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upon some collars. After careful questioning, 

 this is what he wrote : — 



" An uneasy man at the Market Street end of the 

 middle aisle has picked up half a dozen sorts of gentle- 

 men's collars, had new names stamped on them inside, 

 and wants us to say that those collars are nowhere else 

 to be got, and that they can be got there two for a 

 quarter." 



It is needless to say that the head of the 

 house drew his blue pencil through this 

 paragraph. 



Other named varieties in this class are Fairy 

 Blush, which is white tipped with rose, and 

 Mikado, white tipped with crimson. If you 

 buy a package of either, you are nearly sure to 

 get plants bearing flowers of both these colorings. 



The paeony-flowered class is well named. Its 

 round balls of bloom with broad petals bear a 

 close resemblance to the familiar Pasony, and the 

 flowers often rival it in size. Among the 

 named varieties may be mentioned Snow-Ball 

 and Lady-in-White (the same flower again, 

 simply a double white). Crimson King, Rosy 

 Morn, Firebrand, American Flag, Laven- 

 der Beauty, Eldorado, and Black Knight. 

 Among the named varieties of single somniferum 



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