This section is from the book "The Gardener's Monthly And Horticulturist V28", by Thomas Meehan. See also: Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long.
The following were the chief varieties in the fifty of D. Fergusson Sons, which obtained the Gold Medal at the March meeting of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society :
S.White.. | Grandier Merville |
"Red .... | Pelisier |
" Blue .... | Princess Wilhel-mina |
" White.. | La Plucelle d' Orleans |
"Blue.... | William I |
D.Red.... | Koh-i-noor |
S. White.. | Voltaire |
" Blue.... | Lord Derby |
" White .. | Elfriedea |
"Blue.... | Lord Melville |
" " | Blondea |
Prince of Orange | |
S. Blue.... | Puneneman |
"Yellow . | Ida |
"Blue.... | King of the Blues |
It (I | Baron Von Humboldt |
D.White.. | Prince of Waterloo |
S. " .. | La Vestale |
"Yellow . | Fleur d' Or |
S. Rosy... | Lady Grey |
"Red ... | Queen Victoria Alexandrea |
"White., | La Neige |
" Rosy... | Tubeflora |
D.Red.... | Diebelts Sabolas-kanser |
S. " .... | La Prophete |
" White. | Baronness Von Thail |
" " | Monteflore |
"Violet.. | L'Unique |
D. Blue... | Charles Dickens |
S. Red.... | Josephine |
"White. | L'Innocence |
" Yellow | Duke de Mala-koff |
"White.. | Alb. Superbum |
D.Red.... | Noble Parmerite |
S. Blue ... | Czar Peter |
" " | Grand Maitre |
" Rosy... | Gigantea |
" Red ,,. | Garibaldi |
In the Silver Medal collection of twenty-five by Mr. Warne whose collection was in six-inch, and not in eight-inches, as stated by our reporter last month, the following were most conspicuous: Ida, King of the Blues, Gigantea, Cleopatra, Mimosa, Macry, Czar Peter, Regulus, Double Charles Dickens, Lord Macaulay, Garrick, Non Par Merite, Casmus, Lord Wellington, Prince of Orange and Regina Victoria.
In the class of twelve Hyacinths there were General Pelissier, Sultan's Favorite, King of the Blues, Mimosa, Charilius, Maria Theresa, Eclipse and Ida.
 
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