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flower, also in dark crimson, is dwarf 

 and early, its deep tones relieved by a 

 rank of narrow petals in a lighter shade. 

 Perhaps one of the prettiest in this sec- 

 tion is Nora, a flower in bright soft pink 

 with a white zone round the centre, 

 dwarf and free. Robert Morgan is of 

 a deeper rosy-red, a taller grower with 

 flowers, large and free, coming much 

 later. As an early single pink Lady- 

 smith is, perhaps, the most useful, good 

 in colour, profuse,and perfect as a bush 

 plant. It often begins to bloom in the 

 open, and should be grown as cool as 

 possible ; it then blooms early in Octo- 

 ber with a profusion of bright pink clus- 

 ters. Good shades of colour are shown 

 in Mrs. D. B. Crane, pink, inclining to 

 cerise, and Miss Brown, a rather tall 

 grower, with flowers of a tender rosy- 

 salmon, having an inner zone of white ; 

 while a distinct kind of dainty appear- 

 ance is Ellen Smailes, with long tubular 

 petals finely diverging like the spokes 

 of a wheel, of good size, and white 

 shaded pink. For cutting, either singly 

 or in sprays, this is light and feathery. 

 Some promising kinds raised by Mr. 

 Wells, are late in flower, and an 

 uncommon blend of blush colour on 

 cream ; it is a flower of good form upon 

 long stems, reflexed when mature, good 

 in the centre, and pretty from its earliest 

 stages. Another blush -coloured seed- 

 ling is Harold Shaw, a flower composed 

 of long narrow petals, lightly twisted, 

 and set widely. Old kinds, useful when 

 colour is wanted, are 7(WP/>zi, a flower j 

 of good size and form when thinned ; | 

 D. Windsor, in a pretty shade of chest- 

 nut-red; Magenta, a taller plant with | 



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 Kinds. 



a silvery inner zone around the disk ; 

 Felix, bearing large clusters of bronzed- 

 crimson ; Bertha J/'nfo, a small light 

 flower on plants very dwarf and free ; 

 and May jfeal, old but always good. 



Though with no very novel features, 

 Mr. Wells has some good yellow seed- 

 lings which wil 1 be heard 

 of again. One of the best 

 is Kitty Bourne, which 

 gained an award of merit from the Royal 

 Horticultural Society in November ; it 

 bears bright flowers of rich yellow on 

 plants of regular growth. Edith Owen, 

 another good yellow, is of medium size 

 with a tinge of green in the heart, and 

 stalks so long and wiry that, though in 

 clusters of five and six, they are held 

 wide apart, giving cut sprays a fine ap- 

 pearance. Miss Lo?~na Bunyard, also 

 new, bears large flowers with a promi- 

 nent eye and coming rather early; while 

 Dorothy Speller, also early, is of a good 

 clear yellow. Nonins Single Yellow is a 

 French seedling, which is distinct and 

 good. The plant is sturdy, of medium 

 height and very free in flowers of light 

 yellow, composed of broad petals sharp- 

 ly tapering and regularly cupped with a 

 pretty effect; it is early, blooming in the 

 open during September and lasting to 

 the end of October. Still another new 

 flower is Winnie Wells, of fine dwarf 

 habit and neat foliage, with broad-pe- 

 talled flowers a trifle small, borne in 

 large but not too crowded sprays. Other 

 sorts are Eleanor, like the last in nearly 

 every point save its narrower petals; and 

 Kitty Forward a robust plant, deeper 

 in colour, with pointed tips and spread- 

 ing habit. An older kind, but one of 



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