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In buff pink we have Venus, Avliich is very fine. 



For bright rose Her Majesty is the best; others are Oddity 

 and Splendor, but we do not need these. 



Deep rose is found in Mikado, which seldom comes striped ; 

 drop Adonis, as it is not good. 



In light scarlet use Prince Edward of York. 



For scarlet, Firefly and Harvard ; drop Invincible Carmine and 

 Invincible Scarlet. For deeper scarlet we have Mars. For a 

 cherry red, Salopian, which, however, is very expensive. 



For orange salmon use Meteor and drop Orange Prince. 



For orange rose. Lady Penzance. 



For reddish primrose take Emily Lynch and drop Duke of 

 York. 



For rich purple, Duke of Clarence. 



For black purple. Monarch. 



For indigo, Indigo King. 



For dark maroon, Stanley. 



For blue, Captain of the Blues. 



In lavenders we have lost one ; they are the hardest to make 

 hold the color ; use Celeetial or Burpee's New Countess. 



For reddish mauve, Emily Eckford and Dorothy Tennant. 



For magenta, Captivation. 



For claret, Waverly. 



For primrose, Mrs. Eckford ; still good. 



For primrose cream. Queen Victoria. 



For scarlet striped, America. 



For pink striped, Ramona. 



For purple striped, Senator. 



For blue striped. Princess of Wales and Gray Friar. 



For orange striped, Aurora. 



For deeper orange. Coronet. 



For description of these varieties the booklet of the Sunset 

 Seed Company will be found valuable. 



Frank 0. Carpenter inquired about Cupid. 



Mr. Hutchins replied that it has a certain historic value ; we need 

 ti hybrid race which shall be half dwarf, and this variety seems 

 to be what Ave have wanted to work with by crossing ; this is its 

 only value, as it has short flower stems as well as dwarf habit. 

 It does well on the Pacific coast, and will do better here than it 

 lias done. It originated in a field of Emily Henderson in the fall 



