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Peach-blow. Tubers rounded, very smooth, and of a fine 

 white colour, slightly tinged with pink around the eyes ; shoot 

 pink. Stems erect, stiff, vigorous, and spotted with brown ; leaves 

 numerous, rather slender, and light green, with oval-acute leaflets ; 

 flowers numerous, violet-red, hardly ever producing seed. There 

 is a sub-variety, named the White Peach-blow, in which the eyes 

 are not tinged with pink. 



Queen of the Valley. Tubers very handsome, large, oblong, 

 slightly flattened, and very smooth ; eyes few and faintly marked ; 

 skin very pale red ; shoot pink. The tubers are very like those of 

 Brownell's Beauty, but are not so dark coloured. 



Ruby. Tubers oblong, slightly flattened, smooth, regular in 

 shape, and of a bright red colour ; flesh white. Stems of medium 

 size, and rather vigorous growing ; leaves of a pale and somewhat 

 grayish green colour. A half-late variety. 



Triumph. Tubers round and of a rather bright-red colour ; 

 eyes slightly marked and not very deeply sunk ; shoot pink. A 

 half-early and productive variety. 



Willard (Red Fluke}. Tubers oblong or pear-shaped, almost 

 pointed at the top and thick at the bottom ; skin rather smooth, 

 bright red, sometimes marbled with yellow ; shoot pink. Stems 

 erect and stiff ; leaves light green ; flowers lilac-red. A very 

 distinct and rather handsome variety, but very subject to be 

 attacked by the disease. 



IV. GERMAN VARIETIES 



Abdul Hamid (Paulseri). Tubers yellow, oblong ; eyes few 

 and but little notched ; flesh yellow. A half-late variety, with 

 short thick stems. Leaves crimped ; flowers lilac. 



Achilles. Tubers large, rounded ; eyes somewhat sunk. Stems 

 very vigorous, over 3 ft. high, quadrangular, winged, and spotted 

 with brown ; leaves numerous, but small, very much reticulated, 

 curled, and of a blackish green colour ; flowers lilac, in numerous 

 clusters, and yielding seed. 



Alkohol. Tubers round, somewhat flattened ; eyes rather 

 numerous and well marked. Stems about 2\ ft. high, stout, green, 

 quadrangular, and erect ; leaves broad, clear green, and somewhat 

 crimped ; flowers white, abortive. 



Aurora. Tubers oval, flattened ; eyes numerous and pretty 

 well marked. Stems thick, copper-coloured, often trailing, and 

 about 2 ft. 8 in. long ; leaves very abundant, flat, and of a clear, 

 slightly grayish, green ; flowers white, abortive. 



The four preceding varieties were raised by Mr. Paulsen, who 

 has devoted his attention to the production of new varieties of 



