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the arrangement of the flowers in regular paired forma- 

 tion makes for good effect. We have more recently been 

 favoured with an even better variety of almost identical 

 colouring, named Prima Donna, and for whatever pur- 

 pose Antirrhinums are grown this is one that should be 

 included in the first half-dozen. 



Deep velvety crimson is always a popular colour, and 

 we have some extremely beautiful Antirrhinums of that 

 colour. Warrior is one which grows to a good height, 

 and throws long, well-furnished spikes. Indian Prince, 

 another tall one, has a pure white tube which sets off the 

 deep shade of the standard and frilled lip to advantage. 

 The individual pips of this variety are very large. Black 

 Prince is well named, for its flowers are as dark as would 

 be beautiful, the foliage also being exceptionally dark. 

 Two varieties quite recently introduced by Simpsons are 

 Lady Roberts, a perfectly clear primrose self, and Sybil 

 Eckford, which has a creamy ground colour, shaded and 

 edged with delicate apricot-pink. Sweet Pea growers 

 will grasp an idea of the colouring from the fact that it is 

 a faithful reproduction of the pea bearing the same name. 

 White Antirrhinums, generally speaking, have been 

 somewhat lacking in size and in the placement of the 

 flowers on the stem, another blemish being a conspicuous 

 yellow tip to the nose of the bloom. Messrs. Watkins 

 and Simpson, who have given us quite a large proportion 

 of our finest varieties, have succeeded in producing a 

 really pure white, the yellow tip being eliminated, while 

 the spikes are closely set with fine shapely flowers. This 

 variety is aptly named Purity. From the same raisers 

 came Silver Queen, a variety that produces large blooms 

 of a pleasing pinky-mauve shade overlain with a shimmer- 

 ing silvery sheen. It is a distinct and charming flower. 

 Of pale pinks and delicate salmon shades we have several 

 beautiful varieties, one named Enchantress copying 

 exactly the shade of the Perpetual Carnation, adored by 



