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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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other improved plants. I noticed Viburnum plication, I 
with many heads of bloom; and a shrub bearing a large 
pentandrous yellow flower, quite new. 
The lawns where the tents are placed on exhibition 
days have been all taken up, and the ground excavated 
in places so as to form gentle undulations. Part of the 
trees have beeu taken down, and the old scraggy clumps 
quite removed. This is a great improvement, and gives 
a fresh character to the place. A broad terrace walk 
has been made from the entrance gates on the left hand, 
and on each side of this long broad walk architectural 
beds have been formed, and all the best new Conifers 
planted regularly on the grass beyond these beds. This l 
is a great improvement upon the old curving, narrow 
walk that was in this part formerly. Taking a bird’s- I 
eye view of the whole of these interesting gardens, 1 
consider them very creditable to the Society and their 
managers. T. Appleby. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
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CARNATIONS.—NEW OR SCARCE VARIETIES. 
SCAIILET BIZARRES. 
Coriolanus; a finely coloured flower, with round rose 
petals, filled in the centre without confusion. 
Oliver Goldsmith; a flower with excellent properties. 
CRIMSON BIZAKRES. 
Black Diamond ; the crimson in this flower is very 
dark, the white clear, and habit good. 
General Monk ; form excellent; colour evenly laid 
on; size medium ; an excellent show flower. 
King of Carnations; new, and very distinct; size 
large; form excellent. 
Magnificent; colour very even; white pure; size 
very large; a truly noble flower. 
PINK AND PURPLE BIZARRES. 
Galatea; a good show flower, with excellent pro¬ 
perties. 
John of Gaunt; very good. 
PURPLE FLAKES. 
Ascendant; the finest of its class in new varieties; 
form excellent; colour fine, and very distinct. 
Jaques; a noble flower, with distinct stripes. 
Rachel; medium size; but in other respects a first- 
rate flower. 
SCARLET FLAKES. 
Acamus; very bright scarlet stripes; white clear; 
form excellent. 
Canute ; a good show flower. 
Cromwell; very fine, size large; colours very distinct. 
ROSE FLAKES. 
Aglaia; a beautiful flower, with the rose stripes broad 
and distinct; white clear; petals well formed. 
Floras Garland; though an old variety, this is yet 
one of the best of its class. It is by no means plentiful, 
being so much sought after ; properties most excellent. 
Queen Phillipa: this is also a good variety, with 
excellent show properties. 
OLDER VARIETIES. 
SCARLET BIZARRES. 
Admiral Curzon, Captain Edwards, Gainsborough, 
Howard, Knostrop Pet, and Lord Ranclifte. 
CRIMSON BIZARRES. 
Duke of Bedford, Indispensable, Jenny Lind, Lord 
Milton, Queen Victoria, and South Loudon. 
PINK AND PURPLE BIZARRES. 
Falconbridge, Prince Albert, Sarah Payne, and 
Twyford Perfection. 
PURPLE FLAKES. 
Beauty of Woodhouse, Companion, Great Northern, 
Mayor of Oldham, Prince Arthur, and Squire Trom. 
SCARLET FLAKES. 
Eardley Pet, Firebrand, Justice Shallow, Queen 
Victoria, Standard, and Troubadour. 
ROSE FLAKES. 
Benedict, Haidee, Lady Gardener, Poor Tom, Princess 
Royal, Rebecca, and Romeo. 
PICOTEES.—NEW OR SCARCE VARIETIES. 
RED-EDGED. 
Countess Waldegrave; a light-edged flower; white 
very clear; edging distinct; a good show variety. 
Esther; this is a finely-formed flower, with a heavy, 
clean edge; white pure; and form excellent. 
Lady Shadwell; distinct, with a broad red, even edge; 
petals well formed; centre full; a fine show flower. 
Lavinia; form good; edging neither broad nor 
narrow, but clear and distinct; form good. 
PURPLE-EDGED. 
Bridesmaid; a light-edged flower, with good pro¬ 
perties. 
Duke of Devonshire; the best of its class; edge 
broad and well-defined; size large ; an excellent variety. 
Haidee; a fine flower; form excellent; colour even 
on the edge, which is beautifully laid on narrow. 
Norah; a light-edged flower; very fine in form, and 
well filled. 
ROSE AND SCARLET-EDGED. 
Ariel; an excellent variety, with a narrow, well* 
i defined edge of the brightest colour; white clear; form 
1 very fine. 
Frances; edge narrow, but clear; white pure; a 
! first-rate formed variety. 
Helen ; very excellent in form, with a broad, distinct, 
| bright-coloured edge. 
Marian; another heavy-edged flower, with good 
i form and substance. 
Miss Puxley; edge broad; colour well defined; an 
excellent show flower. 
YELLOW GROUND. 
This is a rather new class, with the colour inside the 
| edge, more or less of a pure yellow. There are not 
j many new additions to this class. 
Cloth of Gold ; a clear yellow ground, form good. 
Mount Etna; not very bright in the grouud colour; 
but an excellent flower in other respects. 
Queen of Yellows; colour bright; one of the best. 
OLDER GOOD VARIETIES. 
RED-EDGED. 
Bellona, Conspicua, Gem, Guilio Romano, James the 
Second, Mrs. Normau, and Prince of Wales. 
PURl’LE-EDGED. 
Amazon, Alfred, Diadem, Ganymede, Juliet, Lady 
H. Moore, Lord Nelson, and Portia. 
ROSE AND SCARLET-EDGED. 
Countess Howe, Julia, Lamia, Mrs. Barnard, Princess 
Royal, Queen Victoria, and Rosalind. 
YELLOW GROUND. 
Euphemia, Gipsy Queen, La Grandeur, Malay Chief> 
Pride of the Isles, Princess Alice, Queen, and Topaz. 
T. Appleby. 
(To be continued.) 
