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leaves ; in the way of Welhech Nosegay^ but of closer and 
smaller growth ; flowers bright rose-pink, with white blotch on 
npper petals ; very free bloomer, and very bright-looking. 
Mrs. Ilalihurton (Bland) Growth free but compact ; leaves 
green ; flowers rose-pink, self-coloured ; in the way of Christine, 
but an improvement on that flne old sort. 
Welhech Nosegay (Tillery) Compact free-growing habit; 
leaves dark-zoned, slightly cupped ; flowers abundant, large, 
bright deep rosy-pink, with white blotch on the upper petals ; 
good. 
The following were discarded for bedding purposes : — Bron%e- 
pinh Nosegay, CanneWs Pinh, Caroline, Christine Nosegay, Delight, 
Fried Zehnhauer, Master Christine, Memnon, Mrs. Lowe, Penelope, 
Pinh Stella, Progress, Rose Bradwardine, Rose Peach, Rose 
Rendatler, Surpasse Beaute du Suresnes, Surpasse Christine. 
Scarlet and cerise-flowered, Sfe. 
The following varieties were selected for approbation, namely : — 
Begere (Downie & Co.) Habit vigorous; leaves with broad 
and moderately-dark zone ; flowers bright scarlet, in very large 
trusses ; one of the nosegay race. 
Chunder Sen (E. G. Henderson) Habit vigorous; leaves 
lobed, with narrow vandyked zone ; flowers very bright orange- 
scarlet, fine. 
Br. Livingstone (Carter) Of moderately vigorous habit; 
leaves flat, broad, with a medium zone; flowers very bright 
scarlet, large, and of fine quality. 
Bon Giovanni (W. Paul) Of free habit ; leaves with broad, 
darkish zone ; flowers scarlet with white eye, of fine form and 
high quality. 
Forest Hill Nosegay (Downie & Co.) A. most exquisite 
variety, of free dwarfish compact habit, with the leaves lobed 
and faintly zonate ; flowers abundant in large trusses, rosy- 
salmon, paler down the centre of the petals. 
Of other sorts which were considered as meritorious, the fol- 
lowing deserve to be particularly mentioned : — Warrior, Punch, 
Excellent, Vesuvius, Jean Sisley, Lucius, Bayard, Soleil, and 
Waltham Seedling, all well-known varieties, were regarded as 
standard sorts of their respective colours and habits. A few others 
which appeared good may be briefly noticed : — 
