THE SWANLEY COLLECTION. 



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Mr. Cannell cannot be described as a raiser of the Begonia in the same 

 sense as Mr. Laing, but he has grown them by tens of thousands, and has 

 rendered horticulture good service by constantly introducing the best of the 

 Continental novelties, and exhibiting them in a condition that few can surpass. 

 Mr. CannelTs portrait, given below, is an easily recognisable likeness of a 

 man who, during the last quarter of a century, has been a power for good 



HENRY CANNELL. 



in the horticultural world, inasmuch as that, perhaps, no man during the 

 period has sent out so many grand florists' flowers. During the same period, 

 we must also add that he has, by indomitable pluck and energy, built up a 

 business of considerable magnitude, and that, too, under circumstances which 

 would have deterred many another man from attempting the task. 



THE CONTINENTAL SEEDLINGS. 



FROM Continental raisers came first the following kinds : Brillant (Thibaut 

 and Keteleer), bright red ; and F. Siesmayer, vermilion ; Chas. Raes, deep 

 scarlet ; Laurent Descours, carmine-rose ; Lselia, purplish red ; and Paul 

 Masurel, all from M. Van Houtte, of Ghent. The following three came out 



