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later flowers are of a pale blush colour, tily,and effective by artificial light. For 

 becoming deeper as they mature. Re- late cutting two of the best single whites 

 turningtothe new flowers, Gwladys is a are Mrs. Brown Potter, a flower which 

 pretty variety of a useful size for cutting, can be relied upon until the end of De- 

 coming upon long stems in loose heads cember, and Christmas Cheer, a small 

 which are more graceful than denser flower in large clustered sprays, whose 

 clusters. The long narrow petals are name tells of its endurance, 

 tapering and reflexed, a characteristic Good novelties in this section are 

 becoming more marked as the flowers welcome but not always to be had, par- 

 mature ; its one fault is a rather weak ticularly in bright tones, 

 habit, which spoils it as a pot plant but P,nh FioJers mS °" which look well byarti- 

 not for cutting. Leslie, another seed- ficial light. Blush tints 

 ling, shows a distinct tinge of pink in are more frequent, and among them is 

 flowers, which are large, rather flat, and Edith Pagram, raised by Mr. Pagram, 

 regular, of good substance, and pretty of Weybridge, Surrey, a pretty flower 

 as a spray, while Eva Shaw is almost in pink and white, its colour deepen- 

 identical save in the purity of its white- ing with age. In sprays this is rather 

 ness. A dainty little flower is Lady disappointing, but gives far better re- 

 Daisy, a favourite with the ladies, effec- suits when thinned, coming then as a 

 tive in the cluster, and, being small and pleasing flower of nearly 5 inches across, 

 early, useful for table and light decora- Tollie Carey, however, is good in sprays, 

 tion. Yet another seedling, Mac, is not a pretty flower of bright pink on long 

 so remarkable in appearance, though a rigid stems which show to the best 

 good plant of fine dwarf habit for pots, advantage its feathery petals; in pink 

 but the flowers are fragrant, especially flowers this is a gain. In blush tones 

 towards evening. Other new kinds are | Mrs. E. Roberts, an older kind, is very 

 Cecil Denyer, of a shade of cream or pale useful in clusters of large size, which are 

 primrose, which singles it out at once almost too dense when not somewhat 

 from the white flowers ; and Wyndham, thinned ; broad petals with rounded 

 a rather later sort with blossoms also of tips are contrasted with a bold yellow 

 a rich cream colour. Amongst the older disk. A distinct variety in its intense 

 single white kinds Earlswood Glory is magenta-pink is Mrs.C. Beh rens, a very 

 still to the fore, a plant of dwarf habit dwarf grower and early to flower, the 

 bearing large flowers of a pure white, contrast between the bright petals and 

 the broad florets contrasted with a bold the greenish-yellow centre heightened 

 green eye; as a mid and later-season ! by a ring of white round the disk. Good 

 flower there are few better. A flower also is Mrs. R.jf. Lockhart, a fine bloom 

 unlike any other is Star of Honour, also in dark crimson touched and shaded 

 a good dwarf plant not exceeding 3 feet, very prettily with gold, the flowers car- 

 its small flowers, coming early, with ried in those loose clusters which are 

 very light narrowpetals diverging pret- best for effect. A?2nie Tweed, a smaller 



