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So large a collection offers ample opportunity for a com- 
parative study, and d the diversity of form and color is surprising. 
Although c and 
upon, and even then the selection must appear but an arbitrary 
one, so many are the desirable sorts. 
For purity and brightness, Vercissus poeticus and its relatives 
ake a prominent place, the rich yellow crown with its narrow 
perianth are broad be of a sulphur yellow 
crat’’ the color is a little deeper, especially toward the narrowed 
base and on the margins of the segments. In all these the crown 
is of deep yellow. 
s = representing the extreme length of crown, Narcissus ae 
S numerous varieties may be taken as typica f the: 
varieties Horsfieldii and grandis may be taken as eee 
both having white perianths and the crown a rich yellow, the 
latter variety being distinguished its larger crown, or trumpet, 
metimes called is t 
Turning now to the equally a ae collection of peonies, we 
again find an array of beautiful flowers, but their beauty is of a 
