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white. Fair Maid of Guernsey, clear dazzling white ; 

 immense ball-like flowers. Golden Dragon, very large ; 

 dark golden yellow ; broad, heavy petals. Jupiter, brill- 

 iant reddish crimson. James Salter, clear light yellow; 

 beautifully incurved as the flower opens. Lord Byron, 

 dark, rich crimson, shaded old gold. Lady Slade, deli- 

 cate purple pink ; beautifully incurved. Mrs. C. L. Al- 

 len, carmine, yellow center. Moonlight, immense size ; 

 beautiful lemon white. Mrs. C. H. Wlieeler, upper part 

 of petals deep yellow, under vermilion. Maid of Athens, 

 very large ; pure snow white. Talford Sailer, dwarf, 

 compact grower ; rich crimson, streaked golden bronze. 

 Yelloiv Eagle, very large ; dark golden yellow ; ribbon- 

 like petals. 



CHAPTER XXV. 



PARLOR GARDENING, OR THE CULTIVATION OF 

 PLANTS IN ROOMS. 



PARLOR GARDENING has, to some extent, been treated 

 of under the head of "Winter-Flowering Plants," but a 

 few additional general directions for plants not specially 

 designed for winter flowering may be acceptable. One 

 of the conditions essential to success is to start with 

 healthy plants. Even all the professional skill of the 

 florist, with all his appliances, will often fail to get a 

 sickly plant into a healthy condition. What, then, can 

 the amateur florist expect to do in the often unequal 

 temperature and dry atmosphere of a sitting-room or 

 parlor ? If the plants are purchased from the florist in 

 autumn, to grow in the house, they are likely to be 

 healthy, and are usually in a condition to shift into a pot 

 one size larger ; instructions for doing which are given in 

 the chapter on " Winter-Flowering Plants." But if the 



