distinct genus of 
plants. 
Field Botany {Rev. E. H. V.). —Withering’s “ Arrangement of 
British Plants,” or Smith’s “English Flora,” w'ould supply your 
wishes. We cannot, in a weekly paper, be sufficiently accurate to 
justify our attempting to accent proper names. 
Dictionary {R. S. P.). —A Dictionary, such as you suggest, is in 
contemplation ; but it must be cheap. 
Rabbit’s Dung ( W . D. Paine). —This is one of the richest of 
manures. It may be used instead of that of the sheep for making 
liquid-manure. It must, for such purpose, be kept dry, and unmixed 
with litter. As a manure for digging into the soil, it should be mixed 
with the litter and urine of the rabbit. Ammonia is abundant in the 
manure formed by rabbits ; and, in addition, it contains much chalk 
(carbonate of lime), carbonate of potash, muriate of potash, and 
sulphates of potash and lime—all friendly to garden-plants. 
Prices of Fowls {A Constant Reader). —If any of the parties 
who deal in them will send us an advertisement, we shall willingly 
insert it. We know it would answer their purpose, for our circula¬ 
tion exceeds that of any other gardening periodical. 
Evergreen Climbers {Hazelhvrst). —Thebestevergreen climber 
for the posts of a verandah are climbing roses of that character, such 
