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tives of superlative degree " to which this writer 

 refers in the annually recurring lists of novelties ; 

 and to give an example of it, let us suppose that 

 some genius of a grower, failing to produce his 

 longed-for novelty, and finding his beds burdened 

 with an overstock of sorrel, should in a moment 

 of inspiration conceive of the idea of disposing 

 of his surplus weeds to the always gullible buyers 

 of seeds and plants. In attempting to ascertain 

 how an artist in this class of advertising would 

 be likely to describe such a novelty, we need not 

 call upon the imagination at all, for the seedsmen 

 have done the work for us, and every sentence 

 and phrase in the following description is taken 

 from the catalogues of certain well-known dealers 

 who are most careful to declare that they give 

 no warranty, express or implied, as to their own 

 descriptions. Let me note, in explanation, that 

 the proper botanical name for sorrel is Rumex 

 acetosella, so that there is actually no deception. 



A Grand New Rumex. 



Frau Corie Marelli. 



{Rumex acetosella, var. Boddlepopsteri.) 



Without doubt the most sensational new 

 plant introduced for many years, and entirely 



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