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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGHST. 
[ Juke, 
the stock is sufficiently large, I have enume¬ 
rated below a few of the best varieties, at the 
same time distinguishing by an asterisk those 
that have received certificates :— 
*Ne Plus Ultra: bright yellow, with crimson 
edge; fine. 
* Eleanor: bright yellow, slightly tinged with 
rose, a very chaste flower, large and fine. 
* Lady Aitchison: pale yellow, heavily edged 
with bright rose, a large full flower. 
* William Greenaway, bright bnff ground, heavily 
edged with crimson, large and very distinct. 
* Flavius: bright yellow, with narrow crimson 
edge; fine. 
’ * Lady Rosebery : bright yellow self, large and 
smooth and moderately full, extra fine. 
Lightning : bright yellow ground, heavily edged 
with crimson, large and fine. 
* Sultana: salmon-coloured self, striped with red, 
large, full, thick flower, quite distinct. 
* Alice : bright yellow ground, tinged with scarlet, 
a fine, large, full flower, and very attractive. 
Dove : bright yellow ground, edged with crimson, 
large, full, and good. 
* Ophir: bright yellow self, large, and very fine. 
Lady Biddulph : yellow edged with bright rose, 
large full, fine flowers. 
* Princess Beatrice : bright yellow ground, fine 
smooth, broad petals, beautifully edged with bright 
crimson, extra fine. 
Cyprus: pale yellow ground, heavily edged with 
bright rose, quite distinct, very fine. 
Princess Margaret: very bright yellow ground, 
with a narrow scarlet edge, good large petal, smooth 
and very fine. 
* Henry Tait: yellow ground, heavily edged, and 
flaked with bright scarlet, very smooth, flue large 
flower. 
Mrs, Column: bright yellow ground, fine-shaped 
petals, very smooth, edged and slightly striped with 
crimson, extra fine. 
Edith: pale yellow ground, heavily edged with 
bright scarlet, quite distinct, extra flue. 
Sir John Lambert: bright yellow, with wire edge 
of bright crimson, very fine. 
Miss Abercrombie : pale yellow, with rose edge, 
very smooth, fine large full flower. 
— John Ball, Slough. 
ALPINE PLANTS IN POTS.* 
OST Alpine plants can be grown very 
well in pots, if care is taken to choose 
those kinds which have not a creeping 
habit, and are not too large. The more tender 
and delicate kinds are indeed better grown in 
pots, since they can thus lie better protected 
than in the open ground at any time of the 
year, from any hurtful temperature, by 
changing their place, or by covering or shading 
them. 
In the spring the pots should be placed in 
a suitable spot in the open ground,—where 
possible, in a bed facing east and west. Thej'- 
should be set in sand or gravel, and sunk in 
* From J. Seboth's Alpine Plants. 
the ground up to the rim when the summer 
temperature becomes high. In the middle of 
the day they should be shaded ; in the morn¬ 
ing and evening watered if they require it, or 
sprinkled with the rose more often during the 
day. The pots should be left out through the 
summer, but from time to time they should be 
taken up, cleaned, and filled up with soil. 
During continuous rain they should be covered 
with laths or boards, since an excess of mois¬ 
ture is very injurious to the plants. 
In districts where the winter is very severe, 
only the more hardy species can be left in the 
same spot through the winter, and these must 
be protected with brushwood on the commence¬ 
ment of the cold weather, and after the snow 
has fallen, covered with boards. It is much 
better, especially for the more delicate kinds, 
to place them for the winter in a glass frame 
or walled-in bed, where they can be protected 
from the severe cold, and allowed air when the 
weather is mild. They should in winter only 
be watered sufficiently to keep the soil always 
moderately moist. 
When growth commences in spring, the 
plants should be taken out of the frames, any 
dead parts cleared away, and again placed in 
the open. The best time for transplanting 
Alpine plants is the beginning of April, when 
the growth has just commenced. The most 
suitable soil for most kinds is a sandy heath 
soil. The large vigorous species, and those 
which grow rapidly, should be placed in un¬ 
sifted heath soil, with some mixture of loam 
and sand; the weaker and more delicate kinds 
in sifted heath soil, mixed with pure'quartz 
sand and charcoal; in the case of calcareous 
plants some lime rubbish or mortar must be 
added. Pots of too large a size should not be 
used ; they should be chosen in reference to * 
the size of the plant, and especially of its 
roots. When transplanting, clean pots only 
should be taken, and furnished with a drainage 
of potsherds or small stones. A portion of 
the old soil should be taken away without 
injuring the roots, and the plants not set too 
deep. They must then be well watered with 
a rose, so as thoroughly to saturate the soil. 
The best water to employ is rain-water, or, 
when there is none of this, river or standing- 
pond water. 
When treated in this way the plants will 
