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character of C, coronata. The stems grew ll feet high; the 

 leaves were pinnate with few distinct lanceolate leaflets ; and the 



stalks. 



orange 



Callirrhoe digitata Carteti & Co. 



Syx ; pallirrlioe pedaia nana . . Carter & Co. 



This grew 3 feet high; the stout glaucous stems furnished with 

 twiggy branches and long-stalked flowers. The leaves were 

 tufted or pedately-parted, the upper ones simple. The mallow- 

 like flowers were of a deep purple rose, with a white base. The 

 flowers were very rich in coloui% and beautiful in themselves, but 

 the plants were too tall and openly branched to be effective. It 

 is only suitable for mixed and shubbery borders. 



Callistephus chinensis. " 



A large number of varieties of China Aster was sent for trial, by 

 Messrs. Carter L Co., E. G. Henderson & Son, and Haage. 

 Of these but few proved to be thm-oughly true, and as a whole 

 the collection was thought inferior to some of the better-selected 

 'strains' of Aster, both quilled and tasselled, which are known 

 amongst cultivators. The best of those brought together on this 

 occasion were those called Giant Emperor, sent from Messrs, 

 Henderson & Sox, which were dwarf habited, with very fine 

 flower-heads formed of flat imbricated florets; some of the heads 

 measured four inches across. The Cocardeau or Crown Asters, 

 when perfect were very beautiful ; they were tall growing loosely 

 branched plants, with large heads formed of broad flat spreading 

 florets, the central ones white surrounded by others of red or purple 

 in diff'ercnt shades : the dark blue and deep rose-carmine with white 

 centres were particularly handsome. The Dwarf Ckrysantheninm- 

 flowered was another very charming race of dwarf habit, six inches 

 high, and throwing up several branches from the base, each ter- 

 minating in a large imbricated flower-head. The Large-fioivered 

 Bouquet was a fine race of dwarf varieties, with large flower-heads 

 seated so as to form a close mass enveloping the herbage. Those 

 called Pyramidal German Asters grew about a foot high, erect 

 and compactly branched, and bore small flower-heads. The Im- 

 Iricated Pompon was also a race of dwarf varieties with numerous 

 irregular branches, and small compact well-filled flower-heads 

 farmed of shortish closely-packed florets. The Hedgehog proved 

 to be a race of loosely quilled varieties, while the Glohe and 

 Glohe Perfection were those with compact and symmetrical 



