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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGUST. 
t February, 
Begonia (double) : Clovis, ComtesseH. de Choiseul, 
Edouard Morren, Marie Bouchet; (large-flowered 
single) : J. H. Laing, Maude Churchill, Mrs. 
Howe, Heine Blanche, a very fine -white; Royal 
Standard, Souvenir de Gaud, Stanstead Rival ; 
(dwarf-growing, of the Davisii type) : Constance 
Veitch, and Mrs. Arthur Potts. 
Camellia (American) : C. H. Hovey, rosy-crim¬ 
son ; C. M. Hovey, bright crimson; and Mrs. 
Hovey, flesh-pink. 
Carnation : Dodwell’s Robert Lord, s.b., and 
J. T. D. Llewelyn, c.b. ; Turner’s G. F. Wilson, 
p.f. ; Adams’ William Spoor, s.b. Of Cloves: 
Culverwell’s Susan Askey, pure white ; Turner’s 
Heather Bell, pale pink, fringed; and Barron’s 
Coroner, rosy-crimson, fine, are all good. 
Cinerarias : James’s Earl of Beaconsfield, 
Master Harold, and Mr. Bland. Mrs. Joseph 
Grimond is a dwarf, deep purple-flowered double. 
Coleus : These are now as beautiful as they are 
numerous. Bull’s Butterfly, Duchess of Teck, 
Empress of Germany, Glow, Harlequin, James 
Barnshaw, Starlight, and Yellow Gem ; Lloyd’s 
Dr. Brnshfield; King’s Majesticus and Maud, are 
all strikingly handsome, and amongst the best. 
Cyclamen (large flowered) r Duke of Connaught, 
Picturatum, Queen of the Belgians, Sutton’s 
Reading Gem. Also Crimson King, Baroness Bur- 
dett Coutts, pure white; Little’s Gem. 
Dahlias: Ethel Britton, blush, tipped with 
reddish-purple; Triumphant, rich purple; Mrs. 
Hodgson, yellow, tipped with crimson; Lord 
Chelmsford, dark purplish-red; Empress Eugenie, 
deep pnrple; Charlie Scott, scarlet, tipped with 
white. Mr. Turner’s George Thomson is a 
fine yellow-flowered bedder. 
Fuchsias : Beauty of Wilts (Lye), Eclipse (G. 
Smith) ; Jean Sisley (Lemoine). 
Gladiolus : Duchess of Connaught, Duke of Con¬ 
naught, James Douglas, Jessica, Electra, Samuel 
Jennings, T. S. Ware. 
Gloxinia: Charme de Lutice (Lemoine), Yakoob 
Khan (Veitch), Lady Holmesdale (Veitch), 
Duchess of Connaught (Yeitch), Mrs. Bause 
(Wills), Unique (Veitch). 
Hyacinth (Red) : King of the Reds, Delicata, Lord 
Derby, Trocerado, Loveliness, Salmon King, 
Leviathan; (White): The Bride (double), Galatea, 
L’Ornement des Roses, almost a yellow; Catherine 
Hermina; (Blue): Duke of Norfolk (double), 
Masterpiece, one of the finest novelties of the 
year; Duke of Connaught, Royal Blue, Duchess 
of Connaught, Lord Beaconsfield, John Bright, 
Pauline Lucca, the four last being pale blues ; 
(Yellow): Kenan Hasselaar, MacMakon, Lord 
Derby, Brutus; (claret-coloured) : The Shah, 
pale wine-purple with dark stripes, fine and 
bright looking ; The Sultan, claret and magenta, 
with bright purple dashes. 
Iris Kampferi : Charles Maries, Jersey Belle, 
Imperatrice, Sir Stafford Northcote, James 
Douglas, Mrs. Cornwallis West. 
Pelargoniums (show): Foster’s Alice, Emperor 
William, Fireball, Flag Captain, Queen of Scots, 
Sensation, The Baron, and The Pope ; Brehaut’s 
Amethyst; Matthews’ Joe; (decorative) : Countess 
of Rosebery (Metliven), Madame Andre (Jackson), 
Maid of Kent (Hayes), Nellie Hayes (Hayes), 
and Volonte Nationale (F. Perkins); (fancy) : 
Turner’s Electric Light, Mrs. Milne Horne, 
Thurio. 
Pelargoniums (zonal) : Denny’s Dauntless and 
Pioneer; (doubles) : Allegro, Commander-in-Chief, 
a most useful pale scarlet bedder ; Dudu, Horatio, 
Leander, and Romeo, all flowers of refined character; 
Catlin’s Edgar Catlin, Fanny Thorpe, and Lizzie 
Smith ; Hayes’ Mrs. Henry Cox, a new and richly 
coloured variegated zonal; (ivy-leaved) : Bull’s 
Gazelle ; Lemoine’s Viscountess Cranbrook ; 
Church’s Mrs. H. Cannell, deep mauve, fine. 
Picotees : Turner’s Dr. Abercrombie, h.r.e. ; 
Simonite’s Violet Douglas, l.r.e. ; Wilmer’s 
Clara Penson, l.p.e. ; Turner’s Baroness Burdett 
Coutts, l.p.e. ; (yellow): Turner’s Princess Beatrice, 
Lady Rosebery, Sultana, Princess Marguerite, 
Ne Plus Ultra, and Dove; Ware’s Chromatella. 
Polyanthus : Brockbank’s John of Gaunt is a 
Northern gold-laced flower of some promise; 
Ingram’s Golden Gem is a useful bedding variety, 
with yellow flowers; Dean’s Prince of Orange is 
the same, but of a deeper colour, and having hose- 
in-hose flowers; Dean’s Superbus is a very fine 
glossy dark variety, excellent for pot culture and 
exhibition purposes. 
Primulas (Chinese) : Gilbert’s Earl of Beacons¬ 
field, bright double salmon-rose flo-wers. Other 
good doubles of the same batch are Mrs. A. 
F. Barron, Marchioness of Exeter, and White 
Lady. Ruby King is a fine richly coloured single 
variety; Chiswick Red and fimbriata rubro- 
violacea, also from Chiswick, are notable for their 
decidedly improved depths of colour, the first a 
near approach to crimson. 
Rose : First come Mr. Bennett’s hybrid Teas, 
Beauty of Stapleford, Duchess of Connaught, 
Duchess of Westminster, Duke of Connaught, 
Hon. G. Bancroft, Jean Sisley, Michael Saunders, 
Nancy Lee, Pearl, Viscountess Falmouth ; Ward’s 
Isabella Ward; Turner’s Mrs. Harry Turner; 
Guillot’s Madame Alexandre Bernaix is of a 
pleasing rose colour. The Continental novelties 
are, as usual, very numerous. 
Verbena: Mould’s Mrs. Thompson, orange-scarlet, 
received a Certificate ; Beethoven, Lord Chelms¬ 
ford, Mr. L. Harrison, Mrs. Mould, Sir Garnet 
Wolseley, and Sylvia are all fine; Keynes’ 
Lustrous is a rich scarlet of splendid form. 
Fruits. 
Grape : A black grape raised by Mr. Allen, of 
Gunton Hall, is noted in the Gardeners’ Chronicle 
as a handsome fruit promising to become a useful 
variety. It is a cross between the Syrian and 
Alicante. 
Melon : Three novelties have been certificated 
during the year. William Tillery (Miller) is a large 
handsome fruit; the rind dark green, regularly 
netted, and very thin; the flesh pale green, sweet and 
juicy, of excellent flavour. It resembles' the old 
Egyptian green-flesh, and is named as a memento 
of the late Mr. Tillery, of Welbeck. Victory of 
Bristol (Carmichael) is also a large and attractive 
fruit, a free-bearing and good sort, the rind 
yellowish and very handsomely netted, the flesh 
green and of excellent flavour. Davenham Early 
(Jacques) is a small and very early fruiting sort, 
from 2 to 3 lb. in weight, raised between Scarlet 
Gem and Bromham Hall, the rind very distinctly 
netted, and the flesh green, melting - , and very 
richly flavoured. 
Nut: The Norwich Prolific of Messrs. Ewing and 
Co., figured and described in our last volume, 
appears to be a novelty of good quality, and a 
remarkably free bearer. 
Peach : Alexander is said to be the earliest of all 
American Peaches. It is a medium-sized de¬ 
pressed fruit, the skin pale yellow, mottled -with 
deep crimson, and finely dotted. The flesh is 
tender, juicy, and briskly flavoured, colourless to 
the stone. The leaves have the glands round, in 
some cases tending towards kidney-shaped. It 
is cultivated by Mr. Rivers. 
