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tions have been saved and perpetuated. The variability is one of the good 

 features of this variety for amateurs. 



Maroon. 

 Sladden, John. Very dark maroon. This gave few and late blooms in 

 1S96 at the Cornell Experiment Station. If I could have only two dark 

 colored flowers of the globular type I should select Honest John as being 

 dwarf er, earlier and more productive. 

 DDD. Margined. 



White, margined, cherry red. 

 American Flag. Flowers never more than medium sized, and not early 

 in 1896. Moderately productive. Type pretty well fixed ; well named and 

 alwa3's attracts attention. 



Section iv. Cactus Varieties. 



A. Flower stems drooping. 



Yellow. 



Lemon Giant. Light yellow ; flowers very large ; flower stems very long, 



slender and naturally drooping. 



AA. Flower stems erect. 

 B. Colors single. 



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White. 



Peart, Mrs. A. See Fig. 24. 



White, 

 Patrick, Henry. This was late and produced many imperfectly blown 

 flowers. Harry Freeman, which Turner, 1896, p. 20, says is an improvement 

 on Henry Patrick was a week later and otherwise much the same as regards 

 flowering. The habit is different. No small garden needs both. 



Scarlet. 

 Kynerith. Dark scarlet, edged cardinal. 



Scarlet. 

 Agnew, Wni. Scarlet toned with an infusion of scarlet orange. Much 

 earlier than its class and prolific ; color very brilliant in sunshine or shade. 

 Redder than the variety Orange Scarlet. 



Salmon. 

 Mickell, Henry G. Reddish salmon ; flowers very large. 



Salmon. 

 L it tie Cactus. . Has the dwarf habit and small flowers of a pompon but 

 hardly sufficient profuseness. Seems to have possibilities for the plant- 

 breeder. 



Red. 

 Black Prince. The darkest red I know. Form peculiar and interesting. 

 The rays are like the sides and bottom of a long slender box. 



Magenta. 

 Rosacactus. (Deegen, 1892, p. 5, No. 4019.) Rosy magenta, a color dis- 

 pleasing to some. Early and very prolific. Flowers very large and very 

 few imperfectly blown. 



