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every variety worthy of a place in the garden. A few of the 

 best are as follows : 



Alice B. Stewart, apricot marked rose ; Forester, yellow marked red 

 and crimson ; * John Ridd, yellow suffused glorious rosy red ; Mona, 

 beautiful buff suffused pink ; Renown, buff ground, heavily splashed 

 and marked brilliant red ; * Montrose, white ground, marked scarlet ; 

 Mrs. H. L. Hunt, white ground, marked lavender ; Virginia, buff ground, 

 suffused pink ; * Liberte, rich yellow, marked maroon and crimson ; 

 Linknan, buff ground, suffused scarlet ; Mellon Prior, rich yellow, heavily 

 marked glowing scarlet ; Delicia, white ground, marked pink and 

 crimson ; the Bride, the best white ground, marked rosy red (extra fine) ; 

 Normas, yellow ground, striped crimson and scarlet ; Queen Eleanor, 

 buff ground, blotched and edged copper scarlet ; Sweetheart, delicate 

 apricot, marked and suffused pink ; Osprey, buff ground, spotted scarlet ; 

 Harlequin, canary yellow, striped rose and crimson. 



All the above are suitable for the keenest exhibition pur- 

 poses, and on account of their robust constitution can be 

 grown in the border without difficulty. 



The Picotees. Next in importance as border or greenhouse 

 plants are the Picotees or edged flowers. A Picotee to reach the 

 standard of excellence must be without blemish on its ground 

 colour and evenly edged with its colouring, of good form and 

 substance of petal. Such varieties of yellow grounds are not 

 easy to obtain. The yellows, like the whites, should have a 

 clear ground with broad, medium, or wire edge of red, rose, 

 crimson purple, and scarlet. The late Mr. R. Martin Smith 

 and the late Mr. James Douglas did much to uphold the high 

 standard of the yellow ground Picotees. At that time the 

 former raised Childe Harold, and the latter Mrs. James 

 Douglas (both peerless flowers), but both since superseded by 

 better. 



The appended list of varieties will be found pure and free 

 from blemish, as far as one can say of any yellow grown 

 Picotee, and quite suited for a border or outdoor life : 



Yellow ground. Agnes, Constance, John Ruskin, Santa Claus, Mar- 

 garet Lennox, Onward, Ophir, Togo, Exquisite, Flora M'lvor, Richard 

 Goodfellow. 



White Ground. Brunette, Gannymede, John Smith, Polly, Brazil, 

 Queen of Spain, Amelia, Ann Lord, Lavinia, Mrs. Sharp, Radiant, 

 Thomas Williams. 



Bizarres and Flakes. These were dearly loved by the old 

 florists more than a hundred years ago, and are still cultivated 

 and shown to perfection at the leading Carnation Shows of to- 



