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extreme type which is an always welcome 

 accompaniment to some pale-tinted char- 

 acter of conventional figure, like Presi- 

 dent W. R. Smith, with flesh pink incurved 

 petals, of a waxy surface, or the old 

 standby Ivory (white). 



For excellent colors and decided forms, 

 I like such flowers as Golden Hair and 

 Mrs. Bishop; the former has, perhaps, a 

 waveringcolor — something which I might 

 describe as a liquid, ruddy gold in its 

 depths — but a solid incurved petal. Its 

 color is dual, but nevertheless well pro- 

 nounced, and the hairiness of the petal 

 somewhat subdues it. It is a fine flower 

 in the company of white, or strong dark 

 red. 



Mrs, Bishop has a pure, all-over pale 

 golden-yellow color, and finely radiating 

 petals, which are well fitted to show 

 nicely beside some compact flower like 

 Mrs. Robert Craig; but I should keep 

 Clinton Chalfant away from it, the latter 

 has a deeper yellow color, light in its 

 depths, but of so pronounced a tone that 

 it is not apt to look well in the company 

 of any flower save one which has the 

 freest possible form; for instance, one like 

 the anemone-flowered Garza, whose 

 pretty radiate blossoms are a relief to 

 one's eyes amid a group of compactly 

 formed giants. 



Speaking of giants reminds me of Mrs. 

 Jerome Jones, whose portly figure and 

 s-erpent-like curved petals are a great 

 remove from all the types I have men- 

 tioned above. This grand flower, a pink- 



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