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centre of the petals, and not inferior in any one point ; and no doubt 

 the demand for it after this season will be very great. It ought to 

 be introduced immediately into every collection. It was universally 

 admired at the Morpeth exhibition on the 2nd of September, where 

 it received a prize, and, at the Felton exhibition on the 4th, it carried 

 off both the first and second prizes. 



Ely's Emperor (heavy edged red.) 

 The Emperor is another valuable addition to our collections, and 

 is decidedly the best heavy edged red Picotee that has yet appeared 

 in the north of England, being much larger and purer than Alcides, 

 Aspasia, Red Gauntlet, &c. It possesses a good long pod, not liable, 

 apparently, to bursting, the petals of a good size and finely formed, 

 the edging a fine heavy red on a beautiful white ground, and the 

 centre of the petals perfectly pure, except two or three slight touches 

 on the guard leaves. It is a much larger and stronger grower than 

 Mrs. Horner, noticed two years ago, and will, I think, surpass that 

 variety, the edge of the Emperor being heavier and more striking. 

 It is well worthy of the attention of the competing florist. 



Ely's Empress (light edged purple.) 



The Empress is a very delicate light edged purple Picotee. In 

 substance it is much the same as Mrs. Horner, the pod very similar 

 and not liable to bursting, the white beautiful and not sullied by a 

 single mark, and the edge light and of a rosy purple. The two 

 blooms before me are on a weak split stem, and I have no doubt that 

 it may get much larger on a more healthy plant, but such it has 

 bloomed with me. It seems a very delicate and desirable variety 

 of the light edged class. 



Ely's Great Western ( heavy edged purple.) 

 The Great Western is another magnificent variety of the heavy 

 purple edged class. It gets to a very superior size, the first bloom 

 being generally above three inches in diameter, and the pod long and 

 not liable to bursting. The edge of this variety is like that of the 

 Field Marshal, almost entirely confined to the margin of the petals, 

 which gives those varieties a much more delicate and attractive ap- 

 pearance than those that are so much inclined to stripe in the centre 

 of the petals. This variety should, also, be added to every col- 

 lection. 



