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complete list, if indeed such were possible, many 

 of the so-called varieties being so similar that it is 

 very difficult to distinguish the difference between 

 them. 



L. odora'tus. The common purple and pink 

 variety, and believed to be a native of Sicily 

 and Southern Italy, was introduced in 1700, 

 while the old-fashioned pink and white variety 

 is supposed to have originally come from 

 Ceylon. Appended is a list of some of the 

 best garden varieties : 

 An asterisk indicates those that are NOT waived. 



Blush. 

 Mrs Hardcastle Sykes. 



Cerise. 



Chrissie Unwin. 

 *Coccinea. 



Pink. 



Countess Spencer. 

 *Prima Donna. 



White. 

 Etta Dyke. 

 Nora Unwin. 

 *Dorothy Eckford. 



Crimson and Scarlet. 



The King. 

 *King Edward. 

 *Queen Alexandra. 



Sunproof Crimson. 



Rose and Carmine. 

 John Ingman. 

 Marjorie Willis. 

 * Prince of Wales. 



Yellow and Buff. 

 Clara Curtis. 

 Isobel Malcolm. 

 *James Grieve. 



Blue. 



A. J. Cook. 

 *Lord Nelson. 

 Mrs Geo. Charles. 



Cream Pink, 

 Constance Oliver. 

 Mrs H. Bell. 

 *Queen of Spain. 



Orange Shades. 

 Earl Spencer. 

 Edrom Beauty. 

 Helen Lewis. 

 St George. 

 *Miss Wilmott. 



Lavender. 

 Frank Dolby. 

 Mrs C. Foster. 



