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4 to 6 inches high, producing large flat double flower-heada, 

 arranged so that the central head and from 5 to 7 laterals form a 

 flat-topped bouquet. Some of the more perfectly formed plants 

 were very handsome ; and this group seems adapted to furnish 

 beautiful pot plants. The varieties of this habit are sometimes 

 called " Dwarf Perfection." 



" Rose " (Fraser) : light rose or pink. 



" Carmine and White " (Carter): light rose with white centre, 



" Lilac " (Fraser) : light blue purple. 



" Dark Blue '.' (Carter) : dark purple. 

 § 2. Pompoiie. 

 These grew about 1 foot high, the plants moderately and com- 

 pactly branched, with close ranunculus-like flower-heads, formed 

 of crowded flat florets, the whole mass constituting each " flower " 

 having an even convex outline : — 



" Indigo " (Henderson : Vilmorin) : very deep purple. 



" Rosefonce " (Henderson) : deep rose, 



" Pompone blanc " (Henderson : Vilmorin) : pure white. 



"Rottgefojice" (Vilmorin): rose colour. 



§ 8. Large-flowered French. 



These were of the ordinary stature, the plants being mode- 

 rately branched, and producing flower-heads of large size, con- 

 sisting of flat expanded florets, arranged so as to form a flat-faced 



" Rose came " (Henderson) : flesh colour, or very pale rose, 

 •' Lilas " (Henderson) : bluish lilac. 



" Rose lisere blanc" (Vilmorin): light rose, white striped centre. 

 ^ "Snow White " (Veitch): pure white. 



There were many other beautifully coloured variations and some 

 of distinct habit, but not sufficiently perfect for description. 

 Chrysantlieiinim carinatum. 

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^ good old-fashioned showy annual for 1 ^ 

 the front part of shrubberies. It has bipinnatifid leaves with 

 distant spreading narrow acute segments; the involucral scales 

 are keeled ; the ray florets are white, marked with yellow at the 

 baae, the disk being dark brown. C. carinatum flavum, sent as 

 " C. tricolor yellow," is the same in all respects, except that the 

 ray florets are entirely yeUow. This species was grown for com- 

 parison with some handsome modem varieties noticed below. 



