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spikes three or four together at the ends of the branches of the 

 primary umbel. It 'was considered a neat and pretty plant, of 

 very distinct aspect, adapted for rock-work. 



Tagetes patula anrantiaca . . , Carter & Co. 

 The true plants of this Marigold were very gay, somewhat inter- 

 mediate in character between the French and African races ; the 

 flower-heads were clear light-orange colour, and ^ inches in 

 diameter. Though marked dwarf French orange marigold, it 

 could hardly be classed as a dwarf. 



Tagetes patnla nanissima . . . Carter & Co. 



Stn : Neiv miniature French Marigold . Veitch. 



This was the very dwarf early-flowering French Marigold, a neat 



variety for the margins of flower-borders, and mostly producing 



dark orange-brown flowers. 



Tropaeolum majus, Tom Thumb . . Carter & Co. 

 A fine compact-growing bright orange-scarlet-flowered Nastur- 

 tium, well adapted for beds and borders. It proved also very 

 handsome as a pot-plant. 



Tropaeolum majus, Yellow Tom Thumb . Carter & Co. 

 The same habit as in Tom Thumb, but the flowers of a clear 

 yellow. This also was very showy as a pot-plant. These two 

 varieties were exceedingly gay, and decidedly the best of the 

 kinds belonging to the common Nasturtium series. 



Veronica syriaca Thompson. 



This was an early-flowering plant, out of bloom by the end of 

 June. It formed a neat dwarf early annual, of compact habit, 

 pretty when seen in masses or lines. The plants were 3—4 



Viscaria cceli rosa nana .... Carter & Go. 

 A dwarf-habited variety, growing 1^—15 inches high, and 

 aniform in habit. It did not prove sufficiently enduring, being 

 soon out of flower. The flowers were rose-coloured with a paler 

 centre, as in the taller form, the petals narrowish and bi-lobed, 

 and the corona J of an inch long, deeply two-lobed, with narrow 

 almost subulate lobes— in all these particulars agreeing with the 



