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very good white, and heavily edged with red pencillings, extending a 

 good way from the edges. The flower, however, is rather deficient 

 iu central petals. 



Wilson's Pluperfect. 

 This is a very beautiful Picotee, of the purple light-edged class. 

 The white is of uncommon brilliancy, and the lacing entirely confined 

 to the edges of the petals, but having had only a solitary small bloom 

 upon a weak plant, I of course can say nothing more than that it 

 would be one of the first that I would buy again if I should lose it. 



Le Papillon (The Butterfly)* 



This is another yellow-ground Picotee, and has, I believe, been 

 imported into this neighbourhood this season from the island of 

 Jersey. The ground colour is rather a pale straw yellow, but very 

 pure, and the edging a lighter red than that of Rosella de Rohan. 

 It is a middle-sized flower, but well filled with petals, and is a very 

 desirable variety. 



Woollaru's Miss Bacon. 

 This Picotee is rather small, but possesses a very fine white ground 

 and an extremely delicate edging, and upon the whole seems very 

 similar to Wood's Queen Victoria. 



Redgauntlet. 

 Redgauntlet is a very showy Picotee, getting to a good size, the 

 ground colour a fine white and the edging a heavyish dark red. It 

 is a very desirable variety. 



Ely's Criterion. 



Ely's Criterion is another very pretty Picotee, and lightly edged 

 with red, which is quite confined to the edges of the petals. The 

 white is very fine and pure, and the flower of a good size, but from 

 the little I have seen of it, it appears to be rather deficient in central 

 petals. 



Walmsley's Dr. Warren. 



This is a very light-edged Picotee, but so very small that it is 

 utterlv worthless. 



Fair Helen. 

 Fair Helen is only a middle-sized Picotee, with an edging made 



