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light yellow or creamy white to dark red, with intermingling 

 shades of orange, maroon, Drown, etc. 



The mixed varieties are classified by florists as Monstrosum r 

 Maximum, Minimum and Nanurn, and it is well to procure seeds 

 of the different classes to insure a good variety of colors; but 

 they are not very distinct in their differences from each other. 

 The first buds are often eaten, like those of the Aster and Dahlia, 

 by an insect, and the plants should, when they first show signs of 

 injury, be sprinkled with white helibore tea. The buds of Heli- 

 cbrysum should, by all means, be gathered before they are fully 

 developed; otherwise, when they are dried, they will have lost 

 their beauty. They will open while drying, and by gathering 

 buds in different stages of development a variety may be had 

 from the same plant. 



Xeranthemums are useful for variety, and because they furnish 

 good steins of their own; but they are not showy, unless some of 

 the newer, high-priced varieties are equal to the florists' descrip- 

 tions. 



Helipterum Sandfordi is a very bright and pretty yellow ever- 

 lasting, with the flowers in clusters. Although not tender, they 

 should not be planted quite so early as the preceding; in other 

 respects the treatment should be the same, but the flowers may be 

 allowed to fully open before they are gathered. Helipterum 

 Anthemoides white is not worth growing. 



Waitzia I have never grown. The seeds are always dear, and 

 the catalogues give it but equivocal praise. 



The Rhodanthe should be treated as tender in the early stages 

 of its growth. The seeds are delicate, and should be started in a 

 cold frame or in a box under a pane of glass. The buds and 

 flowers are very pretty and suitable for "boutonaire" adornments* 

 They are so dainty in appearance that they should be more gen- 

 erally grown as summer pot-plants. 



Globe Amaranth, Gomphrena glohosa, giving crimson, orange, 

 pale-yellow, white and variegated flowers, i3 very susceptible to 

 frost. It delights in a light, warm situation, and if started in the 

 open air, the seeds should be planted when the weather i3 warm,. 



