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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ FEIiHTAriY, 
Florists’ Flowers. 
Here we can only name some of the more remark- 
nble varieties of the season, chiefly those which 
have been certificated :— 
Eoses ; I'he New English-raised varieties of high 
promise are Countess of Eosebery, Duchess of 
Bedford, Harrison Weir, Penelope Mayo, Dr. 
Sewell, Dr. Hogg, and Mrs. Laxton. 
PeiargokiUxAI (show) : Amethyst, Illuminator, Ber¬ 
tie, Marmion, Fortitude, Symmetry, Invincible, 
Henry; (fancy): Insulairc, Placida, Jannette; 
(ivy-leaved) : La France, A. F. Barron, M. Victor 
Lemoine, EErida, Sarah Bernhardi; (zonal, single) : 
White Vesuvius, Jeanne d’Ai’c, Dr. J. Denny, 
Fanny Catlin, Titania, Sophia Birkin, Sunbeam, 
Manfred; (zonal, double) : Delobel, M. Plaisancon, 
Jean Dolfus, Nymphe, Dr. Jacoby, Henri Beurier. 
Pkimul.4 sinensis (single): Williams’s Fimbriata coc- 
cinea, Sutton’s Euby King, Tomkins’s Brilliant ; 
(double) ; Gilbert’s Earl of Beaconsfield. 
Begonia (single): Lmlia, Mrs. Todd, Chiswick 
Blush, Nellie May; (double): President Burelle, 
Louis Thibaut. 
Gloxinia : Beauty of Anerley, Berkshirei, Mont 
Blanc, Boule de Feu, Madame do Staol. 
Amaryllis : Mrs. Eawson, Caledonia, Crimson 
Banner, Dr. Hogg, Mrs. McKinnon, Mrs. Bullen. 
Cyclamen : Mont Blanc, White Beauty, roseum 
grandiflorum, Eosy Morn, Brilliant. 
Ablitilon : Lady of the Lake, Louis Marignac, 
Eeine D’Or, Louis Van Houtte. 
Azalea indica (double): Madame C. Van Eeck- 
haute, Kaiser Wilhelm ; (amcena) : William Car¬ 
michael, Mrs. Carmichael, Lady Musgrave, Prin¬ 
cess Maude. 
Chrysanthemums: Golden Empress of India; 
(Japanese) : M. Crousse, Nuit d’Automne, Eosa 
Bonheur, Pere Delaux, Fulton, Fulgore. 
Clem.atis : Earl of Beaconsfield. 
Verbenas (bedding) : Bessie, Grass aus Erfurt, 
Madame Emile Hulter. 
Auriculas (white edge): Omega; (grey edge): 
Silvia; (self) : Annie ; (alpine) ; Mariner, Mrs. 
Meiklejohn, National, Queen. 
Carnations: CB. Albert Chancellor; PPB. Unex¬ 
pected ; (scarlet) : A. Alegatiere; (clove) : Eosa 
Bonheur. 
PicoTEES (yellow): Earl of Beaconsfield, Alice 
Eleanor, Henry Tait, Ophir ; (rose) : Eoyal Visit, 
Mrs. Payne; (red) : Mrs. Wilson, Princess Mary. 
Dahlias : Joseph Ashby, Lord Beaconsfield, Prince 
Bismarck, Helen Maegregor, Clara, Aurora; 
(fancy) : Gaiety, Florence Stark. 
Gladioli : Gorgonius, Herois, Telamon, all raised 
by Messrs. Kelway and Son. 
Hyacinths : Grand Master, King of the Blacks, 
Queen of the Blues. 
PoTENTiLLAS : Prince Arthur, double yellow, a good 
addition to these most useful hardy perennials. 
Primroses : Ealing Crimson, Octoroon, Prince 
Charming, Magenta, Scott Wilson, the last a de¬ 
cided advance towards the attainment of a blue 
Primrose ; (double) ; sulphurea major. 
Pansies (fancy) : F. Perkins, Mrs. Wolfe Henway, 
Hugh Fraser, Lady Falmouth, Lady Clerk. 
Fruits. 
Most of our notes on fruits and vegetables are from 
the Gardeners’ Chronicle : — 
Apples: Baumann’s Eed Winter Pearmain : a large 
and extremely handsome highly-coloured fruit, 
somewhat resembling the Blenheim Orange, and 
of German origin, ought to be grown by every¬ 
body. Dr. Hogg : a largo kitchen Apple, resem¬ 
bling the White Calville, in outward appearance 
and in texture of flesh. Barnack Beauty : very 
pretty and useful, and a great cropper. Killick’s 
King William: an exceedingly pretty and good 
dessert variety. 
Pears : Dr Hogg Bergamot, a fine addition to our 
small dessert sorts, being ‘superior’ to the Seckle, 
w'hich it greatly resembles. Theresa Nevill: a 
good late variety. Beurrd Le'on le Clerc ; a very 
good October fruit, far too little known. St. 
Swithin: one of the earliest sorts yet obtained. 
Plums : the Sultan, a variety sent out by Mr. Elvers 
some years ago, was especially good last season, 
and deserves to bo extensively cultivated. 
Grapes : no novelty. Golden Queen, although fairly 
well exhibited, has receded a good deal in public 
favour. Venn’s Black Muscat is being gradually 
merged in the old Muscat Hamburgh. 
Pike-afples : Lord Carington is a variety of vigor¬ 
ous habit, remarkable for its fine flavour and its 
keeping qualities; its proves to bo equal to any 
Pine-apple in existence. Lady Beatrice Lambton 
is a magnificent object to look upon, and is of fine 
constitution, large, and of good quality. Lady 
Florence Lambton, a sister variety, is large and 
handsome, but uncommonly like a Queen. 
Melons : Dell’s Hybrid is a grcen-fleslied variety of 
first-rate quality; Gilbert’s Netted Victory is a 
fine white-fleshed sort of the greatest excellence ; 
Gilbert’s York Herald is a fine round thick 
scarlet-fleshed novelty of high merit. 
Fig : Osborn’s Prolific, a dark brown fruit, with 
opaline flesh, is a valuable hardy sort. 
Strawberries : Loxford Hall Seedling is a very 
good variety, later than the Elton Pine. Augusta 
Nicaise, a very excellent variety for pot-culture, 
large, a great cropper, and of fine quality. 
Oranges : The Long Orange is a very fine variety, 
pale in colour, and of ovate shape; it is sure to 
secure the attention of cultivators of these fruits. 
Vegetables. 
PoTATOs : Sutton’s AVoodstock Kidney is one of the 
handsomest and finest-quality Potatos ever intro¬ 
duced ; it was raised by Mr. Penn, W'ho ought now 
to be proud of his various successes. Eadstook 
Beauty is a very pretty, red-flaked round, of fine 
quality. International Kidney is one of the very 
handsomest of Kidney Potatos, and an enormous 
cropper, but like many other good-looking things, 
not of first-rate quality. 
Peas : Laxton’s Marvel is without doubt a variety 
of the finest-quality, and very large. So is Carter’s 
Telephone, said to be like Culverwell’s Telegraph. 
Broccoli : Veitch’s Self-protecting, a fine, late, 
protecting variety, succeeding the Autumn Giant. 
Cabbage Broccoli ; Mr. Gilbert’s Cabbage Broccoli 
is a welcome addition to our winter vegetables, 
being a sort of intermediate form between the 
two, and standing the winter well. It is of excel¬ 
lent quality, and quite unique. 
C.IBBAGES ; Early Boulogne is the earliest of all 
cabbages; Bacalan is a largo, very distinct, firm- 
hearted variety, excellent for autumn use. 
Lettuces : The Bossiu is a very large late cabbage 
lettuce, standing the effects of dry weather better 
than any other variety. 
Endives : Vilmorin’s Fine Curled Piepus is really 
excellent. The White Curled is also a distinct and 
excellent hardy sort. The Eound-leaved Batavian 
is the only variety of that section worthy of cul¬ 
tivation. 
Beets : Frisby’s E.xceIsior is a very good variety. 
Cucumbers : Carter’s Model may be mentioned as a 
vei’y fine sort. T. M. 
