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Bedfont Yellow. — Rich golden yellow, flowers large, and the 

 growth compact and vigorous. 



Blue Bell. — Deep blue, flowers of medium size, and produced 

 continuously from early in March until quite late in the summer ; 

 it is very effective, of free growth, and altogether desirable. 



Blue Perfection. — Mauve, shaded maroon, flowers of medium 

 size, fine habit, and free flowering. 



Dicksoii's Golden Gem. — Rich yellow, the flowers of medium size, 

 the plant dwarf and free flowering. 



Bickson's Queen. — "White, flowers large and freely produced ; 

 rather later than some others, nevertheless exceedingly good. 



Diclcson's Snow/lake. — White, free flowering and eftective, but 

 hardly so good as the preceding. 



Br. Stuart. — Purple mauve, flowers rather small, but produced 

 in great profusion. 



Lilacina. — Lilac, the top petals shaded blue, the lower petals 

 shaded red ; flowers of medium size, the plant dwarf and compact ; 

 first rate. 



Lily White Tom Thumb. — White, with yellow eye and dark pen- 

 cilling, flowers small, growth vigorous and spreading ; fine. 



Lothair. — Rich purple, with yellow eye and bronzy red spot on 

 lower petals ; habit dwarf and compact. 



Magpie. — Dark mulberry, with a white spot at the tip of each 

 petal ; rather tall and free in growth, a most abundant bloomer, and 

 althougfi one of the oldest bedding pansiea in existence, it is still 

 one of the best in its line of colour. 



Mulberri/. — Dark reddish plum, habit spreading and compact, 

 and the flowers are borne well above the foliage ; distinct and good. 



Novelty. — Purple, shaded red, flowers large, rather tall, but of 

 fairly good habit, and useful for its distinct and effective colour. 



Queen of Lilacs. — Lilac, with faint shade of red, flowers rather 

 large, and produced profusely throughout the season ; habit strong, 

 but compact. One of the finest of the lilac-flowered varieties. 



Sovereign. — Deep rich buttercup yellow, very dwarf, free flower- 

 ing and most effective. 



The Tory. — Blue-purple, flowers large and good substance, habit 

 good ; a free and continuous flowering variety of great merit. 



Tijrian Prince. — Purple, with mulberry shade, flowers large ; 

 habit robust yet compact. 



White Swan.—V\ire white, flowers of medium size, and borne 

 well above the foliage ; habit compact and good. 



The foregoing comprise the very finest varieties in cultivation, 

 and, it will be readily grauted, more than sufficient for any one 

 garden. The violas and pansies are so similar in character that it has 

 not been considered desirable to separate them in preparing this report. 

 As our readers have been already informed, the bedding pansies and 

 violas are most valuable for the embellishment of the flower garden 

 during the spring months. Indeed, no other class of plants are 

 capable of producing such a rich and telling display of colour. Their 

 only drawback consists in the risk of their perishing on cold wet 

 soils duiiug the winter season. To insure a satisfactoi-y display of 



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