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of a palish rose colour. The edge is not continuous, being made up 

 of lines or pencillings very regularly round ; although, like most 

 other varieties, they have a tendency to extend farthest at the middle 

 of the petals. It is, so far as I have seen, one of the most delicate 

 looking flowers grown, and its petals are of a very good form ; but 

 it is apparently only a middle-sized flower. 



North Durham Triumphant. 

 This is a Northumbrian Seedling, raised by the gardener of the 

 Hon. H. T. Liddell, M.P., and named in commemoration of his 

 election for the northern division of the county of Durham, after the 

 passing of the Reform Bill. It is a very good white ground, and 

 the edging made up of deep pencillings of darkish purple going com- 

 pletely round the petals. It is a good sized Picotee, with well formed 

 petals, and is well worthy of a place in the southern catalogues. 



Wells' Jenny Jones. 

 Jenny Jones is a beautiful Picotee indeed — a lovely combination 

 of the Lily and the Rose, the ground colour being a very pure white, 

 and the narrow edging a beautiful light red or scarlet. Its first 

 blooms, when I saw them, were entirely free from speckle or pencil- 

 lings of any description, the edging being light and regularly laid on 

 /all round the edge, which gave it a very delicate and striking appear- 

 ance. It is a middle-sized flower, with petals of a good round form, 

 and, in my opinion, one of the sweetest light-edged varieties in cul- 

 tivation. 



The Litchfield Hero. 



This is a superior sized old red-edged variety. The pod is rather 

 thick, and consequently rather apt to burst without timely attention ; 

 but when well grown it is a very superior flower, getting to a large 

 size with a fine high round crown. The ground is a very good 

 white, and the edging a blood red, made up of pencillings which 

 extend regularly a good way down from the edges of the petals. It is 

 still well worthy of a place in the bed of the competing florist. 



Ely's Eliza. 

 This is another of Ely's numerous family, and is a very good 

 flower, although it may perhaps now give way before some of his 

 more modern varieties. It is, however, a very good purple heavy- 



