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and the colours well defined, the centre of each segment rosy- 

 crimson, veined with deep purple and broad white stripe in 

 centre, also margin of the same ; a lovely flower. 



A. Miss Evelyn Hol/ord. — Flower five and a-half inches in 

 diameter, segments broad, and the most perfect round flower 

 we have seen ; crimson scarlet, veined with deep purple, base 

 light and green, flaked with rosy pink. 



A. Mrs. B. S. Williaim. — We have in this variety a great 

 desideratum, a really good white. Yiri/inalis was the first to 

 appear, but was lacking in form and substance, but here we 

 have both combined. The flowers are medium size, and good 

 in shape ; no doubt it will be the parent of quite a distinct race. 



A. Mrs. Garfield. — This is, as far as we know, the first 

 hybrid that has been raised from the old and distinct A. 

 reticulata, and taking into consideration its autumn flowering 

 character, may be considered the "pioneer" of a new type; 

 on this account it is doubly valuable, flowering as it does in 

 the dull autumn months when cut bloom is so scarce. This 

 novelty is the result of a cross between A. reticulata and 

 A. Defiance; in character of growth it resembles the first 

 named parent, being evergreen and having the white variega- 

 tion along the midrib of the leaf ; the leaves are, however, 

 much longer, 12 to 18 inches in length by 8 inches in 

 breadth. The flower-scape, which is thrown up about 2 feet, 

 produces four to five flowers, 6 inches in diameter, of good 

 form and substance, of a pleasing rosy pink colour, netted 

 and veined with a darker tint of the same colour ; there is a 

 white stripe in the centre of each petal, producing a most 

 charming contrast to the numerous crimson-scarlet varieties 

 now so common in collections. This is a very free-flowering 

 variety. 



A. Mrs. Masters. — A pretty medium-sized flower, about five 

 inches in diameter; the centre of this flower is white, flaked 



