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of upright habit ; Lady Nina Balfour, flesh, rich clove scent, 
and one of the best of all Carnations. 
Bose and pink. — Midas, very fine, soft and shell-like ; 
Ketton Rose ; Valkyrie, salmony rose ; Sadek, deep rose, 
extra fine ; Queen Anne, light rose ; Duchess of Fife, soft 
rosy clove ; Waverley, deep pink, late-flowering. 
Bed. — Oriflamme, light scarlet; Haye's scarlet; Lady 
Audrey Buller, fiery scarlet, perhaps the finest in this class ; 
Alene Neuman ; and Duke of Hamilton, flamed. 
Crimson. — Crimson Pearl, extra free and fine ; Mephisto, 
deep shade ; Henry Irving, very dark flower of perfect 
shape ; Uriah Pike. 
Yelloio. — Corunna, clear yellow, extra free, perhaps the 
finest of all for the garden ; Miss Audrey Campbell, very 
soft shade ; Duke of Orleans, gold tint. All of these 
produce very large blooms. Sigurd, The Pasha, and The 
Beau are a trio producing fine flowers in varying shades of 
Apricot. All are fine. 
Among yellow fancies, Agnes Chambers is an excellent 
border variety ; Harlequin, deep yellow, marked with rose and 
crimson, is in every respect a grand kind ; Florrie Henwood is 
also fine ; Cowslip is a still deeper yellow, marked with carmine 
and white ; Primrose League is specially good ; George Cruik- 
shank, deep buff, marked scarlet, is in every respect a magnificent 
variety ; Marigold is of the same type, and I hope may prove 
equally fine ; Jeannie Robertson, somewhat like Harlequin, but 
with a buff ground, is a striking variety. The best purple is 
Foxhall Beauty ; while Raby, with all its faults, is still a 
necessity. There are, of course, many others well worth growing, 
but the above are the choicest in my collection. 
HARDY BAMBOOS. 
By Mr. A. B. Feeeman-Mitfoed, C.B. 
[Read August 13, 1895.] 
When first your Secretary did me the honour of asking me to 
read you a paper on the subject of my favourite plants, I hesi- 
tated for some time before obeying his call. I felt it, however. 
