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Pearson, and Sir Charles Napier are the best amonsf the scarlets, 

 and to these must be added, for large beds. Gen. Grant. For pinks 

 I recommend but two. Master Christine and Pink May Queen. 



There are no white-flowering varieties fit for bedding, but their 

 place is well supplied by the white-edged Albion Cliffs, which is 

 far in advance of any yet tried by me. 



In the golden-leaved section. Crystal Palace Gem still holds the 

 first place. 



Of bronzes the Moor is the best; Harold, the Earl of Rosslyn, 

 and the Marquis of Lome are next, but at a long interval ; the 

 others which have been tried by me, and which can stand our sun, 

 grow too strongly and " run to green." 



There are no silver tricolors worth growing for bedding. Of 

 the golden ones Mrs. Pollock is the best, perhaps because that 

 kind is plentiful and cheap, and has had a chance to get some 

 strength ; partly also, I think, owing to the light color of its leaf, 

 which enables it to stand the sun better than those with darker 

 zones. 



A single word about arrangement in planting. I think the sim- 

 pler the form of the beds the better, and that, if small, they should 

 be filled with plants of a single kind. If large, they should have 

 an edging of another kind, of a different color ; or of a different 

 plant, such as golden pyrethrum, variegated alyssum, or a dwarf 

 eoleus like the Emperor Napoleon. 



Having had no experience with the newer double ones I cannot 

 include them in these remarks. 



W. C. Strong said that though there were some points in regard 

 to which he did not quite agree with Mr. Gray, he yet felt that Mr. 

 Gray was so good authority that he did not like to differ from him. 

 He bad seen in England and Scotland such specimens of tricolors 

 as not even Mr. Gray's would compare with. They were very 

 large plants, and he was under the impression that our hot suns 

 were so unfavorable to the tricolors that it is difficult to produce 

 such plants here 



Mr. Gray believed that the plants mentioned by Mr. Strong 

 were of several years' growth. lie agreed with Mr. Strong so far 

 as regards plants out of doors, but in houses we can control the 

 heat and light. He shook the soil out in potting. 



H. Weld Fuller said that he saw at Mr. Hunnewell's a circle of 



