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pure white throat, pencilled with rose ; Lady Boswell, deep pink, 

 throat white, with broad margin of carmine pink ; Miss Baillie, 

 brilliant rosy scarlet, pure white throat, veined with scarlet; Magenta, 

 bright magenta, flushed with purple, the throat painted with dark 

 claret ; Polly King, rosy crimson, white throat, pencilled with 

 crimson ; Rev. C. P. Peach, purplish crimson, white throat, finely 

 pencilled with carmine ; Stanstead Rival, bright scarlet crimson, 

 pure white throat, slightly pencilled with light carmine ; W. E. 

 Gumbleton, deep purplish rose, throat pure white.. 



Those who take Pentstemons in hand for the first time should 

 begin with the older varieties, and the under-mentioned twenty-four 

 will form the best collection that could be had without the newer 

 varieties mentioned above ; namely, Agnes Laing, rose, white throat ; 

 Arthur M'Hardy, scarlet, throat white, pencilled with crimson; 

 Arthur Sterry, rosy purple, white throat, Black Knight, maroon, 

 light throat ; Candidate, purplish rose, white throat ; Colin Bell, 

 rosy scarlet, throat pure white, heavily painted with crimson ; Gloire 

 de Dennice, pink, throat light, prettily painted ; Grandis, carmine, 

 throat white, pencilled with crimson ; John Poio, red, white throat ; 

 James Rothschild, crimson purple, clear white throat ; Melanie 

 Lalanette, delicate rose, white throat ; Monarch, deep crimson ; Mrs. 

 Peter Cator, crimson, throat white, pencilled with red ; Madame 

 Louis Schmitzer, white, tinged with purple ; Painted Lady, rose, 

 throat white, painted with crimson; Purple Perfection, purplish 

 crimson, throat white, varied with rose ; Novelty, pink throat, painted 

 with crimson ; Purple King, deep purple-crimson, throat white, 

 veined with rose ; Purple, purple-violet, white throat, pencilled with 

 deep rose ; Queen Victoria, white, tinted with rose ; Rosy Gem, rosy 

 crimson, throat pure white ; Souvenir de Matthieu Fernet, purplish 

 amaranth, throat pencilled with crimson ; Stanstead Surprise, deep 

 purple, white throat ; Snoivdrop, pure white ; W. P. Laird, light 

 blue, pure white throat. 



The most beautiful of the new Antirrhinums sent out by Messrs. 

 Downie, Laird, and Laing last spring are : — Charming, delicate 

 pink, prettily striped and mottled with deep rose ; Clio, yellow and 

 buff, mottled and striped with red ; Bitriv, white, striped and 

 splashed with scarlet ; Fortuna, pure white, striped with rosy 

 purple; Orange Boven,. brilliant crimson-scarlet, with deep orange 

 lips"; Queen of Crimsons, intense crimson. 



The following eighteen older varieties from the seed-bed of the 

 same raisers are, perhaps, the most desirable of the older kinds, and 

 are well entitled to a place in the most select collection, namely : — 

 Alice, pure white, striped with rose ; Artist, purple, mottled with 

 white ; Bridesmaid, white, striped with rosy crimson ; Climax, rose, 

 striped with crimson ; Carnation, white, striped with rosy scarlet ; 

 Firefly, scarlet and white ; George Gordon, intense glowing crimson, 

 smooth and perfect; Grand JJuJce, bronze and crimson striped; 

 Gladiateur, white, striped with rosy scarlet ; Gazelle, sulphury 

 white, striped with rose ; Harlequin, French white, striped with rose ; 

 Leopard, light bronze yellow, striped with rosy crimson ; Mathilde, 

 rose, striped with dark purple ; Miss Ruth, French white, striped 



