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The most notable new Anemone flowered varieties are the two 

 American seedlings Tliorpe Junior and ]\Irs. Gane. Tl)eformer is 

 a large, perfectly formed flower of a beautiful pure yellow, raised 

 by Mr. John Thorpe ; and the latter a small, high centred, pure 

 white flower of great excellence, raised by j\Ir. Henry A. Gane of 

 West Newton. Timbale d' Argent though not of the newest is a 

 beautiful addition to this class. 



Among the newest I think favorably of the following, all of 

 which belong to the Japanese class : 



Domination. Le Surprenant. 



Enchanteresse. Mile. M61anie Fabre. 



Eugene Mezard. M. Freeman. 



Lakm6. M. N. Davis. 



L' Adorable. Ne Plus Ultra. 



Of the new Chinese varieties I think Cnllingfordii, already de- 

 scribed, and M. Roux are the most valuable. The latter is a true 

 and perfect incurve, similar to Rival Little Harr}', but of better 

 habit. 



Among Pompons I have seen nothing that seems to be a decided 

 improvement upon older varieties, but the following might be 

 mentioned as good — Black Douglas, P^xposition de Chalon, and 

 f^lise Layellon. 



The number of valuable early varieties seems to me to be quite 

 small, and it is a question in my mind whether the very early ones 

 — such as we have — are really desirable ; for they come when the 

 asters are at the height of their bloom, and are in no way superior 

 to them, while requiring much more trouble in cultivation. If we 

 could have varieties equal in beauty to our November flowering 

 ones there would be no doubt of their desirableness ; but such 

 varieties have not as yet been attained. Those that have proved 

 most valuable in my experience are the following : 



Alexander Dufour, amaranth. 



Lady Selborne, white. 



IMme. C. Desgrange, white. 



Mandarin, white shaded yellow and pink. 



Mile Lacroix, white. 



Roi des Pr^coces, crimson. 



On the other hand there are a few varieties that extend the 



