ISO THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION.— June 10,1850. 
6. Favourite (Banks).—Bright scarlet tube, and sepals 
well reflexed; corolla violet-blue. A large and con¬ 
spicuous variety, of great substance, distinct, and 
beautiful. 
7. General Williams (Smith).—Tube and sepals bright 
scarlet, the latter broad and reflexed; corolla purple, 
well formed. A free bloomer and good habit. 
8. Prince of Wales (Henderson).—Rich crimson tube 
and sepals, stout, and well reflexed ; corolla violet-blue. 
A novel and distinct variety. 
9. Ranunculaflora (Story).—Tube and sepals of a 
rich rosy-crimson, reflexed ; corolla double, like a Ra- 
j nunculus, and of a pure white colour ; curiously distinct 
| and beautiful. The first variety with a double white 
corolla. 
10. Venus de Medici (Banks). — Tube clear white; 
sepals bluish, striped with pink; corolla deep violet-blue; 
novel and distinct. 
11. Volcana di Acqua (Banks).—Rich glossy scarlet 
tube and sepals, well reflexed ; corolla clear violet. A 
' fine variety. 
12. Wonderful (Epps).—Tube and sepals scarlet, well 
reflexed; corolla well formed, and of a beautiful violet- 
, purple colour. A very large, fine variety. 
Price 7s. Gd. to 10s. (id. each. 
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Twelve Selected Oldek Varieties. 
i 1. Autocrat (Banks).—A large, bold, dark variety, 
! tube and sepals dark crimson, the latter reflexed till 
they touch the tube; corolla smooth, well formed, and 
of a dark bloody colour. 
2. Clio (Banks).—A large, stout, and free-flowering 
variety ; tube and sepals white, reflexed; corolla a clear 
lake colour. One of the best white varieties. 
3. Ihwhess of Lancaster (Henderson). — Tube and 
sepals white, well reflexed ; corolla rosy-lilac. A large- 
flowering and striking variety. 
4. Empress Eugenie. —Wide, reflexed sepals, of a rosy- 
crimson colour outside; inside shaded with violet; 
corolla pure white, novel, and distinct. 
I 5. Duke of Wellington (Stokes).—This has proved to 
I be a really good and noble variety. Tube and sepals 
bright scarlet, tube stout and short, sepals'broad and 
well reflexed; corolla well formed, and of a rosy-purple 
colour. 
G. Fairy Queen (Banks).—Tube white; sepals tinged 
with lemon—the first approach to a yellow i’uchsia;— 
corolla plum colour, distinct, and pretty. 
7. Galanlhiflora pleno. —Pure double white corolla, 
j like a double Snowdrop; tube aud sepals scarlet, novel, 
i and distinct. 
8. Lady Franklin (Smith).—Tube and sepals pure 
white, reflexed; corolla purplish-crimson; sepals broad 
and well reflexed. Erce bloomer and a fine habit. 
9. Mrs. Story (Story).—Tube and sepals crimson, the 
latter broad and finely reflexed; corolla clear white. 
One of the best of its class. 
10. Omer Pacha (Smith).—Tube short and stout; 
sepals well reflexed, and of a bright waxy-crimson 
colour; corolla deep violet-purple; large, of good form, 
fine habit, free in growth, aud a profuse bloomer. One 
of the best of its class. 
11. Prince Arthur (Story).—Tube and sepals bright 
crimson, the latter well reflexed ; corolla very double, 
and well formed. The best double corolla flowering 
variety yet known. 
12. Queen Victoria (Story).—Tube and sepals bright 
scarlet-crimson, finely reflexed ; corolla of a lovely clear 
white colour. A fine variety. 
Price Is. Gd. to 3s. fid. T. Appleby, 
(To be continual.) 
THE ADVANTAGES OF HAVING SEEDS AND 
BULBS FROM DISTANT PLACES. 
It is often a source of complaint that certain garden 
products once good in their kind are not so now. Cer¬ 
tainly, the advances made in improving new varieties 
do, in some cases, tend to discard old ones; yet it is 
often observable that such old ones were not so good 
as they had been in the earlier period of their career. 
This especially refers to the varieties into which most of j 
our common vegetables are divided. I well remember | 
Potatoes which were once regarded as the best in quality, i 
and most productive croppers, are so no longer, and 
have, in almost all cases, ceased to be cultivated, to the 
i great regret of elderly people, who, as usual in such 
; cases, assert that “ there are none now to be had so good 
as they were once.” Be this as it may, certainly those 
varieties in question are not so good as they were, and 
are not likely to be of much further use at all. Now, 
in the case of Potatoes, it appears that the varieties are, 
in fact, worn out, and no longer capable of producing 
vigorous, healthy crops, even when transported to a 
different soil from that which they have lately been ac- 
; custoined to, which change, no doubt, did keep them 
longer in a healthy state than they otherwise would 
, have been; but their time having “come,” they must 
succumb to the common fate of all. But I only men¬ 
tion the above well-known case to show how much 
longer the existence of the Potato was maintained in 
consequence of the changes it was subjected to in its 
; cultivation; being removed from place to place tended 
to add new life to it. This is, certainly, the case with 
[ many other crops which we are acquainted with, and a 
- little enquiry will throw some light upon a matter not, 
perhaps, thought of at all times. 
Many years ago, the Onion called the “ Side Bearer,” 
“ Potato Onion,” and other names, cultivated as it was 
by its bulbs being planted in the open ground, and pro¬ 
ducing a proportionate increase of bulbs iu due time, 
l was very common amongst cottagers, aud great expecta¬ 
tions were held out of its utility over the ordinary seed 
varieties; but it often happened, that after three or four 
years the crop either became an entire failure, or, what 
amounted to the same thing, decayed soon after harvest¬ 
ing. This was often a source of great vexation, as the 
cottager frequently commenced the cultivation with only 
a bulb or two, the produce of which he carefully 
treasured up for two or three years, until he bad suf- j 
ficieut to plant for his expected consumption, when he 
had the mortification to find his measures all frustrated 
by the plants being no longer healthy ; iu fact, they 
often died quite out. Now, though I am far from 
certain that my theory is right, yet 1 have seen it con¬ 
firmed by practice in several cases in the matter of 
Onions. They wanted to have a change, and when 
they had one they were more healthy, for I have seen 
some of the same bulbs, which produced an unhealthy 
crop, removed to -another locality, and there do as 
well as could be wished for. This teaches us the im¬ 
portance of having a change now and then; and I am 
certain most of the cases of failure arose from the 
neglect ot that duty. This, however, is subject to other 
causes as well. A mere move out of one garden into 
an adjoining one is not sufficient to be called a change, 
1 in a general way; therefore, better let the change be to 
somo distance, to a situation differing much in character 
bom the one from which it has been taken ; aud, though 
it is too much to expect this production to continue in 
perpetuity, still there is reason to believe it will continue 
to be iu a healthy condition, when removed from place 
to place, much longer than if allowed to remain at one, 
where its constitution will soon fall a prey to disease, 
engendered by the absence of all counter balancing 
agents. 
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