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stant ; requires good growth ; disbud and thin out shoots freely ; 

 heiglit 5 feet. 



Princess Louisa (Fellowes). Shaded salmon-bufF, full-size, con- 

 stant, and a very useful show-flower ; leave plenty of buds ; height 

 4 feet. 



Queen of Dahlias (Kelsall). This is a variety that few will succeed 

 in managing, yet it is a charming flower when caught in good con- 

 dition ; colour silvery pale lilac, with white at the base of the petals, 

 which late in the season extends, making it a white edged with lilac ; 

 early it appears a self lilac of a pale shade. Grow your plants well 

 and early, and leave plenty of buds ; in fact, take away none until 

 they are sufficiently advanced to select the bad from the good. It has 

 a drooping, bad habit, and requires shading under a pot ; height 4 feet. 



Queen of the East (Barnes). Blush, fine form, but small; should 

 be grown strongly and freely ; cut away all superfluous shoots and 

 buds ; height 2 feet. 



Roundhead (Holmes). Dull buff, medium size, good shape ; 

 average growth ; height 4 feet. 



Seraph (Fellowes). Bright buff, pleasing shade of colour, a 

 constant variety; requires plenty of water, and average thinning; 

 height 3 feet. 



Shylock (Coliison). A good old favourite ; the better it is grown 

 the finer the flower ; requires good rich soil, and disbudding freely ; 

 a piece of old root will produce fine flowers ; height 3 feet. 



Thames-Bank Hero (Robinson). Crimson ; large bold flower, of 

 good habit ; leave nearly all the buds it produces ; height 4 to 5 feet. 



Utilis (Drummond). Crimson ; small, good form, good growth 

 in strong, heavy soil ; height 2 to 3 feet. 



Yellow Superb (Keynes). Large yellow ; rather coarse and flat 

 early in the season, late it produces good blooms ; average growth 

 and disbudding; height 4 feet. 



The following varieties may be dispensed with for exhibition, 

 being either uncertain, bad in form, too small, or have been beaten 

 in their class ; some of them, however, are showy, and may answer 

 for border purposes : — Dehght, Crocus, Ozema, Queen of the West, 

 King of Dahlias, Baltic, Gem of the East, Lady Craven, Sulphurea 

 Palhda, Orange le Grand, Mrs. Williams, Jane, Victoria Regina, 

 Colonel Bacon, Queen of Primroses, Le Grand, Sulphurea Perfecta, 

 Uranus, Gracilis, Venus, Hercules, Napoleon, Queen of the Isles, 

 Regina, Rosea Alba, Gaiety, Nepaulese Chief, Miss Herbert, Antoi- 

 nette, General Negrier, and Admiral Stopford. 



NOTES FROM THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW, 



AND OF NEW OR RARE PLANTS 

 FIGURED IN CONTEMPORARY PERIODICALS. 



H ORN-BEARiiNG Balsam {Impat'iens cornigera). Raised in the stove of the 

 Royal Gardens, Kew, from seeds sent from Ceylon. It flowered the whole sum- 

 mer and autumn, and may be pronounced a really ornamental plant. It grows 



