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THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



Selection of Persian Banunculuses 



Aigle Noir, dark purple. 

 Capucine, deep orange. 

 Couleur de Paille, straw. 

 Commodore Napier, lemon, purple edge. 

 Count Orloff , rose and yellow. 

 Couronne de Celle, violet-blue. 

 Dollard, white, crimson-blue edge. 

 Dr. Masters, orange and yellow. 

 Dr. Young, rosy, red edge. 



Hector, white, rose edge. 

 King of the Netherlands, black. 

 Miss Burdett-Coutts, white striped. 

 Mongolfier, white. 

 Mont Blanc, white. 

 Ophir d'Or, canary, black spots. 

 Orange Brilliant, yellow, black centre. 

 Princess Victoria, white, carmine spots 

 William Robinson, white, violet edge. 



Selection of French Banunculuses. 



Taller and more vigorous than the Persian, but not so refined. 



Adonis, rose. 



Duke of Norfolk, sulphur. 

 Empereur du Maroc, maroon. 

 Florian, rose and white. 

 La Desiree, purple. 

 La Grandesse, creamy white. 



L'Etiucelante, red. 

 Magenta, magenta. 



Pio Nono, purplish black and crimson. 

 Princess Alice, primrose and chocolate. 

 Satella, maroon, red, and yellow. 

 William III. , deep violet. 



Selection of Turban Banunculuses. 



Very effective for bedding or groups. 



Hercules (White Turban), white. 

 La Merveilleuse (Yellow Turban), yellow. 

 Prince Galitzin, yellow, scarlet spots. 

 Romano (Scarlet Turban), scarlet. 

 Seraphique, citron-yellow. 



Souci dore, coffee colour. 



Turban grandinora, crimson, yellow stripes. 



,, carmine, carmine. 



,, Sans Pareil, scarlet and green tips. 



,, viridiflora, green, red tips. 



THE ROSE. 



As exhibition flowers few kinds have so nearly reached the ideal of the florist as 

 have several varieties of roses. A good rose, in the florist's eye, must have an abun- 

 dance of stout petals, arranged regularly, and within a circular outline. Blooms are 

 divided into four types as regards shape or form, viz„ : — 1, globular ; 2, globular, with 

 high centre ; 3, cupped ; and 4, imbricated. 



Good examples of the globular form can be found in Senateur Vaisse (H.P.) and 

 Madame Bravy (Tea). As examples of globular blooms, with high centres, we have 

 Fisher Holmes, General Jacqueminot, and Prince Arthur (H.P.s) ; Catherine Mermet, 

 Maman Cochet (see page 106), and Comtesse de Nadaillac (Teas). This is the ideal 

 form. Examples of cupped roses may be found in Baroness Bothschild, Ulrich Brun- 

 ner, and Margaret Dickson. The imbricated form, especially when carrying a high 

 centre, is also much sought after by florists. A. K. Williams and Horace Vernet 

 (H.B.s), Ethel Brownlow and Innocente Pirola (Teas), are well known examples. 



