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THE FLOEIST AND POMOLODIST. 
[July, 
perfectly smooth. Yet a good grower, though 
somewhat shy to root in the autumn. 
Emily (Addis). — Medium-edged. Raised in 
the neighbourhood of Wolverhampton by the 
late Mr. Addis, and sent to me as a purple- 
edge, which my friends in that neighbourhood 
assure me was the character of the flower 
first called Emily by the raiser, this proved 
a red-edge when flowered, and is now in general 
cultivation as such. It has a fine broad petal, 
bright attractive colour, and good white ground, 
and is a very desirable variety both for the 
home stage and exhibition, but being very 
early in bloom it is not shown so much as 
otherwise it would be. First bloomed about 
ten years since ; a good grower. 
Elsie Grace (Dodwell). —Light-edge. A 
seedling from Mary (Simonite), a light purple- 
edge, it may fairly be described in its best 
state as a red-edged Mary. First bloomed in 
1879 ; sent out in 1881. 
J. B. Bryant (Ingram). —Heavy-edged ; 
raised at Huntingdon. First bloomed in 1870; 
sent out in 1874. A variety of grand form, 
full size, and in a season warm and dry suit¬ 
able for the development of a good white 
ground ; exhibits a high degree of excellence. 
In dull wet seasons it is apt to become clouded, 
therefore it is well to mix a liberal supply of 
charcoal (of the size of a nut) in the compost 
for its growth. For shape and substance of 
petal and regularity of marking it cannot be 
surpassed ; a good grower. Does best singly 
in 7- or 8-ineh pots, and will carry three flowers 
on each plant. 
John Smith (Bower). —Heavy-edged ; raised 
at Horton Green, Bradford. First bloomed 
in 1862 ; sent out in 1864. A grand variety, 
undoubtedly in its best character the best 
heavy-red existing. Mr. Bower does not know 
its origin, as he kept no account of the seed. 
To see this variety with its broad edge of 
beautiful red, rich translucent white, fine form, 
and good size, as it is brought from the 
bracing air of the Yorkshire hills, especially 
by my friend Mr. Robert Lord, is to realise a 
picture of beauty never to fade from the 
mind’s eye. But though like many other 
varieties of great excellence it is most at home 
in the bracing air of the north, it may be had 
in glorious beauty in the south. Mix charcoal 
freely with the compost, and especially see 
that the drainage is perfect, for nothing pro¬ 
motes disease in the Dianthus family so much 
as stagnant moisture and its correlative sour 
soil. A good grower. Grow singly in 7-inch, 
or two plants in an 8-inch pot. Will carry 
two, if strong, three flowers on the plant. 
Master Norman (Norman ).—Broad hcavy- 
edged. One of the later productions of the late 
Mr. Nathaniel Norman, of Woolwich, which 
first came under my notice at Bradford in 
1879. A seedling beyond doubt of the old King 
James pedigree, though with how many re¬ 
moves it may be difficult to say. A full-sized, 
fine flower, with a well-formed broad petal, 
good white and very distinct broad marginal 
colour of cherry red. A good grower, but 
like all of the King James blood, shy to root 
in the autumn. 
Miss Small (Felloives). — “Another of the 
Shotesham varieties. Very distinct, having a 
good white, broadly margined with a cherry 
red. Petal good, smooth, and of fair sub¬ 
stance. A good grower. First bloomed in 
1870; sent out in 1873.” This was my 
description of 1877, and very soon thereafter 
it was dropped out of my collection, being 
unequal to the strain of the dry, vitiated 
atmosphere of my garden at Clapham. As an 
illustration, however, of the beueficial influ¬ 
ence of the colder, bracing air of the north, it 
was produced at Manchester last season, in a 
condition to excite universal admiration, a fact 
that should be pregnant of suggestion to the 
thoughtful cultivator. 
Morna (Felloives ).—Another of the Shotes¬ 
ham varieties ; in its best state I incline to 
think the finest certainly of Mr. Fellowes’ red 
edges. But unhappily it is a very poor grower ; 
and I fear even with the indulgence of fallow¬ 
ing every second year, it will not be possible 
long to preserve it for cultivation. Raised, 
from Norfolk Beauty Heavy-edged p.p. 
Mrs. Bower (Bower). — Light-edged. A 
variety of the largest size, excellent form, good 
substance, and with a broad, well-marked 
petal; it wants only the rich white of John 
Smith to make it an unbeatable flower ; want¬ 
ing that, it falls into a secondary class, but 
still as a back-row flower from its fine growth 
and commanding size it is of great use both 
for the home stage and the exhibition, and it 
should never be forgotten that the effect of a 
red marginal colour, as contra-distinguished 
from a purple, is to impart a creamy hue to 
the white ground. First bloomed in 1872 ; 
sent out in 1874. 
Mrs. Dodwell (T^irner). — The oldest 
Picotee I now grow, and yet a most desirable 
sort. Sent out in 1854. Evidently a seed¬ 
ling from King James, but with a far better 
habit of growth. Has a large, finely-formed 
petal, with a rich distinct marginal colour, and 
fine white, and would be unbeatable had it the 
few more petals needed to give it perfect form. 
Nevertheless, and notwithstanding such a 
drawback, I think the variety infinitely supe¬ 
rior to many larger and fuller flowers unques¬ 
tionably, but whose centres are made up of 
narrow, ill-shaped petals, creating in the mind 
what to me is most offensive in association 
with a flower, the sense of confused tangled 
disorder. 
Mrs. Gorton (Simonite). —Light-edged. 
A grand production of my friend and brother; 
