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Anemone-Jloicered Pompons. 
4 Madame Montels. [ 3 Antinous. 
4 Jean Hachette. i 3 Mr. Actie. 
4 Dick Turpin. I 2 Marie Stuart. 
That gem of a pompon, Argentine, is 
omitted from the lists of well-known dealers, 
and I fear is not so well known as its merits 
deserve. This variety is of a pure white, with 
well-formed flowers, and has a habit of bloom¬ 
ing quite unique, for it produces its flowers in 
spikes of from seven to fifteen blooms each. 
It needs no disbudding, as each hud from the 
terminal to the lowest on the stem produces a 
perfect flower ; the lower flowers are smaller, 
but still useful for cutting ; it has also the 
further good property of keeping its blooms 
fresh and lively longer than any other variety 
that I am acquainted with. I had spikes last 
season, each flower fully opened, which kept 
their beauty undiminished for over four weeks. 
It would be a good investment for those who 
grow flowers for sale to grow Argentine in 
quantity.—S. Barlow, Stakehill House, Castlc- 
ton, near Manchester. 
VINES AND VINE CULTURE. 
Chap. XIX.— Selections of Varieties. 
I T being practically impossible in any one 
establishment to cultivate all the varie- 
q) ties of Grapes that have been described, 
' notwithstanding that each variety may 
possess some special merit, it has been con¬ 
sidered desirable to follow up the descriptive 
notes by naming a selection of the varieties 
best adapted for particular purposes, and this 
we now proceed to do. 
I. Grapes for Pot Culture. 
1. Black Hamburgh : the “ beau ideal ” of 
what a pot Grape should be; in the nurseries 
it is grown for this purpose to a hundred times 
the extent of any other variety. 2. Royal 
Muscadine: grown for its earliness and 
certainty. 3. Foster's Seedling : an excellent 
variety, and certain. 4. Madresfield Court: 
produces fine handsome bunches. 5. Royal 
Ascot: very free-fruiting, and better suited 
for pot culture than for any other purpose. 
6. Black Alicante: produces very handsome 
bunches, which have a fine appearance. 
All the early Sweetwaters are also parti¬ 
cularly well suited for cultivating in pots. The 
Muscat of Alexandria and some others of the 
high class Grapes are on the contrary very 
unsatisfactory. 
II. Grapes for Open-air Cultivation. 
The choice is somewhat limited. 1. The 
one variety which excels all others for this 
purpose is the Royal Muscadine —the Chasselas 
de Fontainbleau of the French ; for a number 
of years prizes were offered by the Fruit Com¬ 
mittee of the Royal Horticultural Society at 
South Kensington for the best Grapes grown 
in the open air, and all the prizes were suc¬ 
cessively won by the Royal Muscadine. 2. 
Black Hamburgh: this variety in fine seasons 
is sometimes very good. 3. Black Prince : 
produces fine long handsome bunches, but 
requires a fine season to become well ripened. 
4. White Frontignan : this we have seen very 
good. 
Dutch Sweetirater ripens its fruit very fairly, 
but frequently sets badly. Black July, Miller's 
Burgundy, Grove End Sweetwater, Pitmaston 
White Cluster, and Ascot Citronelle are all well 
worthy of a trial for this purpose. 
III. Grapes for a Greenhouse. 
1. Black Hamburgh: there is no better 
kind for the purpose. 2. Royal Muscadine. 
3. Madresfield Court. 4. Foster’s Seedling. 
IV. Grapes for Cultivation by Amateurs. 
For this object the varieties require to be 
of excellent constitution, free-bearing, and 
good in quality and appearance. 1. Black 
Hamburgh. 2. Madresfield Court. 3. Foster's 
Seedling. 4. Royal Muscadine. 5. Alicante. 
6. Muscat of Alexandria, which requires special 
treatment. 
V. Grapes for Market or Sale. 
Appearance is the chief recommendation iu 
this class. 1 . Black Hamburgh : may be ac¬ 
cepted as the very chief, since there is no 
Grape for which so ready a sale can at all 
times be secured ; indeed other black Grapes 
are scarcely saleable whilst Black Hamburghs 
are to be had. 2. Muscat of Alexandria: 
although superior in merit and realising double 
the price of Black Hamburgh, the sale is limited 
in comparison, and it is much more expensive 
to produce in good condition. 3. Gras Col- 
man : this variety sells well, especially in 
