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MISCELLANEOUS FLOWEEING PLANTS AT WISLEY, 1912. 

 Antierhinum. 



Choice Mixed (Forbes). — A dwarf, compact strain, bearing large 

 flowers of various colours, including deep crimson, orange-scarlet, pink, 

 and yellow. 



Aquilegia. 

 ' Uppingham Eed ' (Barr). — Growing on. 



Aster (Michaelmas Daisy). 



' Corona ' (Ballard). — A good grower, reaching the height of 4| feet. 

 Flowers 1^ inch across, hehotrope, semi-double, disc deep golden 

 yellow. A vigorous grower and a profuse bloomer. 



* Fairy ' (Ballard). — Height 5^ feet. Flowers 1 inch across, pale 

 heliotrope tinged with bright violet-purple ; rays very narrow ; disc pale 

 and small. A charming variety of very free-flowering and strong- 

 growing habit. 



' Moonlight ' (Ballard). — A splendid variety, growing 4^-5 feet high. 

 Flowers 2 inches across, ageratum blue ; disc pale. This is probably 

 one of the most effective varieties yet raised. It is a good strong grower. 



' Eosy Morn ' (Ballard). — Height 4^ feet. Flowers 1^ inch 

 across, purphsh-mauve ; disc small, deep golden yellow. A very 

 charming variety, of good and vigorous habit. 



* Saturn ' (Ballard). — A strong grower, reaching the height of 

 feet. Flowers If inch across, of a lovely pale shade of bright 



violet ; disc large, deep golden yellow. 



Aster (Callistephus). 



Branching Shell Pink (Veitch). — See vol. xxxvii. p. 558. 



sinensis ' Unicum ' (North Eow). — A mixed strain of double and 

 single varieties, ranging in colour from white to pink, crimson, and 

 dark blue. 



' White Apollo ' (E. Veitch). — A good double w^hite variety of 

 medium size. Height 18 inches. 



Brachycome. 



iheridifolia ' Purple King ' (Veitch).' — See vol. xxxvii. p. 558. 

 Campanula. 



Loefiingii (Barr). — A charming little half-hardy annual, growing 

 1 foot high. The stem is sharply angled and covered with stiff white 

 hairs. The leaves are small, ovate-lanceolate, crenate, roundly cordate 

 at the base, and have both surfaces hairy. The flowers, which measure 

 nearly 1 inch across, are of a lovely violet-purple colour, and have a 

 prominent pale yellow^ stigma. 



