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Neil, Iris, Crimson Redder. Those selected for special 

 notice were : Glencoe, bright bronze ; Dr. Macfarlane, 

 purple and lavender ; Blue Cloud, white with deep- 

 blue edging ; Ada Anderson, white with rosy edging ; 

 Mrs. Chichester, white with violet edging ; Wm. Neil, 

 rose colour, of very dwarf habit ; and Crimson Bedder, 

 a fine crimson purple variety. The foregoing, as already 

 stated, is the substance of a report made in the summer 

 of 1908. 



At the end of the flowering season of 1908 the old 

 growths were cut away and the beds were top-dressed 

 with a little old manure. After passing through the 

 winter of 1908-9, the following varieties were found to 

 show up best in the summer of 1909 : 



White. Snowflake, a beautiful, pure white, rayless 

 flower of excellent substance, and a strong 

 grower. 

 Seagull, a charming, rayless flower of fine form, 



the plant being compact and rather dwarf. 

 Peace, similar in form and habit to Seagull, but 

 shows a lavender shading in continued damp 

 weather ; rayless. 

 Sylvia (Dr. Stuart's), a fine rayless, creamy-white 



variety. 



White Empress, a large-flowered, rather tall-growing, 

 cream-coloured variety ; rayless. 



