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NOVELTIES AND SPECIALITIES. 
SEED FROM PRIZE STRAINS 
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FLORIST FLOWERS. 
30 CINERARIA, extra choice mixed. — Saved from a collection unsurpassed 
for richness and variety of colour, perfection of form, and excellence of habit. Is. Qd. 
and 2s. 6d. per packet. 
From Mr. Robert Simpson, The Gardens, 
Pilmore Hall, Croft. 
“\our Cineraria is an excellent strain.” 
F)-om Mr. W. Wynn, 
Gardener to J. R, Lowe, Esq., Stamfm-d. 
** Vonr strain of Cineraria has been exceedingly 
fine with me this season, the flowers have been 
rich in colour, vaiied, and remarkably large.” 
From Mr. D. Kemp, 
Gardener to J. Dalrympi.e, Esq., Galashiels. 
“The Cineraria seed which you sent me last 
ear has given gi-eat satisfaction, the jdants have 
een admired by all who have seen them.” 
From Mr. J. Hanson, The Gardens, Grey Towers, 
Northallerton. 
“The Cineraria seed I had from you was a 
really good strain. ” 
31 BALSAM, CAMELLIA-PLO W HIRED. — Pine double, mixed, a splendid 
^rain, bearing full double flowers of great substance, with petals over-lapped like a 
Camellia ; the mixture may bo expected to produce all the brilliant seifs and exquisitely 
mottled and striped varieties usually found in this favourite plant. The seed ofiered 
has been especially selected and saved by a celebrated grower for Mr. W. B. for 
several years past. The following unsolicited evidences of merit are taken from 
numbers that are constantly received. Is. per packet. 
From H. W. Newton, Esq., Calcutta. 
‘ ‘ The Balsam seed I received from you last year 
genninated freely ; the blooms were simply mag- 
nificent, and were much admired.” 
From Mr. William Gow, Gardener to The 
Dowager Countess of Seafield, Elgin, N.B. 
“Your Balsams were very fine, bearing large 
full double flowers like a rose. ” 
"^2 COOKSOOMB (Glasgow Prize). — Saved from ono of the finest strains in 
cultivation, having been awarded numerous prizes. This well'known and beautiful 
tender annual is of a highly decorative character, equally valuable for conservatory, 
sitting room, or flower garden. Is. per packet. 
p^33 CYCLAMEN PERSICUM, extra choice mixed. — This may be expected 
to produce the largest feathered and all the best varieties peculiar to this family ; the 
colours of the flowers, embracing pink, carmine, blush, rose, and purple, together with 
the mottled and striped flowers so rarely to be met with. Is. Qd. and 2s. 6cZ. per 
packet. 
PANSY, FANCY, extra choice mixed. — Prom a collection of the most 
distinctly blotched, flamed, striped, and fantastically coloured varieties in cultivation. 
This strain can be highly recommended. Is. 6d. per packet. 
35 PANSY, SHOW, extra choice mixed. — Saved from one of the finest 
collections of named flowers in England. Is. 6d. per packet. 
From Mr. E. Wharton, The Gardens, Ospringe House, Faversham. 
“ My Pansies from the seed you sent me turned out first-class.” 
)^36 PETUNIA, extra choice hybridised. — Saved from the best and most 
distinct flowers. This seed will produce the beautifully striped, maculated, and 
reticulated varieties, for which Mr. William Bull’s collection is so famous. Is. 6d. 
per packet. 
From Mr. G. Cottam, The Gardens, Cottingham Grange, Hull. 
“ Your Petunias are a very fine strain, the best I ever had. ” 
