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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
lovely Carnation; but tastes differ, yet it cannot be 
denied that there is a delicate neatness about this flower 
that the Carnation does not possess. It lias, too, the 
advantage of having a pod that opens in general more 
regularly all round than that of the Carnation. The 
other properties, such as form and size, are exactly the 
same. 
It now only remains with me to give a list of the best 
varieties for 1853. Picotees, like the Carnation, are 
divided into classes, of which there are seven. They 
are classed according to colour, and the quantity of 
colour on the edge. The classes are—1. Red, lieavy- 
edge. 2. Red, light-edge. 3. Rose, lieavy-edge. 4. Rose, 
light-edge. 5. Purple, lieavy-edge. 6. Purple, light- 
edge. 7. Yellow grounds, without any distinction as 
to the depth of edge colour. 
1.—RED, HEAVY-EDGED. 
Ada (Barrenger) ; extra. 
Ariel (Headley) ; very fine. 
Bellona (Morris). 
Christabcl (Costar); extra. 
Duke of Wellington (Sharp). 
Emperor (Ely); extra. 
Glory. 
Gulio Romana; extra. 
Isabella (Wildman) ; extra. 
James II. (Norman); a good 
clear white ; new and good. 
King James (Headley) ; fine. 
Lady Macbeth (May); new ; 
extra. 
Mrs. Trahar (Dixon). 
Mrs. Meynell (Ely). 
Mrs. Norman (Norman) ; 
extra. Probably the finest 
of its class. 
Pearl (Kaye); a full flower; 
extra. 
Prince of Wales (Morris); 
fine. 
Unique (Hudson). 
2.— RED, LIGHT-EDGED. 
Duchess of Sutherland (Bur- 
rough) ; excellent. 
Emma (Burrougli); large 
petals, well-edged, and fine. 
Emma (Norman); extra. 
Ernest (Edmonds); very 
good. 
Fair Ellen (Nicklin). 
Gem (Youell) ; a fine variety. 
Henry VIII. (Kirtlaud). 
Jenny Lind (Edmonds); 
extra. 
Mary (Dodwell) ; extra. 
Mangiana (Burrougli); very 
fine; a bold flower. 
Red Edge (Garrett); very 
clear white with perfect edge. 
Yorkshire Hero (Hepwortli); 
extra. 
Unique (Barrenger). 
3.— ROSE, HEAVY-EDGED. 
Borderer (Barraud); a good 
variety. 
Captivation (Hoadley); extra. 
Fanny Irby (Wilson); very 
good. 
Grace Darling (Morris) ; fine. 
Miss Rosa (Merryweather). 
Princess Royal (Morris). 
Princess Royal (Wilmer). 
Victoria Regina (Morris) ; a 
fine variety; new. 
Venus (Headley) ; extremely 
fine. 
Unexpected (Morris); new 
and good. 
4. —ROSE, LIGHT-EDGED. 
constant and well-formed 
flower, and a good breeder. 
Princess Royal (Garrett). A 
clean, well-formed variety. 
Countess Howe (Morris). 
Fair Rosamond (Twitchett). 
Lady Dacre (Garrett). 
Mrs. Barnard (Barnard). 
The best in its class; a 
All the varieties I have named in this fourth class are 
very good. 
5.— PURPLE, HEAVY-EDGED. 
Alfred (Dodwell); extra. 
Countess of Wilton (Hol¬ 
land) ; very fine. 
Duke of Rutland (Holly- 
oake); very fine. 
Ernestine (Turner); good. 
Lady Harriet Moore (Tur¬ 
ner) ; extra. 
Lord Nelson (Norman) ; 
clean white ; excellent pod; 
free from spot; a fine 
variety. 
Marquis of Artier (Holliday). 
6.—PURPLE, LIGHT-EDGED. 
Amy (Burrougli) ; extra fine. 
Beauty (Shaw); fine. 
Delicata (Holliday); extra 
fine. 
Duke of Newcastle (Bur- 
rough ); extra. 
Exquisite (Hudson) ; very 
fine. 
Ganymede (Fellows). 
Haulec (Fellows) ; an extra 
fine flower. 
June 
Jane (Norman); superior to 
Sharp’s Elegant. 
Juliet (May); a fine variety. 
Juno (Mathews). 
Miss Annesley (Kirtland) ; 
extra. 
Prince Albert (Crash). 
Regina (Cox) ; a very fine 
variety. 
Ophelia (May) ; extra. 
7.— YELLOW PICOTEES. 
Ariel (Brock) ; extra. 
Charles X. 
Countess of Ashburnham; 
extra. 
Duke of Wellington (Brock) ; 
fine. 
Euphemia (Barraud) ; very 
good. 
George III. (Finsley) ; extra. 
Malay Chief (May). 
Mount Etna ( Hoyle); one 
of the very best. 
Mrs. B. Norman (Norman) ; 
truly good. 
Nnlli Sccundus (Mitchell). 
Portia (May); extra. 
Princess Alice (Wood); a 
good old variety. 
Prince Arthur (Fellows) ; 
extra. 
President (Burrough) ; very 
fine. 
Queen (Kaye); pure white; 
edge rich purple and even; 
a fine variety. 
Parsee Bride (May); very 
excellent. 
Prince of Wales (Brock); 
new and good. 
Proserpine (Groom) ; extra 
fine. 
Queen Victoria (Martin) ; 
good. 
Romulus (Wilmer) ; neat and 
good. 
Topaz (Hoyle); fine colour. 
T. Appleby. 
PLANTS WHILE IN THE SEED BED. 
It not unfrequeotly happens that good seed is 
sown on good ground, and under circumstances appa¬ 
rently favourable, and yet there is “ no produce,” so that 
the disappointed cultivator is often led to conjecture 
many things, and often erroneous ones, too, ere lie hits 
on tho right one. That lie should not at once find 
out tho real cause of his want of success is not to be 
wondered at, since the variously directed experiments of 
a host of otherwise successful horticulturists have not 
been able to discover a preventive to that disorder in the 
Potato which has certainly diminished its .utility, if it 
does not ultimately exterminate it altogether. 
Now, though 1 certainly believe the uninformed 
Spitalfields weaver, or Manchester cotton-spinner, would 
more easily overcome the difficulties attending the 
raising of a few Cabbage plants, than the learned and 
scientific horticulturist would that of ensuring a crop of 
Potatoes against blight and other evils, still there are 
many who know not the dangers these Cabbage plants 
are liable to; and to them I now more especially address 
myself, and beginning with that very important family, 
for whose services at table we owe so much, let us con¬ 
sider how we are to proceed, in order to have the 
greatest amount of success. In the first place, as we 
have the parent of the family amongst us, growing and 
sowing itself on the almost inaccessible places of our 
southern coasts, it would naturally appear that the 
calcareous matter found there, as well as the highly- 
impregnated state of the air with saline particles, might, 
at certain times, be conducive to its general welfare; but, 
as the saline atmosphere cannot well be imitated in 
more inland stations, and the chalkey is both incon¬ 
venient and often unattainable, some other remedy 
must be proposed, because, though we are aware that the 
present race of cultivated vegetables inherit, to a certain 
extent, the features of the original, still they are so 
altered and modified as not to leave many traces of their 
parentage, except such as a botanist would discover. 
Now, as I deem it no disgrace to borrow an idea now 
and then, I confess that, next to the market-gardener, 
who raises plants for liis own uso and for sale, by the 
thousand, the humble cottager, whose spare hours and 
attention is devoted to the care of his garden, is the next 
best hand at rearing young plants of this and kindred 
tribes; his modest and unassuming little corner, where a 
