These remarks may be appropriately concluded by subjoining a descriptive list of a few of the best which have yet found their way into this section of the country. They have been selected with the utmost care from a collection of nearly two hundred varieties, grown the past season by Robert Veitch of this city and may be regarded as preeminently beautiful. Should any of the readers of the Horticulturist be able to add to these any that are better, or even quite as good, it might be well for them to do so, as, by so doing, they would confer a favor on some Dahlia growers.

Duke Of Roxburgh

Duke Of Roxburgh, orange buff.

Madge Wildfire

Madge Wildfire, deep orange scarlet.

Triomphe De Pecq

Triomphe De Pecq, deep claret maroon.

Andrew Dodds

Andrew Dodds very dark purple.

Mrs. Dodds

Mrs. Dodds, clear yellow.

Vesta

Vesta, pure white.

Lilac Queen

Lilac Queen, clear lilac.

Peri

Peri, light blush, shaded with rosy lilac.

Neville Keynes

Neville Keynes, yellow, laced with reddish purple.

Wallace

Wallace, rosy lilac.

Emperor

Emperor, dull red.

King John

King John, pale peach lilac.

Fancy Varieties. Fancy Queen

Fancy Queen, maroon purple, tipped with white.

Starlight

Starlight, reddish purple, tipped with clear white.

Fulgens Picta

Fulgens Picta, fiery red, tipped with white.

Harlequin

Harlequin, yellow, distinctly flaked with red.

Queen Mab

Queen Mab, drab, tipped with white.

Lord Stanley

Lord Stanley, lilac, flaked and spotted with dark maroon.

[We are much pleased with Mr. Veitch's remarks. There is so much looseness among us generally in regard to the good points of flowers, that we are glad to see somebody stand up boldly for a critical standard. There are some rules laid down for the form of flowers, which, if worked out literally, would result in a greater degree of stiffness and formality than we should like to see prevalent. An analysis of these rules by persons of cultivated taste and liberal views, would result in checking a tendency this way. Mr. Veitch's remarks are judicious. We think, however, he is mistaken about the footstalk of the Emma Cheney dahlia; or it may be that a change of soil, or a different mode of culture, has shortened it. We have been familiar with it for some three years, and have found no difficulty in seeing the flowers as far off as we could see most others. A footstalk about four inches long can hardly be called sessile. Let us take Pre-eminent, a Dahlia that Mr. Veitch might very well add to his list; this year the footstalk with us has hardly been two inches long; yet it is not usually so, and is by no means characteristic of that fine Dahlia. The cause that operated here may have operated with Mr. Veitch; but we can not think, after what we have seen, that a very short footstalk is characteristic of Emma Cheney. Form is undoubtedly the first point in a good Dahlia. There are two ways in which a good form is manifested; one called the bee-hive and the other the round.

They embrace, one the parabolic and the other the circular curve, and it would be difficult to say which is the most beautiful. We know of no Dahlia that will meet the requirement of holding its first petals to the last. We have never seen one among the thousands that we have grown. There are quite a number that maintain the circular form till the flower is past its prime; but the first petals decay, the next row-taking their place. There are some Dahlias, the first petals of which, for want of substance, lose their form when the flower is scarcely half expanded. These are probably the Dahlias Mr. Veitch has in view. We do not believe Carrie Emmons to be one of them, however. We have not seen as much of it as we have of Emma Cheney, and therefore can not speak of its habits so confidently; but Mr. Richardson, at different times, brought us flowers in different stages of development, and in every instance the form was as perfect as say thing we ever saw; in fact, we considered its form a marvel of beauty, Mr. Richardson, in this respect, ranking it among the best of all his Dahlias. How for this perfection of form was due to Mr. Richardson's skill, we can not say; all we know is, the form was there, and Mr. Richardson has no superior among us as a Dahlia grower; at least nobody has yet shown himself so.

We have great confidence in Mr. Richardson's judgment and taste; and none the less because he ranks among our best artists, which may be supposed to give him a good knowledge of color and form. Our opinion of the Emma Cheney Dahlia, however, was quite independent of Mr. Richardson's; in fact, we always have an opinion of our own. We do not understand Mr. Veitch as by any means giving an adverse opinion of this Dahlia; he simply points out what he considers an imperfection in its footstalk, which we hope and believe he will find only temporary. We will just say here that nothing would please us better than to have Mr. Richardson and Mr. Veitch discuss the "points " of a good Dahlia. We should look for some valuable information as the result. Mr. Veitch does wisely in avoiding the subject of color, unless he would devote several articles to it. We remember how impatiently we waited for our mauve colored Verbena to come into bloom, and what a pshaw greeted the event when it did happen. And the Solferino and Magenta colors i These may do very well for Paris milliners at their wits' end, but we hope florists will avoid them. It will be some time before we help to give color to that kind of public opinion.

Mr. Veitch's list of Dahlias is a very good one; there are others equally fine that may be added to it. This we leave to some of our readers to do. - Ed].

Remarks Upon The Dahlia #1

Those who have been acquainted with the Dahlia for the last twenty-five years can not but be struck with the marvellous improvement it has undergone during that period. A little previous to that time they were what may be considered in the middle stage of their progress from the single and not very inviting "Wildings of Nature," to the highly improved condition now so strikingly manifested. To bring about this change, the labor of florists has been immense; and it is interesting to remember, what a degree of intelligence some of those.