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produced several very fine varieties, such as ‘ Charming,’ one of the most 
useful and popular decorative and exhibition varieties; ‘ Klegance’ and 
‘ Bountiful,’ dark ; ‘ Star of Wilts,’ ‘ Beauty of Wilts,’ ‘ Lye’s Favourite,’ 
‘ Letty Lye’ (which makes an excellent bedder), and other light varieties. 
I have also used as a seed parent ‘ Louisa Balfour ’—a light seedling 
of my own—and ‘Mrs. Rundle’ also, crossing them with ‘Charming’ 
and ‘ Wiltshire Giant,’ securing fine and distinct varieties ; and also in 
the case of ‘ Jubilee,’ a fine light, crossed with the dark ‘ Masterpiece’ ; 
and an exceedingly free light variety named ‘ Amy Lye’ with ‘ Clipper,’ 
also a dark variety. ‘ Masterpiece’ and ‘ Clipper’ are two valuable free- 
blooming varieties for conservatory decoration, of vigorous growth, and 
lasting a long time in bloom. 
I have never made use of double-corolla’d varieties for fertilising 
purposes, and from all my crosses have had but two or three semi- 
doubles : one, ‘ Wiltshire Giant,’ I thought good enough to name; and 
also ‘Snowdrop,’ the only seedling I have raised with a white corolla: 
it produces long globular buds, and, when expanded, a white petticoat- 
shape corolla. 
