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On Dahlias. 



through crimson or scarlet, no pale flowers which may not 

 be arranged under lilac, have come under my notice, so that 

 true roses and pinks are still wanting. 



The following is the arrangement of the sections, which 

 includes all the varieties herein described.* 



1. White. 



2. Lilac. 



3. Light purple. 



4. Dark purple. 



5. Morone, or Dark purplish crimson. 



6. Bright purplish crimson. 



7. Light crimson. 



8. Deep scarlet, or Blood red. 



9. Pure scarlet. 



10. Orange. 



11. Buff. 



12. Yellow. 



In the accounts of the first production of the different 

 varieties hereafter described, I have been necessarily very 

 brief. The seedlings raised by Mr. Wells and Mr. Douglas, 

 are marked by having their respective names prefixed ; and 

 the same plan is also followed with all the varieties raised in 

 British gardens, where the first grower is known, or where 

 their origin is not otherwise designated by their name. Of 

 the history of those received from Mr. Van Eeden I am 

 uninformed ; any inquiry in order to obtain full information 



• In selecting the sorts, whenever a section was found to be numerous, all the 

 inferior flowers belonging to it were scrupulously rejected, and where inferior 

 flowers have been retained in other sections, it is for want of better kinds 

 in them. 



