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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[September, 
Me. Tutton [Payne). —Light-edged. By 
the raiser of Baroness Burdett Coutts. Shown 
in singular beauty by Mr. Turner at the Slough 
show last year, and promising when more 
widely grown to occupy a high place even in 
this highly exalted class. Mr. Payne writes 
me: “My first seedling, Eliza, light purple, 
was raised in 1850 or 1851 from Crash’s 
Prince Albert, a good old flower, and this 
Eliza was the seed-bearing parent of all my 
best flowers, and I always found she produced 
a majority of Boses, quite seven out of ten, 
the first of which was Eosy Circle, figured in 
the Florist for 1861, a fine thing. Then came 
Mr. Tutton and Purity which were raised in 
1868 and shown first at the time of the R.H.S. 
show at Oxford in 1870, but when sent out 
by Mr. Turner I have no recollection, nor do 
I certainly know the pollen parent, but in all 
probability it was heavy Rose P. the Rev. H. 
Matthews of which I then had a large stock. 
I could always depend on Eliza for a pod of 
good seed, until I lost her in 1875.” I thus 
learn Mr. Tutton is an older variety than I 
had supposed, as I saw it for the first time in 
1882, and it does not appear in Mr. Turner’s 
Catalogue for 1880. 
Muriel {Hewitt). — A broad-edged heavy. 
In my judgment the mistress of the broad- 
edged section. Raised from seed taken from 
Mrs. Niven. First bloomed in 1880; sent 
out in 1881. Like Master Fred, c.b., by the 
same raiser, this variety has been sought from 
every quarter, and well it will reward careful 
cultivation. When first offered some good 
friends of mine w'ere a little sceptical as to its 
merits, but when seen the desire of possession 
speedily banished scepticism. Not a strong 
grower, and sent out from a limited stock, it is 
not nearly as yet generally cultivated, but a 
season or two will remedy this. As will be 
seen by our Report (p. 135), this variety won 
Premier prize, and each prize in its class, at 
the recent exhibition of the National Carnation 
and Picotee Society. 
Norfolk Beauty (Fellowes). — Another of 
the fine varieties raised at Shotesham Rectory, 
Norfolk. First bloomed in 1870 ; sent out in 
1873. A broad-edged heavy ; fairly full, good 
in form, of good substance and smooth. Lacks 
the robustness of growth and character of 
flower which distinguish Mrs. Summers and 
some other varieties, but a desirable sort. 
Novelty [Matthews). — Raised in Mid- 
Leicestershire by the Rev. H. Matthews, and 
is a novelty indeed. A bizarre-edged picotee, 
pink on purple; the effect to my sense is 
singularly beautiful, and I rejoice to know I 
am not alone in this sense. As a flower it is 
not without marked fault indeed, the centre 
petals being small and inferior in form, but its 
beauty of colour covers and obliterates this 
defect, and every year when shown, it has 
excited marked admiration. A very old friend 
indeed took me sharply to task when I first 
placed it in my stand for daring to show a 
flower outside all classification, but his anger 
soon evaporated as he looked at its beauty. 
Sent out, I believe, in 1877. 
Nymph [Lord), — Light-edged. A fine variety, 
though not equal in merit to Alice, Ann Lord, 
Minnie, and others raised by Mr. Lord. Never¬ 
theless it is a variety I shall not willingly give 
up, as it has a beautifully clear white ground, 
and a very distinct narrow wire edge marginal 
colour. Mr. Lord is uncertain as to its origin, 
hut I have little doubt it has Mrs. Hannaford’s 
blood in it, though the shape of petal is 
inferior. A good grower. First bloomed in 
1871 ; sent out in 1873. 
Purple Prince [DodwelJ). — Broad-edged 
heavy. “A seedling from Zerlina, set with 
pollen from Medina; it has the grand white 
and substance of the former, with the rich 
colour and breadth of the latter, and but for a 
tendency in a cool humid season like the past 
to throw its colour in spots, beyond the margin 
of the petal, it would, unquestionably, hold the 
first place amongst the broad, heavy-edged.” 
Whether this grave fault, imperceptible on the 
seedling plant, may recur in a warm genial 
season, experience only wull show, but even 
should it remain the variety will, I believe, 
long have value for its great eflect on the home 
stage. A good grower ; should not be highly 
stimulated. First bloomed in 1881 ; sent out 
in 1883. 
Tinnie [Dodwell). — Narrow-edged heavy. 
Described by Mr. Lord when he first saw it 
opened into bloom, as “ a fair rival to Zerlina,” 
praise which carries it, as I think, at once into 
the very highest class, and praise which I 
think friends well qualified to determine, have 
admitted it has subsequently fully earned. It 
is, however, very distinct from Zerlina, having 
a narrower band, and a distinct shade of colour 
from that renowmed variety. A good gi'ower. 
A seedling from Fanny (Lord); first bloomed 
in 1879 ; sent out in 1880. 
Z eelina [Lord). —Heavy-edged. Last upon 
my list, but amongst the very first in my 
regard. From the same pod of seed with 
Alice, Ann Lord, Minnie, and Fanny, it is 
impossible, as I have previously said of these 
flowers, to exaggerate their excellence or over¬ 
exalt their quality. Raisers in all generations 
may strive, as they assuredly will, and they 
may develop new forms and shades of colour 
or combinations of colour, but they wull never 
surpass the richness of quality, stoutness of 
substance, distinctness of markings, smoothness 
of edge and surface, symmetry of form, or 
breadth of petal, which distinguish these and 
other fine varieties. No one with even a 
smattering of knowledge of the wonderful 
diversity possible to nature, and the beauty to 
