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ELECTION OF FRUITS FOR SMALL GARDENS. 
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NEW DOUBLE FRINGED PETUNIAS. 
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION. 
jN tlie accompanying illustration will be found portraits of two remarkably 
beautiful double-flowered Petunias raised at Chiswick, and which we believe 
rank amongst the earliest of the fringed double-flowered varieties. Their 
history is this :—Mr. Barron obtained from a packet of Continental Petunia 
seed, one plant which produced single flowers having the margin fringed. A cross 
was effected ^between this and some of the double-flowered sorts grown at Chis¬ 
wick, and the result was the production of varieties combining the double flowers 
with the fringed margin. Pantaloon (fig. 2), the lighter of the sorts portrayed, 
is a very distinct and handsome mottled and margined flower. That named 
Souvenir df. Chiswick (fig. 1) is equally handsome, but darker in the ground¬ 
colour, and more blotched than margined. 
These double-flowered Petunias are exceedingly valuable as decorative pot- 
plants for the greenhouse and conservatory, their habit being so much more com¬ 
pact than most of the single-flowered sorts, and the flowers so much more durable. 
The grotesque markings of the blotched sorts also give them a distinctive and 
interesting appearance. Young plants raised annually in succession, and grown 
on for the purpose, form some of the prettiest objects which can be provided for 
the ornamentation of this department of the garden.—T. M. 
ELECTION OF FRUITS FOR SMALL GARDENS. 
^ff^OLLOWINGf up the suggestion made by Mr. Fish at p. 70, as to the utility 
dJtC of eliciting the opinions of various growers of fruits on the important 
f ' question—Which are the best varieties for general cultivation ? several of 
our correspondents have been good enough to send in lists in accordance 
with the scheme proposed, and we have now the pleasure of presenting the results 
of the election in a tabulated form, so far as it relates to the fruits recommended 
for the small gardens of cottagers. 
The lists we have here collated may be taken as giving the condensed opinions 
of many of our best gardeners as to the sorts of fruits which are really most 
worthy of general cultivation. In making up the several selections, it will be 
seen that we have arranged the sorts according to the number of votes obtained, 
those which have gained most standing at the head of each list. The returns 
have been furnished by the following correspondents:— 
1. Mr. T. Baines, Southgate. 
2. Mr. A. F. Barron, Chiswick. 
3. Mr. J. Clark, Studley Royal. 
4. Mr. J. Cox, Redleaf. 
5. Mr. A. Cramb, Tortworth. 
0. Mi\ W. Earley, Valentines. 
7. Mr. D. T. Fish, Hardwicke. 
8. Mr. R. Gilbert, Burghley. 
3rd series.— v. 
9. Mr. A. Henderson, Thoresby. 
10. Mr. A. Parsons, Danesburv. 
11. Mr. J. Powell, Frogmore. 
12. Mr. T. Record, Hatfield. 
13. Mr. M. Saul, Stourton. 
14. Mr. Z. Stevens, Trentham. 
15. Mr. W. Tillery, Welbeck. 
16 Mr. G. Westland, Witley Court. 
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