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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[March, 
crimson edges, a charming flower, good form, and 
excellent habit; F.C.C. Little Princess, white, 
tipped with rose, very pretty indeed, small flowered, 
very free ; F.C.C. Mabel, lilac, excellent form, very 
free ; F.C.C. Nymph, yellow, tipped with red, very 
free and effective; F.C.C. Peacemaker, rosy lilac, 
full and good form, very free flowering. The Khedive, 
dark crimson, suffused with white at the base of the 
petals, very pretty and free. 
The following Single Dahlias will be distri¬ 
buted by Messrs. Keynes & Co., the raisers -.—-Acqui¬ 
sition, crimson, with scarlet bars at the edge of each 
petal, very striking ; F.C.C. Aurata, very fine 
yellow, wonderfully free blooming. Defiance, extra 
fine scarlet. Evening Star, rich maroon; F.C.C. Fire 
Fly, magnificent scarlet. Fire King, very rich crim¬ 
son. Flavius, yellow, very dwarf and free. Grandee, 
large rich purple. Lucifer, fine scarlet. Picturata, 
very pretty shade of rose colour. Purple Prince, 
very fine purple, exceedingly free. Red Gauntlet, 
deep crimson-scarlet. Rosy Circle, rose colour, with 
white ring round the yellow centre; very distinct. 
Striata, lilac striped with crimson. Terra Cotta, 
colour of terra cotta, very distinct and pleasing. 
T elvet Mantle, very dark crimson. Vesuvius, fine 
dwarf scarlet. Warrior, deep crimson. 
Fuchsias. — General Lepasset, a robust erect 
growing variety with stout shoots, the flowers com¬ 
pact, with short very thick tube, lively coral red 
recurved sepals, and ample rosy-violet corolla. J. J. 
Rousseau, a vigorous and Auriferous variety, the 
flowers with recurved brilliant red sepals, and a very 
full regular bluish-violet corolla, which opens to a 
globular form. Jeanne d'Arc , a very compact bushy 
variety, 16 inches high and 18 inches through, 
covered with well-formed flowers having long red 
sepals and a pure white corolla; a good market 
plant. Lamennais, a dwarf vigorous variety, branch¬ 
ing from the base, of close upright habit, the flowers 
globular with wide recurved carmine-red sepals, and 
a full white corolla formed of 30 or more petals. 
Louis Blanc, a vigorous grower, with large full 
often irregular flowers, having bright carmine sepals, 
and long petals of a pale blue (gris de lin) ; a new 
colour. Victor Hugo , a variety with very large full 
flowers, the sepals reflexed bright red, the corolla 
broad-petalled, crowded, of a lilac rose ; a new colour 
amongst doubles. 
Myosotis dissiti flora alba.— A true white 
form of this beautiful Forget-me-not, far in advance 
of anything hitherto shown uuder this name, the 
flowers being large and of the purest white; It. 
Dean. 
Pentstemons — Charles Darwin, habit dwarf, with 
deep red flowers having a white throat. Isabey, 
flowers very large, of a deep violet with a pure white 
centre. Rabelais, flowers of open form, showing a 
beautiful white centre, the edges being rosv lilac. 
Sculpteur Clesinger, flowers large, purplish-rose with 
white centre veined with purple. Van ’Dargent, a 
very pretty variety, with bright violet coloured 
flowers, having the throat white, and the lower lobes 
spotted with purple red. All from M. Lemoine. 
Polyanthus (Fancy). — Buttercup, a sterling 
variety of fine form and substance; colour creamy 
yellow, large bold trusses; extra fine for exhibition ; 
R. Dean. Cardinal, rich scarlet crimson, very bril¬ 
liant in colour, large pip, bold trusses, very free; 
extra fine; R. Dean. Golden Bedder, deep orange 
yellow, fine habit, very free; most effective and an 
excellent bedder; R. Dean. Sovereign, rich yellow 
fine in colour, perfect form, large pip, bold truss; 
extra fine; R. Dean. 
Of Hose-in-IIose varieties the following are offered 
by Mr. Dean: Cloth of Gold, very fine rich yellow, 
large bold symmetrical trusses; extra fine. Scarlet 
Gem, the nearest approach to a scarlet colour in 
the Polyanthus; pips of the finest form and very 
free. 
Primula cortltsoides. — The following new 
varieties are to be sent out by M. Lemoine, Nancy:— 
Aurhole, good habit; flowers lilac veined with mauve, 
the centre white. Ceres, flowers large, circular, 
bluish-violet. Nancy, one of the prettiest varieties 
yet raised, flowers large, regular, fimbriated, the limb 
involute, whitish with rosy-violet edges, the reverse 
side violet. 
Rhododendrons (Gr. byh.).— Baroness Schroder, 
a rich golden yellow with red filaments and stamens 
which give the appearance of a deep red centre and 
greatly enhances the beauty of the flowers, which are 
large and produced in a fine umbel, lst-class Certi¬ 
ficate R.II.S., Feb. 13 ; Veitch & Sons. Lord Rose¬ 
bery, reddish orange; very bright and rich in colour ; 
Veitch & Sons. Princess Christian, a very soft pale 
fleshy pink with dark red anthers, very pretty and 
pleasing, indeed a most delicate tint, and producing 
a fine truss of blossoms, lst-class Certificate R.H.S., 
Feb. 13; Veitch & Sons. These are all of the R. 
jasminiflorum type of hybrids, once further crossed 
with R. javauicum, which has imparted a somewhat 
stronger habit of growth, and larger foliage. 
NEW VEGETABLES. 
Onion, White Leviathan. —A distinct Onion with 
the skin pearly white; the bulb has remarkably small 
rootlets, and is a certain cropper; somewhat later than 
the Flat White Tripoli, but twice its size ; Sutton & 
Sons. 
Potato, Cleopatra. —A variety resembling Mag¬ 
num Bonum, equal to that variety in size, quality, 
and productiveness, and quite as early as Myatt’s 
Aslileaf; James Carter & Co. 
Tomatos :— Earliest of All, a very early variety, 
coming into use ten days before any other; pro¬ 
ducing perfectly round, medium-sized fruit of a 
brilliant red colour, uniform in shape and size, and 
of a rich mild flavour ; a heav 3 r and continuous 
cropper, that ripens we 1 out of doors; Sutton & 
Sons. Reading Perfection, a new variety of great 
merit, combining remarkable productiveness with fine 
quality and large size ; handsome in shape, of medium 
size, almost smooth, brilliant red in colour, ripening 
uniformly, and therefore well adapted for exhibition ; 
Sutton & Sons. 
Vegetable Marrow, Reading Gem. —A new and 
perfectly distinct variety, and a most profuse bearer ; 
the fruit 4—6 inches in diameter, of a creamy white 
colour, slightly oval in shape, and somewhat ribbed ; 
keeps well, anil may be preserved till spring in a cool 
dry room; Sutton & Sons. 
NEAV GARDEN APPLIANCES. 
Garden Roller. —A new and improved form of 
Garden Roller has been introduced by Messrs. Barford 
& Perkins, of Peterborough. These Rollers can be 
loaded with sand or water, and the cylinders are now 
made of cast metal instead of wrought iron, which, 
while it does not affect the efficiency of the im¬ 
plement, permits of their being sold at a lower price. 
An ordinary 24-inch Garden Roller weighs about 3£ 
cwt., whereas the new patent 24-inch when loaded 
weighs 8 cwt., and other sizes in proportion. The 
latter therefore is not only vastly more effective, but 
in reality cheaper than any other kind, while it is a 
manifest advantage to have in one Roller either a 
heavy or light implement at pleasure. One of the 
new pattern cast-metal sand or water-ballast Rollers, 
18 in. wide and 18 in. in diameter, weighs when 
empty 2 cwt. 2 qr., and when full 3 cwt. 3 qr. The 
24-inch size (width and diameter) weighs 4 cwt. 1 
qr. when empty, 8 cwt. when full. The 27-inch, 6 
cwt. 2 qr. empty, and 12 cwt, full. The 30-inch, 8 
