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flowers througli the entire season ; second, a desirable assort- 

 ment of colors, and third, plants of a vipjorous growth that can 

 be depended upon under ordinary treatment to produce satisfac- 

 tory blooms. In naming varieties to cover the above points, I have 

 omitted all seedlings of 1891, as experience has shown that 

 many seedlings that have received prizes or certificates the first 

 year, have proved worthless and have never made a second 

 appearance at an exhibition. 

 I would suggest as the 



Best Six Early Yarieties : 

 Ivory, M. Delaux, 



Pres. Hyde, Jessica, 



Rohallion, L'Africaine. 



Best Six Late Varieties : 

 W. H. Lincoln, Mrs. Humphery, 



H. E. Widener, Lilian B. Bird," 



Christmas Eve, Miss Winnie Wannamaker. 



Best Twelve Exhibition Varieties : 



Ada Spaulding, Wabun, 



H. E. Widener, V. H. Hallock, 



Mrs. Charles Wheeler, L. Canning, 



Kioto, Mrs. Irving Clark, 



Violet Rose, W. H. Lincoln, 



Etoile de Lyon, Mrs. J. N. Gerard. 



Best Six Exhibition Varieties Incurved : 

 Mabel Ward, Prince Alfred, 



Jeanne d'Are, Mrs. Heale, 



Mrs. S. Coleman, Jardin des Plantes. 



Best Six Exhibition Varieties Reflexed : 

 Cullingfordii, M. Viviand Morel, 



White Christine, Elsie, 



Pink Christine, Pres. Hyde. 



It has been said that "growing seedlings is the poetry of 

 gardening," and I know of no flower offering greater inducements 

 or more quickly realizing results in growing from seed than the 



