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and foliage is injurious. The fancier should also place some 

 nice green moss on the surface of the soil in the pots. The 

 truss should be supported by means of a neat stick, and when 

 a careful arrangement is made, a very pretty effect is produced. 



Show Varieties. — A prize group is shown at Fig. 28, and 

 the following is a list of the six best show varieties at present 

 in cultivation in each class of this section : 



Green-Edged. — Rev. F. D. Horner (Simonite) ; Abbe Liszt 

 (Douglas) ; Prince of Greens (Trail) ; Mrs. Henwood (Barlow) ; 

 Freedom (Booth) ; and Shirley Hibberd (Simonite). 



Grey-Edged. — George Lightbody (Headly) ; Lancashire Hero 

 (Lancashire) ; Marmion (Douglas) ; Richard Headly (Lightbody) ; 



Frank (Simonite) ; and 

 Mabel (Douglas). 



W kite-Edged. — Acme 

 (Read) ; Conservative 

 (Douglas) ; John Si- 

 monite (Walker) ; Mrs. 

 Dod-well (Woodhead) ; 

 Smiling Beauty (Heap); 

 and Ne Plus Ultra 

 (Smith). 



Selfs. — Black Bess 

 (Woodhead) ; Heroine 

 (Horner) ; Mrs. Potts 

 (Barlow) ; Sapphire 

 (Horner) ; Buttercup 

 (Horner) ; and Ruby 

 (Simonite). 



Alike in the Show 

 and the Alpine sec- 

 tions, some very fine 

 varieties have been in- 

 troduced within recent 

 years ; but it takes a 

 Fig. 29. — Alpine Auricula Apollo. long time before they 



can be sent out after 

 being exhibited. It is best therefore to enumerate those only 

 that can be obtained by purchase through the usual trade 

 channels. Two excellent and very promising new varieties 

 in the Alpine section are Apollo (Douglas) (Fig. 29) and Melaine 

 (Douglas) (Fig. 30). 



