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the following is a selection, of good and distinct varieties made by 

 Mr. W. Spiiiks, while foreman at Chiswick, and in. charge of the 

 plants above described : — 



Se_pals and tulie ivJiite, corolla contrasting. 



Aeabella — free \ 



Ladt Hettesbukt — free > dissimilar. 



Staelight — free j 



May Qukex — late. 



MiN>'iE Banks — distinct. 



Water Nymph — for colour. 



Sepals and tiibe scarlet, corolla white. 



Delight — largest single and best. 



CoNSPictJA — free, good single. 



PuRiTANi — for habit and free-flowering. 



Alexandrina — extra bright tube and sepals. 



Avalanche — double, very lar";e "i . / 2 x, -u-l 



T?.. r ^ ^^ c a ■ > not of good habit. 



±jXchanteess — double, free-nowering j ° 



Sepals and ttihe scarlet, corolla darlc. 



KiLLiCEA^fKiE — the most perfect form. 

 Noblesse — the darkest. 

 Weeping Beauty — Dark and very fine. 

 Wave op Life — distinct in foliage and good. 

 Sedan — the best-formed red-purple. 

 Monaech — very large and long, distinct. 



HOW TO SEND FLO WEES BY POST AND EAIL. 



ijVERY lover of flowers knows the importance of being 

 enabled to send them safely on long journeys as mes- 

 sengers of love, or as replies to the possible question, 

 " Does my old friend remember me ? " It is our fortune 

 or misfortune to receive parcels of plants and flowers 

 daily, nine-tenths of which are so badiy packed that we can make 

 nothing of them, whether they are sent to be admired, named, 

 judged, or to illustrate botanical problems. The remaining tenth 

 or thereabouts are so wonderfully well packed, that although days 

 may have elapsed in the course of their transit, and the weather 

 may have been suitable for hay-making, they come out of the 

 package to all appearance as fresh as they went into it; and we 

 marvel that, while it is easy work to pack and post flowers for a 

 long journey, very few amongst the many who make the endeavour 

 succeed in the accomplishment of their heart's desire. 



Elowers vary in their capabilities for travel. A spray of lapageria, 

 bearing many of its noble, thick-textured flowers, might travel in 

 a chip box without any harm five hundred mUes in the hottest 



April. 



