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SPECIALITIES. 
SEED FROM PRIZE STRAINS 
OF 
FLOEIST FLOWERS. 
23. CINERARIA, extra choice mixed. — Saved from a colleqtion unsurpassed 
for richness and variety of colour, perfection of form, and excellence of habit. Is. ^d. 
and 2s. 6d. per packet. 
From Hr. Kobert Simpson, The Gardens, 
Fillmore Hall, Croft. 
“Your Cineraria is an excellent strain.” 
From Mr. W. Wynn, 
Gardener to J. R. Lowe, Esq., Stamford. 
“ Your .strain of Cineraria has been exceedingly 
fine with me this season, the fiowers have been 
rich in colour, varied, and remarkably large.” 
From Mr. H. A. Cuament, The Gardens, 
NnnthoriK Hall, Northallerton. 
“ The Cinerarias from your seed were very good, 
and much admired for their variety of colour and 
size of bloom. ” 
From Mr. D. Kemp, 
Gardener to J. Dalrympee, Esip, Galashiels. 
“The Cineraria seed whioh you sent me last, 
year has given great satisfaction, the jdants have 
been admired by all who have seen them.” 
From Mr. J. Hanson, T/k Gardens, Grey Towers, 
Norihallerlon. 
“The Cineraria seed I had from you was a. 
really good strain.” 
From Fix. H. Hodge, Seedsman, A-c., St. Austell. 
“ I can speak in the highest terms of the good 
([uality of your Cineraria, Primula, and Calceo- 
laria ; I have grown them in my own Nrusery, 
and should not desire better.” 
24 BALSAM, CAMELLIA-FLOWERED. — Fine double, mixed, a splendid 
strain, bearing full double flowers of great substance, with petals over-lapped like a 
Camellia ; the mixture may be expected to produce all the brilliant seifs and exquisitely 
mottled and striped vai-ieties usually found in this favourite plant. The following- 
unsolicited evidences of merit are taken from numbers that are constantly received. 
Is. per packet. 
From H. W. New'ton, Esq., Calcutta. 
“The Balsam seed I received from you lastye.ar 
germinated freely ; the blooms were simidy mag- 
nificent, and w'ere much admired. ” 
From Mr. William Gow, Gardener to The 
Dowager Countess oe Seafield, Elgin, NJ3- 
“ Your Balsams were very fine, bearing large- 
full double flowers like a rose. ” 
From The lit. Hon. The Dow-ager Countess of Kingston. 
“ I have splendid Balsams, the third set of flowers from seed you sent me ; pray send mo some more- 
fca- next year for the flowers are magnificent.” 
25 CYCLAMEN PERSICUM, extra choice mixed.— This may be expected 
to produce 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. 6d, and 2s. 6d. per packet. 
20 PANSY, FANCY, extra choice mixed. — From 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. 
27 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 Home, Faversham. 
“ My Pansies from the seed you sent me turned out first-class.” 
28 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. £d, 
per packet. 
F^-om Mr. G. Cottam, The Gardens, Cottingham Grange, Hull, 
“ Your Petunias are a very fine strain, the best I ever had,” 
