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SELECTIONS OF THE BEST FLORISTS' FLOWERS. 



AUKICfLAS. 



A few of the best old flowers, for begin- 

 nei's. 



Green-edged. — Wnterloo(Smitli), Cham- 

 pion, (Page), Lady Ann Wilbraham 

 (Oilier), Imperator (Litton), Lord Nelion 

 (Howard). 



Qrey-edged. — Conqueror (Waterhouse), 

 General Bolivar (Smith), LoTely Ann 

 (Oliver), Superb (Headly), Ne plus ultra 

 (Fletcher). 



White-edged. — Conqiieror (Popplewell), 

 Glory (Taylor), True Briton (Hepworth), 

 Incomparable (Taylor). 



iSe^s.— Blackbird (Spalding), Metropo- 

 litan (Redman), Mrs. Smith (Smith), Han- 

 nibal (Faulkner). 



A few of the very best, indispensable to 

 any one wishing to fonn a good collec- 

 tion : — 



Green-edged. — Apollo (Hudson), Free- 

 dom (BootJi), Colonel Tay (Leigh), Im- 

 perator (Litton), Lady Ann Wilbraliam 

 (Oilier), Champion (Page), Apollo (Bee- 

 ston). Lady Blucher (Clegg), Robin Hood 

 (Hepworth), Freeman (H ilton), Inkermann 

 (Liglitbody), Lord Lynedoch (Light';ody), 

 Star of Bethlehem (Lightbody), Green 

 Hero (Yates). 



Grey-edged. — Maria (Chapman), Sophia 

 (Chapman), Unique (Dickson), Mary 

 Ann (Fletcher), Ne plus ultra (Fletcher), 

 Privateer (Grimes), Superb (Hendly), Sir 

 C. Napier (Lightbody), Unique (Maclean), 

 General Bolivar (Smith), Complete (Sykes), 

 Lady Jane Grey (Dixon), Britannia, 

 (Hedges), Alma (Lightbody), Sqiiire Chil- 

 man (Wilmer). 



Whiie-edged. — Regular (Ashworth), 

 Model (Grimes), Smiling Beauty (Heap), 

 True Briton (Hepworth), Countess of 

 Dunmore (Lightbody), Fair Maid (Light- 

 bodv), Ne plus ul'ra (Smith), Favourite 

 (Taylor), Robert Burns (Campbell), Pil- 

 lar of Beautv (Hughes), Conqueror (Pop- 

 plewell), Regulator (Poll). 



Selfs. — Squire Smith (Chapman), Han- 

 nibal (Faulkner), Meteor Flag (Light- 

 body), Eliza (Sim), Vulcan (Sim), Black- 

 bird (Spalding), Sadtholder (Gorton), 

 Admiral of the Blue (lightbody), Eclipse 

 Martin), Mary Gray (Spalding). 



AURICULAS (new) OF GREAT PROMISE. 



Admiral Napier, green-edged (Camp- 

 bell) ; Lycurgus, green-edged (Smith) ; 

 George Lightbody, grey-edged (Headly) ; 

 Mrs. Headly, white-edged (Lightbody) ; 

 Sir Colin Campbell, self (Lightbody). 



AZALEAS. 



Barelayana, wliite, striped violet ; Ad- 

 miration, white, flaked carmine ; Chelsoni, 

 orange scarlet ; Coronata, rosy red ; Cnspi- 

 flora, rosy lake ; Gem, salmon, spotted ; 

 Criterion, light salmon, edged white, 

 spotted crimson ; Dehcata, rose ; Empress 

 Eugenie, rose, spotted ; Eulalie Van Geert, 

 blusJi pink, spotted carmine; Extranii, 

 violet rose ; Gledstanesi, white, occa- 

 sionally striped red ; Iveryana, white, 

 sLriped red ; Lateritia, light orange-red ; 

 Lateritia alba suprema ; Juliana, orange 

 scarlet; Perryana, orange scarlet; Hol- 

 fordiana, violet rose ; Prsestantissima, 

 orange red ; Magnificus, large, white ; 

 Rosy Circle, rosy pink, spotted dark rose ; 

 Symmetry, rosy salmon, spotted crimson ; 

 Violacea superba, violet ; Marie, carmine, 

 spotted crimson. 



AZALEAS — DOUBLE. 



Elize Miellez, rose ; Adolphe, purple ; 

 Buckinghami, scarlet ; Glory of Sunning- 

 hill, rose ; Louise Margottin, Modesta, 

 peach ; Semi-duplex maciUata, rosy pink ; 

 Rubra plena, scarlet. 



CAMELLIAS. 



White. — Adelina Benvenuti, ivory- 

 white, blotched with rose ; Alba Bourtu- 

 lin ; Countess of Ellesmere, creamy-striised 

 flesh ; Countess of Orkney, carmine 

 stripe ; De la Heine, mottled rose, 

 superb ; Dunlops, pure white ; Jenny 

 Lind, striped with red ; Jubilee, striped 

 rose ; Montironi, imbricated ; Targioni, 

 carmine stripe; Teutonia, occasionally 

 blush. 



Rose. — Amalia Melzi, veined white; 

 Arciduca Giovanni, striped white ; Bella 

 di Pontedera, brilliant rose, striped white, 

 double ; Bizarra, pale rose, veined white ; 

 Commander-in-Chief; Cruciata Nova, 

 white stripe ; Drysdalei, carnation-like ; 

 Elizabeth Herbert, light centre ; Herap- 

 stedi bright rose, large ; Jardin d'Hiver; 

 Marietta Mossoni, light centre ; Saccoi 

 nova, one of the best old sorts, and 

 known by several names, colour pure rose, 

 and not yet beaten in its class ; Valteve- 

 redo, fine shape. 



Carmine and Crimson. — Ariosto, white 

 stripe ; Beuneyii, velvety crimson ; Fran- 

 cesco Ferrugi, shaded slate, form of a 

 ranunculus ; General Diouot, cherry-red, 

 white stripe; L'Inispettata, cherry-red, 

 edged white ; Maria Morren, carmine ; 

 Mathotiana, crimson, imbricated ; Optima 

 (Low), crimson and rose; Princesse 

 Baciocchi, carmine, white sti'ipe. 



