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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, April 12, 1859. 
necessary, the water carries down into the soil the enriching Madame A/boni (Dodds).—Deep lilac, tipped with white. No 
qualities of the manure used as mulching. cutting. Eourfeet high. 
With these few brief remarks on the culture of the Dahlia I Star of the North (Harrison).—Blush-white ground, edged 
close my paper; and now proceed to give a list of the best new with clear amber. Three feet high, 
varieties, and a selection of the beBt older varieties :— Ten shillings and sixpence each. 
TWELVE NEW VAEIETIES. 
Chairman (Sainsbury).—Clear golden-buff. Eull and deep. 
Cut moderate. Four feet high. 
Conqueror (Cook).—Light orange class. Average size. Good 
form. Three feet high. 
Daughter of the Morning (Rawlings). — Nankeen ground, 
shaded with salmon. Fine. Four feet high. 
Dr. Livingstone (Rawlings).—Crimson purple. Average size. 
Good form. Four feet high. 
Egeria (Salter).—Bale fawn, shaded with lilac. Good form. 
Three feet high. 
Golden Drop (Keynes).—Chrome yellow. Form good. No 
cutting required. Five feet high. 
Grand Master (Keynes).—Deep orange. Attractive and de¬ 
sirable. Cut hard. Three feet high. 
John Dory (Turner).— Primrose. Good form. Moderate 
cutting. Four feet high. 
Miracle (Dodds).—Yellow, edged with carmine. Good form. 
Thin the buds out, but no cutting. Four feet high. 
Mrs. Keynes (Keynes).-—Pure lilac rose. Good form and 
substance. Cut hard. Three feet high. 
Rose-bud (Alexander). — Rosy purple. Large. Good form. 
Moderate cutting. Four feet high. 
Sir W. Wallace (Bush).—Rosy lilac. Fine form and sub¬ 
stance. Three feet high. 
Ten shillings and sixpence each. If the whole are ordered, a 
reduction will be made. 
TWENTY-FOUR SELECTED OLDER VARIETIES. 
Alice Downie (Keynes).—Pure white. Fine form. Three 
feet high. 
Amazon (Holmes).—White shaded. Three feet high. 
Annie (Rawlings).—Fine lilac. Three feet high. 
Chrysalis (Miellez).—Peach blush. Four feet high. 
Colonel Wyndham (Turner).—Crimson. Four feet high. 
Commander (Fellowes).—Dark maroon. A large flower. Four 
feet high. 
Hon. Mrs. Trotter (Reid).—Light. Very fine. Three feet high. 
King (Rawlings).—Fawn. Yery good. Three feet high. 
Lady Franlclin (Rawlings).—Buff. Extra. Four feet high. 
Lollipop (Holmes).—Salmon. Four feet high. 
Lord Palmerston (Holmes).—Dark scarlet. Four feet high. 
Miss Burdett Coutts (Turner).—Shaded fawn. Four feet high. 
Mrs. Church (Church) .—Yellow tipped. Fine. Four feet high. 
Mr. Critchett (Rawlings).—Orange. Good. Four feet high. 
Omar Pacha (Drummond).—Crimson scarlet. Three feet high. 
Pandora (Fauvel).—Crimson. Three feet high. 
Perfection (Keynes).—Orange. Good. Three feet high. 
Princess (Rea).—Rosy lilac. Four feet high. 
Rachel Rawlings (Keynes).—Peach blush. Four feet high. 
Salvator Rosa (Miquet).—Lilac. Four feet high. 
Sidney Herbert (Keynes).—Rosy crimson. Four feet high. 
Sir Colin Campbell (Dodds).—Lilac. Good. Three feet high. 
Triomphe de Pecq (Miquet).—Yery dark. Fme. Three ft. high. 
Yellow Beauty (Turner).—Very fine. Four feet high. 
The above twenty-four kinds are very good. Whoever wishes 
to grow a pan of twenty-four dissimilar varieties should order 
them. The whole may be had for as many shillings. 
NINE new fancy varieties (all well-formed and constant). 
Comus (Keynes).—Light, striped with crimson. Cut hard. 
Four feet high, 
Countess of Derby (Dodds).—Rose-blusli ground, spotted and 
striped with maroon. To be slightly cut out. Four feet high. 
Dandy (Keynes).—Creamy ground colour, spotted and striped 
with rosy maroon. Cut hard. Four feet high. 
Jessie (Dodds).—Bright golden-buff, striped with red maroon. 
Average cutting out required. Four feet high. 
Kean (Dodds).—Dark crimson, tipped with white. Thin out 
well. Four feet high. 
Lady Hulse (Dodds).—Rosy-lilac, striped and blotched with 
maroon. Free flowerer. Cut hard. Four feet high. 
Leonard (Wheeler).—Amber, tipped with white. Four feet 
high. 
TWELVE SELECTED OLDER VARIETIES. 
Carnation (Keynes). — White, striped with purple. Three 
feet high.. 
Cleopatra (Salter).— Orange, striped with crimson. Three 
feet high. 
Conqueror (Keynes).— Blush, striped with crimson. Four 
feet high. 
Favourite (Keynes).—Purple striped and spotted. Three feet 
high. 
Florence Nightingale (Dodds).—Buff, tipped with white. Four 
feet high. 
Imperatrice Eugenie (Miquet). — Good white, edged with 
purple. Three feet high. 
Miss Frampton (Rawlings).—Red, tipped with white. Three 
feet high. 
Mrs. Boshell (Rawlings).—Blush, striped and spotted with 
purple. Three feet high. 
Oliver Twist (Fellowes).—Purple, striped with white. Four 
feet high. 
Pigeon (Dr. Knyff).—White, edged with salmon. Tlujpe feet 
high. 
Souter Johnny (Dodds).— Lilac, striped with purple. Four 
feet high. 
Tiger (Keynes).—Pale crimson, much striped with maroon. 
Four feet high. 
All good-shaped, full flowers. The twelve may be had for 12 s. 
NEW BEDDING DAHLIA. 
Profusion (Keynes).—Yellow, slightly tipped with white, free, 
small, dwarf, and very double. I have heard that this will prove 
a very useful variety for bedding. Two feet high. 
OLDER BEDDING VARIETIES. 
Alba Floravun du nana (Dodds).—-Very good. Two feet high. 
Prince Frederick William (Turner).—Crimson. Small bloom, 
and very free. Two feet high. 
Royal Purple. —Very free. 
Sir James Walts (Turner).—Light scarlet. Good. Two feet 
and a half high.—T. Appleby. 
AUSTEALIAN SALAD CEESS. 
We have recently tasted, and can strongly recommend, this 
new salad herb, introduced to public notice by Messrs. A. Hen¬ 
derson & Co., of the Pine Apple Nursery, Edgeware Road. They 
state that the plant attains a height of about twelve inches, 
branching and spreading all round the stem. The leaves only are 
gathered ; and these are produced in constant succession through¬ 
out the summer. They are somewhat of the smooth-leaved 
Endive form and size, on a long stalk, delicately pale green in 
colour, with a flavour more pleasant and more mild than that of 
the common garden Cress, and peculiarly refreshing. 
CALCEOLAEIA CULTUEE. 
Far from asserting the method pursued by me to be the only 
correct one, I am aware many reasons—as locality, soil to be ob¬ 
tained, &c., may render necessary a deviation from any rule the 
most practical gardeners can lay down ; yet, thinking my method 
may be of service to some unfortunate gardener, I will endeavour 
simply to state what with me has grown as good plants of Cal¬ 
ceolarias, for bedding purposes, as can be desired. 
Many, I am aware, consider the beginning of October early 
enough to propagate the Calceolaria ; because it is not desirable 
they should attain much size before spring, as, being rapid 
growers, they will soon become large enough. If propagated 
in October, ere that step is over, and they are sufficiently rooted 
to place in winter quarters, November has far waned ; and, in too 
many instances, you find, not a lot of healthy, well-hardened 
plants, but a mass of one-third-ripened-elongation-of-tissue, 
crowded in cutting-boxes or pans. 
As early as possible in September I clear out all the soil of a 
spent Cucumber or Melon frame, turn up the dung inside to 
