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Annals of Hortictdture. 



Mezard, purple, spotted white ; Mme. Camille Richard, sal- 

 mon rose ; M. Ed. Andr6, bronze ; M. C. A. Carri6re, white, 

 perfect shape, very large ; Shasta, pure white, with narrow in- 

 curving petals ; Ramona, golden yellow, same type as above ; 

 Bohemia, mahogany red, reflexed, solid flower ; John Lane, 

 silvery pink, large and good ; Crown Prince, bronze and gold ; 

 Mrs. J. K. Emlen, crimson and bronze; Paeony, purple red 

 with strap-like petals ; Mistletoe, silvery blush and purple 

 'crimson, incurved and very distinct ; Emily Dorner, bronze 

 with whorled petals, large ; Emily Rieman, soft pink, shaded 

 white, fair size ; Mrs. W. H. Trotter, a peculiar flower, part 

 incurved and part reflexed, pink and silver; El Dorado, in- 

 tense gold color, incurved ; Adirondack, white, reflexed, fine ; 

 Lady Selkirk, pearly white, incurved ; Mrs. DeWitt Smith, 

 blush pink and silver, large and fine ; Zenobia, very large, re- 

 flexed and whorled, white ; Elliott F. Shepard, paper yellow ; 

 London Humphrey, pink, large, distinct ; Mrs. Ley, white, 

 like Domination, with pink shadings ; Lemonade, bright 

 lemon, early ; Cypiere, rose and white ; Mme. Ed. Rey, cur- 

 rant-red ; Perle Poitevine, white ; Exposition de Triomphe 

 de Marsielles, buff ; Comte de Monstic, red; M. H. Payne, 

 flame red ; M. Bernard, amaranth; M. Paukouski, anemone, 

 bronze ; Sabine, anemone, lemon and white ; Nelson, ama- 

 ranth, anemone ; Veil d' Or, gold ; M. Garnar, gold ; Mad. 

 Baco, rose-pink ; Claude Sahut, blush, tubular ; Alcyon, solid 

 rose-pink ; Mme. L. Leroy, pure white. 



Here are 20 American seedlings, 8 Japanese importations, 

 6 English varieties and 19 French kinds — a total of 43, and all 

 meritorious. 



Of the new seedlings which have been shown at our exhi- 

 bitions or have come under my notice, the following promise 

 to be most valuable acquisitions : Ada Spaulding, a large and 

 fine globe-shaped Japanese of sturdy habit, silvery white and 

 blush-rose, beautiful ; Grove P. Rawson, buff and apricot, 

 new color, very fine ; Henry Elkins Widener, clear golden 

 yellow, excellent ; Mrs. Thos. A. Edison, incurved, pink, 

 silvery, reflexed, distinct ; Cyclone, an immense white flower 

 of a new shape ; E. G. Hill, rich chrome and bronze, flowers 

 of fine shape, reflexed and full ; Rosebank Gem, large flower, 

 pink and white, distinct shape ; Peculiarity, a variety with 

 tube petals, distinct pouch-like, notched and toothed at the 



