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which are most welcome, as they last in water longer 

 than any other autumn flower. 



They continue to flower until well into November, 

 and some of the late varieties will stand some 

 degrees of frost. If, however, the sharp weather sets 

 in before the later ones have opened they may be 

 cut in the bud state, and put into water in a cool 

 greenhouse, and they will then open almost as well 

 as they would have done under natural conditions. 



Thanks to the interest which has been taken in 

 hybridising by Mr. Beckett, V.M.H., of Elstree, 

 Mr. N. J. Jones, and others, we now have a great 

 range of colours. It is not very long since we had 

 only three or four good sorts, whereas it is now 

 difficult to get the list of sterling varieties under 

 thirty, and there are still more than three times that 

 number left out. 



*Amellus Aldenham. *Novce Anglice, Mrs. F. W. 

 Cordifolius albulus. Raynor. 



Diana. Puniceus pidcherrimus. 



* White Diana. Turbinellus Chapmanii. 

 elegans. albus. 



*Ericoides Clio. Vimineus, Delight. 



*Lcevis formosissimus. * Climax. 



*Novce Belgii, May Crum. The Honble. Edith Gibbs. 



Perry's Pink. Comeliness. 



* Robert Parker. The Honble. Vicary Gibbs. 

 collerette rose. *Star Shower. 



