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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. [December, 
through, the second and sometimes third year of probation ; some are yearlings 
throwing up their flowers for the first time. 
Mr. Wiggins has selected twenty varieties, which he divides into his best and 
second-best ten. The former comprises Ariadne, deep rosy scarlet, maroon 
blotch on top petals, and crimson margin ; Esther , light rosy pink, large white 
throat, deep blotch on top petals ; Fair Ellen , a very large salmon flower, with 
clouded top petals, margined with crimson ; Galatea , light pink, very dark blotch 
on top petals, a charming flower ; Hypatia , white, with deep maroon blotch 6n 
top petals, large 'and bold ; Marie Stuart , pale flesh, very dark blotch on top 
petals, margined .with crimson, a pleasing, delicate flower ; Pygmalion, dark 
crimson, shaded chocolate top petals, margined with crimson, high-coloured and 
striking ; Queen of Shara , a pretty pink flower, with good dark top petals ; Saxon 
Maid , rosy pink, with dark clouded blotch on top petals, extra large, and very 
striking; and Sunrise , bright rosy-salmon, dark top petals, margined with rose. 
The second-best ten contains the following varieties :— Bella , bright car¬ 
mine, white eye, very dark top petals ; Caprice , a very showy scarlet flower, 
dark top petals, margined with orange-red ; Dinah , white lower petals, with deep 
purple top petals; Elsie , clear rose, dark blotch on top petals, white throat; 
Hildah, carmine, with maroon blotch on top petals, margined with rose ; Jaqueline , 
light ground with crimson spots, a pretty variety; Madalena , light rose, with 
maroon blotch on top petals, pure white throat; Rajah , lilac, heavily painted 
with dark, dark top petals ; Unice , carmine, with large dark top petals ; and 
Unique, pale mauve, with dark blotch on top petals, very showy, and of large size. 
I think a little fault may be found with Mr. Wiggins owing to his habit of 
reproducing names previously given to seedlings of his own and others’ raising. 
Such names as Ariadne, Fair Ellen, and Galatea, for instance, are repeated, per¬ 
haps, before other flowers so named are out of cultivation. The practice 
engenders confusion, and it is apt to be misleading also.—Quo. 
GARDEN LITERATURE. 
3 1 <^>)NDER the title of Les Serres- Vergersf M. Ed. Pynaert has published a 
useful little manual, which embraces the whole subject of the art of 
forcing fruit-trees. Being well grounded in the practice as well as the 
science of his subject, M. Pynaert has here produced an excellent hand¬ 
book which may be consulted with profit by those who have occasion to study 
the subject. It is one of the many little books, written in the French language, 
which young gardeners of the present day would do well to qualify themselves 
to read, and from which they would be likely to derive many useful hints. The 
present treatise is divided into four parts, treating, respectively, on forcing fruit- 
trees ; on the culture of fruit-trees under glazed protectors ; on the retarding of 
fruit-trees ; and on the culture of fruit-trees in pots. To each of these, several 
* Les Serves-Vergers, traits complet de la Culture Forcee et Artiflcielle des Arbres Fruitiers. Deuxibma 
Edition. Par Ed. Pynaert, Profeseeur it L’Ecole d’Horticulture de l’Etat. Avec G5figures. Paris: Victor 
Masson; Gand: Hoste. 
