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tiplication of these factors. But I fear that he has no imaginatiwi 

 and cannot see how there may be three hundred or more types of 

 beauty, each of which is true to an ideal and leaves nothing left 

 to wish for. Take it or not, but do not say one is better thaM 

 another. It is all a matter of individual preference. For these 

 reasons the inevitable question, "What are your twelve best vari- 

 eties?" is something of a temper-tester. But it is a perfectly fair 

 question if it implies individual preference and disregard of curi- 

 osities and varieties for special purposes. It is a very practical 

 one, and here is the answer that I give based on one year's 

 behavior of the plants : 



Mrs. A. Peart, cactus, white. 



Nyrnphaea, cactus, pink. 



Wm. Agnew, cactus, scarlet orange. 



Maid of Kent, cactus, scarlet and white. 



Black Prince, cactus, dark red. 



Grand Duke Alexis, large flowered, chiefly white. 



A. D. Livoni or Ethel Vick, large flowered, pink. 



Rev. C. W. Bolton, large flowered, variegated, red and yellow. 



Fern Leaved Beauty, large flowered, banded, red and white. 



Guiding Star, pompon, white, imbricated. 



Vivid, pompon, scarlet orange. 



Ami Barillet, single, scarlet. 



The following varieties are recommended on the basis of a year's 

 behavior at Cornell : 



Section I. Single Varieties. 



A. Foliage reddish. 



Barillet, Ami. Dark scarlet ; not up to the standard of profuseness. 



Curious, and interesting to amateurs and plant-breeders. 



AA. Foliage green. 



Scarlet. 



Downie, John. Very early, and very productive ; stems suitable for 



cutting. 



Scarlet orange. 



Fife, Duchess of. Quite productive especially in latter part of season ; 



suitable for cutting. 



Cardinal. 



Cowan, John. Very early and very productive ; stems suitable for cutting. 



Crimson. 



Gartenfalter. Dark crimson ; a strong color, and quite pure at close of 



