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Meg Merrilies, rich yellow ; and Queen Mary, pure white. 

 These are very pretty flowers for cutting. 



Single Varieties. Charles Parrot, deep maroon, margined 

 with crimson-scarlet ; Cleopatra, rich crimson ; Columbine, 

 rose-pink, touched with orange near the centre ; Daisy, rosy 

 crimson, variegated with white ; Demon, deep maroon ; Duke 

 of York, bright orange scarlet, with a yellow circle round the 

 disc ; Eric, rich scarlet suffused with rose towards the tips ; 

 Flame, rich orange yellow, striped and splashed with scarlet ; 

 Folly, pink, tipped and shaded with rose ; Girlie, cream, 

 margined with red ; Goldenlocks, bright yellow ; Gulielma, 

 white, edged with yellow ; Leslie Scale, pink, with a distinct 

 crimson band near the yellow disc ; Nellie Nicholson, white 

 edged with rosy red ; Puck, orange or bronze-yellow, with a 

 crimson ring round the disc ; Shamrock, crimson-maroon, 

 tipped with rose ; Trilby, velvety crimson, distinctly tipped with 

 pink ; Veronica, scarlet, tipped with amber ; White Queen, 

 pure white. 



Show Varieties. Arthur Rawlings, deep crimson ; Cherub, 

 deep amber ; Chieftain, purplish lilac ; Daniel Cornish, red, 

 suffused with orange ; Duchess of York, lemon-yellow, tipped 

 with salmon-pink ; Empress, lilac-purple, splashed with crim- 

 son ; Florence Tranter, blush white tipped with rosy purple ; 

 Gracchus, orange-yellow ; Gwendoline, bright crimson ; Har- 

 binger, lilac-pink ; Harry Keith, rosy purple ; James Cocker, 

 purple ; J. T. West, yellow, edged with purple ; Marjorie, 

 bronzy yellow, flushed and edged with pale purple ; Mrs. 

 Gladstone, pale blush ; W. H. Williams, brilliant scarlet. 



Fancy Varieties. Comedian, orange-yellow, speckled with 

 crimson and edged with white ; Frank Pearce, clear rose, 

 splashed with crimson-scarlet ; Frederick Smith, lilac, striped 

 with purple ; George Barnes, rosy lilac, streaked with crim- 

 son ; Golden Fleece, yellow, speckled with crimson ; Gold 

 Medal, rich canary yellow, striped and splashed with red ; 

 Heather Bell, crimson, tipped with white ; Matthew Campbell, 

 apricot-yellow, striped with crimson ; Novelty, blush white, 

 streaked with rose-pink ; Peacock, purplish maroon, edged 

 with white ; and Watchman, yellow, speckled and striped 

 with crimson. 



CACTI FOR AMATEURS 



Thirty or forty years ago, Cacti were far better known than at the 

 present time, though during the last few years a decided change has 

 taken place in their favour. It is hard to understand why in so many 

 places their cultivation should be ignored, for although they may not 



