APRIL 
VARIOUS 
f Botanical Height Time of 
English D ipti and 
Color Name fet cee Situation : Bloom 
Double yellow vars.— Goethe; (color 
no. 3 light), light yellow almost white, 
large spike. Munerva, orange yellow, 
extra large and fine flower. Ophir 
d'Or; (color no. 1), citron yellow with 
purple centre. Sunflower; (color no. 
3), buff yellow. 
Double orange vars. — Bouquet d’ Or- 
ange; (color no. 15 light), reddish 
orange. 
Single red vars.—Mr Stanley; (color 
no. 27 ‘ight and brilliant), ‘dark red.” 
Robert Steiger; (color no, bet. 26 deep 
& 33), deep crimson, compact spikes. 
Rot des Belges,; (color no. bet. 26 deep 
& 33), dark red. 
Double ro] vars.—* Princess Louise; 
(color no. 26 darker), ‘‘dark red.” 
Single pink vars. — Baron van Thivil; 
(color no. 36), beautiful delicate rose 
in large spikes; early. Charles Dick- 
ens; (color no. 29 warmer), salmon- 
rose striped carmine; early. Cosmos, 
(color no. 29), deep rose with light eye, 
large bells. Fabiola; (color no. 22), 
pink striped with bright rose. *Ger- 
irude; (color no. 23), bright pink, in 
large spikes. *Gigantea; (color no. 
36 deep), bright rose, very large 
spikes. *Lord Macaulay, (color no. 
26), deeo carmine pink, striped darker, 
very attractive. Norma, (color no. 
22), coral pink, large waxy flowers. 
Fon Schiller; deep salmon pink, striped 
with crimson. See Plate, page ot. 
Double pink vars.—Cyar Nicholas; 
(color no. 36 warm), delicate rose. 
Kohinoor,; (color no. 30), bright rose, 
large spikes. *Lord Wellington; (color 
no. 36), the finest double pink, large 
bells and massive spike. 
Single pursle and lilac vars.— Crand 
Lilas, (color no. §7), “porcelain lilac,” 
large bells an! fine spike.  Avng of 
the Blacks; (color no. 56), “black 
purple.” 
Single blue vars.— Argus; (color no. 
49 & white), “dark blue, white eve.” 
*Charles Dickens, (color no. 46 deeper), 
dark porcelain blue, large bells and 
spike. *Cear Peter; (color no. bet. 50 
& 57), light porcelain blue, large bells, 
magnificent spike.  *General Have- 
lock; (color no. 63 darker), ‘deep pur- 
ple shaded with black,” large bells and 
truss. *Queen of the Blues: (color no. 
46), sky-blue, fine bells, stately spike. 
*Sir J. Lawrence; dark blue, white 
eye. *Kuing of the Blues; (color no. 
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