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were well covered with another crop of flowers. The following 
sorts were selected as being worth another trial : — 
Alpha (Dicksons). Purple, with dark eye. 
A. F. Barroti (Cocker). Pale blue. 
Blue l^erjection (R. Dean). Not an early sort, but one "which mixes 
well with Pelargoniums. 
Blue King (R. Dean). Good habit ; lilac-blue, with black eye. 
Blue Gem Tom Thumb (R. Dean). A neat round flower, of a pale 
blue colour. 
Blue Bedder (R. Dean). Free and good, deep blue-lilac, nearly the 
colour of Imperial Blue. 
Blue King (Dicksons). Neat habit ; blue-lilac, with dark eye. 
Bismarck (Cocker). Dark purple. 
Bedfont Yellow CR. Dean). A strong-growing sort, with the flowers 
bright yellow. 
Concord (Cocker). Purple, with dark eye. 
Chiswick White (R.H.S.) A large pure white of good habit, the 
flowers free and sweet. 
Delicata (R. Dean). White, with stained upper petals and dark eye. 
Dicksons' White Bedder (Dicksons). Yellowish-white, veiny. 
Dickons^ Snowjiake (Dicksons). A narrow-leaved sort, with small 
white flowers and a radiating eye. 
Duchess of Edinburgh (Cocker). White, yellow, and buff. 
Eyebright (Dicksons). Out of condition. 
Ella Sheppard (Kerr). White and purple. 
Fireman (Cocker). White, yellow, and buff". 
Imperial Blue (R. Dean). Deep blue-lilac, with black eye. 
In Memoriam (Dicksons). Dark rich purple. 
Lothair (R. Dean). Rich violet-purple self. 
Lutea Grandijlora estland). Yellow ; good. 
Major (Cocker). Pale blue-purple. 
Magnificent (R. Dean). Dark purple ; a darker shade than blue 
Perfection. 
Magpie (R. Dean). Dark mulbery-purple, with white tips. 
Miss Annie (Cocker). White, with rich dark eye ; neat. 
Monarch (Dicksons). Dark purple, with dark eye. 
Nickie (Cocker). Lilac-blue, with dark eye. 
Pride of Rufford (R. Dean). Pale yellow, with dark eye ; considered 
to be too late a bloomer. 
Primrose Queen (R. Dean). Pale sulphur yellow. 
Profession (R. Dean). Yellow and purple. 
Profusa (Cocker). Blue-lilac. 
Princess Teck (R. Dean). Light lilac or lavender, with white centre ; 
free and early. 
Purple King (Dicksons). Dark purple. 
Queen of Lilacs (Dicksons). Rosy-lilac, compact and erect in habit ; 
pretty in summer. 
Regina (Dicksons). Not in condition. 
Sovereign (Dicksons). Early and of good habit ; bright deep yellow, 
with radiate eye. 
Snowfiake (R. Dean). White, with radiate eye ; similar to Lilywhite 
Tom Thumb, but rather larger. 
Stricta alba (Dicksons). White ; not an early bloomer. 
