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THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



Eobert Scott (Flowdy). 

 Miss Turner (Taylor). 

 Violet Douglas (Simonite). 



Heavy purple-edged. 

 Admiration (Turner). 

 Gertrude (Dodwell). 

 Mrs. A. Chancellor (Turner). 

 Muriel (Hewett). 

 Norfolk Beauty (Fellowes). 

 Eev. J. B. Carnm (Fellowes). 

 Zerlina (Lord). 

 Picco (Jackson). 

 Jessie (Turner). 



Light purple-edged . 

 Alice (Lord). 

 Ann Lord (Lord). 

 Baroness Biu'dett Coutts (Payne). 

 Clara Penson (Williams). 

 Hero (Dodwell). 

 Her Majesty (Addis). 

 Mary (Simonite). 



Mildred (Dodwell). 



Minnie (Lord). 



Nymph (Lord). 



Princess of Wales (Kirkland) . 



Mrs. Langtry (Fellowes). 



Sylvia (Douglas). 



Heavy rose and scarlet-edged. 

 Constance Heron (Fellowes). 

 Daisy (Dodwell). 

 Edith D'Ombrain (Turner). 

 Little Phil (Dodwell). 

 Mrs. Lord (Lord). 

 Mrs. Paine (Fellowes). 

 Mrs. Sharp (Sharp). 

 Fanny Helen (Lord). 

 Eoyal Visit (Abercrombie). 



Light rose and scarlet-edged. 

 Dorothy (Fellowes). 

 Ethel (Fellowes). 

 Evelyn (Fellowes). 

 Lady Holniesdale (Schofield). 



Madame Corbin (Fellowes). 

 Mrs. Alcroft (Turner). 

 Mrs. Fisher (Taylor). 

 Mrs. Fordham (Turner). 

 Mrs. Eudd (Eudd). 

 Nellie (Eudd). 

 Favourite (Liddington). 



Yellow ground. 

 Agnes Chambers (Douglas). 

 Annie Douglas (Douglas). 

 Cowslip (Martin Smith). 

 Countess of Jersey (Douglas). 

 Eldorado (Martin Smith). 

 Florrie Henwood (Douglas). 

 Golden Eagle (Martin Smith). 

 Ladas (Douglas). 

 Mr. Nigel (Douglas). 

 Mrs. Eobert Sydenham (Douglas). 

 Mrs. Gooden (Douglas). 

 Mrs. Whitbourn (Douglas). 

 Voltaire (Martin Smith). 

 Xerxes (Martin Smith). 



PINKS. 



What are termed show Pinks are very beautiful, and seeing that greenhouses are 

 not required in their cultivation they can be grown by the great majority of amateurs ; 

 and, like Carnations and Picotees, Pinks succeed as well as any other hardy plants in 

 town and country gardens. 



The following are the characteristics of a perfect or show Pink : — Flower full and 

 double; petals stout, broad, and "rose-edged," that is to say smooth at the edges, the 

 outside tier being the widest and not less than 2\ inches in diameter, the inner petals 

 gradually narrowing, without confusion, to the centre, and which should be full and 

 globular. The ground colour should be pure white, while the lacing or circular stripe 

 ought to have an edge of white outside it, and at the base of the petals there ought to 

 be another body of colour similar to the lacing, this forming an eye. Pinks are com- 

 monly divided into two classes — show and decorative — the latter comprising those grown 

 in quantity for affording unlimited supplies of cut flowers, most of which are selfs or of 

 one colour only. Show Pinks are represented in Pig. 150. 



Peopagation. — Pinks may be raised from seeds, by layering, also from slips and 

 pipings. The young side growths form the best cuttings ; these should be slipped off 

 the old stems when about 2 to 21 inches long, the ends trimmed and lower leaves 



