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* Late BrancHing Pure White ' (Dreer). — A large pure white Aste^'^''^ 

 borne on branching plants growing about 2 feet tall. 



'Late Branching Eose Pink' (Dreer). — A tall branching varietj| pn 

 with large rosy-lilac flowers with a tinge of white in the centre. 



' Late Branching Shell Pink ' (Dreer). — A pale pink variety oj 

 large size. Plants of branching habit and about 2 feet high. I 



'"Violet King ' (Dreer). — An excellent variety having deep violel 

 flowers of large size. The plants are very tall and branched. 



'White Fleece' (Dreer). — A free flowering small white Aster 

 medium height and branching habit. 



Begonia. • 



' Allnutt's strain ' (Allnutt). — An exceptionally fine strain c 

 tuberous rooted Begonias with large flowers often measuring 7 inehe 

 across. The colours vary from pure white to deep scarlet and includ 

 good yellows and many delicate shades of salmon and rose-pink. Th 

 foliage is large and healthy and often handsomely marked. Th 

 plants are very free-flowering and many of them have double flowers.] 



' Scented Double ' (White). — A delicate salmon pink, doubkj 

 tuberous rooted Begonia with large handsome flowers havin 

 delicious scent which is more pronounced in the early morning. Tb 

 plant iis free-flov/ering and robust in habit. 



Brachycome. 



iberidifolia ' Purple King ' (Veitch). — A charming dwarf pla 

 about 8 inches high bearing small deep violet blue flowers with a dai 

 centre. The flowers are f inch across and resemble those of tl 

 Cineraria in shape. The leaves are pinnate with linear segments. 



Calceolaria. 



' Buttercup ' (Veitch). ^ — A very graceful free-flowering hyb 

 Calceolaria having Aureoline or Buttercup-yellow flowers spotted wi, 

 fcrownish red. It is said to be a cross between C. ' Golden Glor^j 

 and C. Clibranii and grows from 1^ to 2 feet tall. j 



Candytuft. ! 



'Deal's Snowflake No. 1.' (Deal). — A pure w^hite very free-flow^'- 

 ing variety. The size of the heads of bloom varied somewhat. 



'Deal's Snowflake No. 2.' (Deal). — This variety was very simil: 

 to the preceding except that the heads of bloom were more uniform 'i 

 size. 



' Empress White ' (Bell and Bieberstedt). — An exceptionally lai? 

 and useful pure white variety of very free-flowering habit. \ 



' Giant Plyacinth flowered ' (Veitch). — ^Another excellent whi3 

 variety of very free-flowering habit. 



Clarkia. ' j 



clegavs fl. pi. 'Brilliant' (Veitch). — A most useful .annual havig 

 double rosy-pink flowers borne in the axils of the leaves on spikes 2 3 



