120 BRITISH FLORAL DECORATION 



The centre of the industry of crown-growing 

 is, however, still near Berlin, where hundreds of 

 millions of them, known to commerce as Berlin 

 crowns, are annually produced. 



I am told that there is one particular strip of land 

 there in which they grow most luxuriantly, but 

 it is not very extensive, and if a grower gets but a 

 short way off the right soil, the crowns, although 

 they may be to all appearances equally fine, are 

 useless for forcing. 



SINGLE VIOLETS 



It is not generally known that we have nearly 

 50 distinct varieties of Violets, but as all of them 

 are not necessary to any but those who make a 

 hobby of their cultivation, and as those who grow 

 Violets in quantity naturally want them for cutting, 

 I append a list of the most suitable ones for that 

 purpose. 



F or o Askanwt, (new). A fine new winter-flowering variety. 

 *o Admiral Avellon. This is the nearest we have to a red 



Violet. 



*F or o La Baronne de RothsMlde. A giant among Violets. 

 A capital grower, very sweet, and a real 

 violet colour. 



*F or o Kaiser Wilhelm. I consider this, when true, superior 

 to Princess of Wales. 



