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sported from the same source as the H. macrantlmm compositum, 

 or large incurved-flowered sorts. It formed a curious rather thapi a 

 desirable variation, the individual flower-heads being about the 

 size of those of Ammohmm alatum. The plants were dwarfed 

 and bushy in habit, and bore a 'profusion of these small capitulse, 

 some being white and some yellow, 



Hunnemannia fomarisefolia , . . Carter & Co. 



A very good late-flowering poppy-like plant, when treated as an 

 annual. It was of erect' branching habit, a foot and a half high, 

 furnished with glaucous tripinnatifid leaves, with long linear seg- 

 ments. The flowers were of a bright yellow, about as large as 

 those of EscJiseJiolhia, but not so freely produced. 



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Iberis umbellata atropurpnrea. 



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Syn: Exffa dark Candytuft . • Carter & Co. 



A very fine and really beautiful deep rich warm rosy-purple 

 selected form of Candytuft, showing but little variation in respect 

 to colour. A fine vai'iety forT)eds ami-ribbons."^ ''^' 



Impatiens Balsamina . . . • Carter & Co. 



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This donation consisted of a collection of 12 varieties, which were 

 of varied colours, and generally good in character, but were not 

 specially cultivated. 



Linaria bipartita splendida . , , Carter & Co. 



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A fine selected form of L. hipartita, with the flowers of a very 

 rich purple, but not quite uniform in respect to colour. 



Linnm grandiflorum. 



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Syn : Linum grandiflomm nthrum . . Wrench.- 



Linnm grandiflorum purpurmm . Carter & Co. 

 Limim grandiflorum verum , • Of some. 



One of the finest of annuals, and now getting pretty well known. 

 Its bi-anching stems grew a foot and a half high, and bore in pro- 

 JTusion the large rich crimson flowers in succession for a consider- 

 able period. 



Linum luteum corymbiflorum . . Cartel & Co. 



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A late-flowering plant, curious, but not showy. The stems were 

 two to three feet high, thickly leafy, the leaves lanceolate ; the 



