. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. â TcLY 25.] THE cottagp: GAKDENER. 240 tii the tie of ORcli itivision : yet theiv aro some wliidi seai'oely require ftiiy assistance, and tliis i^^ a very estiinalile ijuality. 10. Deeiiled superiority ol" perfume sliould obtain tlie prize wlieu couipeliug flowers are in other respects of lialuiiccd PROPERTIES OF THE PICOTEE. Tlie characteristics of 'orw aie tlie same as for the Carnation, hut with regard to colour, I. It sliouUl be clear, distinct, confined exclusively to the edge of the petals, of equal breadth and uniform colo
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. â TcLY 25.] THE cottagp: GAKDENER. 240 tii the tie of ORcli itivision : yet theiv aro some wliidi seai'oely require ftiiy assistance, and tliis i^^ a very estiinalile ijuality. 10. Deeiiled superiority ol" perfume sliould obtain tlie prize wlieu couipeliug flowers are in other respects of lialuiiccd PROPERTIES OF THE PICOTEE. Tlie characteristics of 'orw aie tlie same as for the Carnation, hut with regard to colour, I. It sliouUl be clear, distinct, confined exclusively to the edge of the petals, of equal breadth and uniform colour on each, and not running down (called sometimes feathmiiff or barring), neither should the white ground nin through the coloured border to the edge of any one of the petals. a. Tlie ground must he pure white, without the slightest :- OF A CARSATiOX OP. PICOTEE. 1. If there be any petal dead or mutilated. 2. If there be any one petal in which there is no colour. 3. If there be any one petal in which there is no white. 4. If a pod be split down to the sub-calyx. T). If a guard petal be badly split. t). Notched edges are glaring faults, for which no excellence in other respects compensates. ⢠This nilc renders the name, still retained by Florists, inappropriate, for Picittc is the French for spotted. THE FRUIT-GARBEN. 'I'm'. on the Hamiltonian Plan".âA few reniavlvs were oHercd at jiage '.Y-\ on tliis head, mid in order to enable our amateur friends to compiehond the real bearing of the subject, a few more will not be deemed out of ]ihico at this period. Tn order to under- stand the subject in .Mr. Ilaniillon's own way, we have trespassed on his kindness by carrying on a correspon- dence with him, lor some time, about the pine affair, and some extracts from his letters will, doubtless, not be considered altogether wide in the present remarks. In the first place we arc reminded by Mr. H., that in our anxiety to render pine culture
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