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Alcyon, very beautiful spike of large flowers, ground white, 

 heavily bordered and flamed with rose carmine ; charming plant, very 

 dwarf. 



Antigone, long spike of very large flowers of a tender rose, 

 heavily flamed with red carmine, of great effect ; perfection. 



Antiope, very long and fine spike of clear cerise orange flowers, 

 stained with very dark carmine upon a pure white ground ; plant of 

 great effect. 



Ariadne, very long spike of large perfect flowers, ground very 

 clear white, tinted rose or lilac, bordered and flamed with tender 

 carmine rose, the inferior divisions pure white ground ; splendid and 

 fine ; perfection, of moderate height. 



ArsincB, fine spike of large perfect flowers, very beautiful satin 

 rose, flamed bright carmine, charming ; very dwarf. 



Beatrix, very long spike of large perfect flowers, ground pure 

 white, very delicately flamed with crimson lilac; splendid and very 

 fine variety, of moderate height. 



Celimene, very long spikes of very lsrge and very open perfect 

 flowers, clear red orange, heavily flamed with bright red, very bril- 

 liant ; splendid. 



Bidon, very long and ample spike of large perfect flowers, white, 

 slightly tinted and flamed tender lilac, inferior divisions pure white, 

 moderate height ; perfection. 



Jupiter, very long and fine spike of large perfect flowers, ground 

 clear red, very beautifully flamed with crimson red, very dark ; 

 splendid variety, of great effect. 



Minerve, very ample spike of large very open flowers, bright 

 crimson, very brilliant, small red-carmine stains upon a clear white 

 ground, very fine tint, of great effect ; moderate height. 



Ossian, very long and fine spikes of large perfect flowers, very 

 beautiful bright rose, tinted with violet, and flamed carmine ground ; 

 very fine, and of moderate height. 



Phoebus, fine spike of large fire-red flowers, very striking, very 

 large pure white stains, of great effect ; splendid late variety, much 

 recommended for the striking brilliancy of its colour, unique, of 

 moderate height. 



Virginalis, long spike of large flowers, pure white, bordered 

 and flamed with tender carmine rose, small growth ; very fine and 

 attractive. 



THE MAKING A1SD THE MANAGEMENT OF THE LAWN. 



insure the luxury of a "velvet lawn," is, to speak 

 generally, a most easy matter, and though it may be 

 comparatively costly in the first instance, it will prove in 

 the end one of the best of investments of gold in garden- 

 ing. The soft elastic turf of a chalky down will kindly 

 inform the traveller that a lawn may be laid on chalk; and the closely 

 bitten grassy herbage of a sandy common will in like manner suggest 



