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seed might be obtainable should be selected, the co- 

 lours chosen being distinct and contrasted, and not 

 compound. To those who would not take the trouble 

 to resort to artificial fertilization, which is not needed 

 if a few of the very best varieties, including one or 

 two that seed most freely, should be planted together, 

 apart from all others ; the chances then would be far 

 more in favour of valuable seedliugs beings engen- 

 dered. 



In making a selection to seed from, the habit or 

 the plant should not be overlooked, there being but 

 little beauty in those flowering beneath the foliage, 

 or of drooping habit, unless the latter are tall growers, 

 such as the Countess of Liverpool. Substance of 

 petal is perhaps the most important point ; without 

 this, the colour, or the bloom itself, stands but a very 

 short time. Those varieties possessing this quality 

 in the greatest degree have the most glossy or velvety 

 appearance on the face of the petal. The following 

 would be a good dozen to plant out for this purpose : 

 Marchioness of Comwallis, Berry er, Beauty of Sus- 

 sex, Lady St. Maur, Nonpareil, Standard of Perfec- 

 tion, Scarlet Gem, Queen of Sheba, Master George 

 Clayton, Yellow Standard, Princess Radziwill, and 

 Beeswing. Even the finest, and what are termed 

 the most constant flowers, produce blooms that 

 should at once be removed : for this purpose the plants 

 should often be examined, as it is impossible to dis- 



