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YELLOW. 



Comtesse de Paris. Large, pale sulphur, very full and 

 finely fringed, occasionally marked with small pink streaks. 



This variety was introduced from Seville by, and conse- 

 quently named after, H.B.H. Mme. la Comtesse de Paris. 



VABIEGATED. 



Panache de Nice. A pretty flower, streaked with deep 

 scarlet on rosy ground, edge of the petals laciniated ; a great 

 favourite on the markets. 



Jean Sisley. Mottled scarlet and salmon colour, edge 

 bluntly toothed, a very pretty and effective variety. 



Fio. 8. DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLTJS FLOBE PLENO var. MARGUERITE. 



A new race of perpetual Pinks, known as CEillet Marguerite 

 (fig. 8), and apparently of Italian origin, is well adapted for open- 

 air cultivation, and promises to succeed well on the Eiviera. It 

 is easily told from other races by its erect habit, yellowish-green 

 foliage, and finely toothed thin petals. It grows fast, and, if sown 



