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white petals surrounding a small flattened 

 saucer-shaped cup not more than one-quar- 

 ter the length of the petal, and edged more or 

 less conspicuously with carmine. All varie- 

 ties and hybrids of N. poetlcus are especially 

 suitable for naturalising and for growing in 

 garden borders; but for pot culture and win- 

 ter forcing the earlier flowering varieties only 

 are suitable and even they must be grown cool. 

 Heat causes the flowers to "go blind," i. e. 

 the sheath does not burst open. 



ALMIRA. Syn: King Edward VII. (C. 15 in. fl *$i.5o 

 doz.) A new and beautiful large flowered poeticus with 

 broad rounded snowy white petals of good substance. The 

 cup of canary-yellow is broadly rimmed with deep red. 

 Of taller growth, equally as early as, and even better for 

 forcing than ornatus. 



ANGUSTIFOLIUS. Syn: radiflorus. (C. t$i hu.) An 

 early flowering form selected from among the wild Pyre- 

 nean types, with narrow white perianth petals and orange- 

 margined cup. Can be forced into bloom ten days before 

 ornatus. It does finely naturalised. 



CASSANDRA. (D. 17 in. $i ea.) A new, very large 

 flowering variety; tall, vigorous grower; flowers of good 

 substance. Petals broad, wide-spreading, of clear white; 

 cup yellow deeply rimmed with dark red. Award of 

 Merit, R. H. S. 



CHAUCER. (D. *$i ea.) New, early. Well rounded 

 large flat white petals, cup edged with bright scarlet. 



DANTE. (19 in. $1.50 ea.) A new and beautiful large 

 flowered poeticus with broad-petalled perianth of pure 



