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As for varieties I cannot pretend to name the best, for the first 

 rank contains a very great number of kinds ; but I will name a 

 few which I think are as good as any. These best flowers are by 

 no means all of modern date, for Miss Caroline, a beautiful show 

 flower, was raised in 1853, and Paragon, one of the best of single 

 sorts, was in existence in 1834. 



The large flowered double sorts are classed as " Show" and 

 " Fancy " kinds. The distinction is not much regarded in this 

 country. The possessor of the following kinds has a good collec- 

 tion : 



Anne Boleyn, light flesh. 



British Triumph, dark crimson. 



Duchess of Cambridge, rose with crimson tipped florets. 



Earl of Shaftesbury, rich purple. 



Flamingo, vermilion. 



Julia Davis, rich yellow. 



Lady Allington, scarlet, tipped white. 



Lord Hawke, yellow and buff. 



Louisa Neate, pink. 



Miss Ruth, lemon yellow with white tips. 



Mrs. Gladstone, delicate soft pink. 



Prospero, plum color, tipped white. 



Some very good Pompon or small flowered double kinds are : 

 Catherine, 3'ellow. 



Cochineal Rose, deep crimson and of perfect form. 

 Figaro, buff with crimson edge. 

 George French, crimson if seen from the front, bluish rose if 



looked at from the side. 

 Isabel, brilliant scarlet and of finest form. 

 Liebchenmein, white, bordered violet. 

 Little Goldlight, golden yellow, tipped scarlet. 

 Lurline, yellow. 

 Mercator, pink, tipped crimson. 

 Pure Lore, lilac. 

 Snowflake, creamy white. 

 Sparkler, scarlet. 

 White Aster, pure white with fringed petals. 



Of the "Cactus" varieties there are by far too many, unless 

 their quality improves. Juarezi, named from Juarez, the former 



