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heavy-edged purples, although, when glittering in the sunbeams, it has 

 quite a rosy appearance. The petals are strong and substantial, 

 causing the flower to keep well, and it blooms so regularly that it 

 requires no support for its guard leaves, and but little assistance from 

 the dresser. The flower gets to a good size when well grown, and is 

 a very desirable variety. 



The Emperor of China. 

 This is another yellow ground Picotee, and is quite new in the 

 North. It is a sort of bizarred or tricoloured picotee — if I may be 

 allowed such a descriptive term — the ground being a palish yellow, 

 and heavily edged with pinkish red, interspersed here and there with 

 pencillings of a darkish brown colour. The flower gets to rather a 

 superior size, and, from its novelty, is a great favourite I understand 

 with some of " the Fancy." In my opinion, however, it will never 

 be a great favourite with the competing florist, as it is certainly not 

 a very attractive or sweet looking flower. 



Pearson's Chilwell Beauty. 

 This is a fine large heavy-edged red Picotee. The petals are large 

 and strong, and a little striped in the middle, and the white very 

 good. The centre of the flower is well filled with petals, and its 

 superior size and bold heavy edge give it a very showy appearance. 

 It is a very good variety for the competing florist. 



Boothman's Princess Victoria. 

 Boothman's Princess Victoria is a good sized heavy purple edged 

 Picotee, with a very fine white ground. It is a very nice variety when 

 well grown, but the flower is rather flat, being deficient in central 

 petals to form a high crown. 



Ely's Earl Grey. 

 This is another of Ely's varieties, and is a very sweet purple-edged 

 Picotee, the white being very pure, and the edging not very heavy 

 and of a sweet light purple. My flowers are only middle-sized, but 

 being on a weak plant may account for this. The lace is quite con- 

 fined to the edge, with the exception of a trifling pencilling here and 

 there down the middle of the petals. 



Leigiiton's Miss Ann. 

 This is only a middle-sized flower. The ground, however, is a 



