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seedlings of which have been grown at the rate 

 of ten thousand a year for several years." 



(11) A new Myrtle. This is described as a 

 new silver variegated Roman Myrtle or Brides' 

 Myrtle, originated as early as 1882. It had 

 been characterized by the California State 

 Gardener as the handsomest variegated shrub 

 he had ever seen. 



(12) A new Poppy named Silver Lining. 

 Described as developed by six years' selection 

 from a sport of the Papaver umbrosum (But- 

 terfly Poppy), and as being of a glistening 

 silver white on the inside of each petal instead 

 of crimson and black; the outside remaining of 

 the original brilliant crimson, thus producing a 

 strikingly beautiful effect. 



(13) A new plant, the Nicotunia. This name 

 had been coined to describe a new race produced 

 by crossing a tobacco plant (Nicotiana) with a 

 Petunia. A suggestion of the difficulties in- 

 volved in making this cross was given in these 

 words : 



"If anyone thinks he can take right hold and 

 produce Nicotunias as he would hybrid petunias 

 or crossbred primroses, let him try; there is no 

 patent on their manufacture; but if the five 

 hundredth crossing succeeds, or even the five 

 thousandth, under the best conditions obtain- 



