IL :dloi‘al G[uitle, 
DOUBLE ANTIRRHINUMS. 
34. MALSHANGER SEEDLING — Dark ro«v red, suffused purple, yellow centre, vigorous 
growth. 
Ageratums. 
^|TRANGK us it muy njipeiir, these plants have been lifted hiKher and brought nearer to 
'(£ perfeetion every year; their height averages from 4 to 14 inches. 
NEW VARIETIES. 
COPE’S GEM— Rich porcelain bine, Grf. | ENFANT DE PARIS— Deep bine, dwarf, Is. 
WHITE CAP — Flowers of the purest white, (><J. 
CANNKLI.’s UWAMF AOERATUM. 
Of/, each ; 4s. ])er doz. ; lO.v. per 100. 
1. BIJOU — Somewhat taller than Ccni- 
ne/l's Dwarf, flowers produced more above 
the foliage. 
2. CANNELL'S DWARF- Never ex- 
ceeding ii inches in height, and one mass of 
bloom all the season ; for pot work it is 
eipially valuable. Of/, each; 4s. per doz.; 
20s. j>er 100; A])ril, 10s. per 100. 
3. IMPROVEMENT— rrodueing fine 
large trns.ses of a deep blue colour. 
4. PERLE BLANCHE— A fine improve- 
ment on the existing whites; dwarf and eom- 
pnet habit, the best white. 
:'). PERLE BLEUE — Good strong habit, 
hut compact, and producing large truases of a 
bright blue ; distinct. 
0. SWANLEY BLUE — Never attains more than 6 or 8 inches in height, Of/, each ; 4.s. per doz. ; 
20s. per 100; April, lG.s. per 100. 
All those not priced, Ot/. each ; 3s. per doz. Rooted little plants. Is. Of/, per dozen. 
Seeds, Or/, per pticket. 
Mr. C. Nevii.i.e, Lower Sprothro', near Doncaster, Yorkshire, Afay 31.s't, 1887. 
Y'oiir Clematis are iloing admirably. I am very much ])leused with them. 
Mr. .1. Ski.wav, Updown Park, Sandwich, ./wjif! 4M, 1887. 
15egonia.s came to hand in first-class condition. 
Mr. .John Ai'lin, The Gardeiif!, Ilasficld Court, near Gloucester, April 2ath, 1887. 
Plants arrived safe. I find them strong and healthy. Many thanks. 
E. Dei.ataste, Esfp, AVoodford, St. Breladc's, .Jersey. 
Owing to fro,sty weather, and consequent difficulty of locomotion, I only received the hamper ot 
plants this morning. They were so beautifully packed that nothing suffered. Kindly send your 
account; 
Ballymena, Ireland, January, 1887. 
The civility of your communication seems to me congenial with the character of your employment, 
the atmosphere and operations connected with a garden ap|)earing somehow to exercise a kindly 
genial influence on those engaged in them. In my drudgery here, in teaching hoys what 
Xenophon and Virgil wrote some two thousand years ago on planting, sowing, &c., I see some 
evidence of such a tone among gar eners of tlie olilcn time ; and to meet with such fresher illustration 
of the prmciiile as is furnished in this recent note of yours aflonls a pleasure worthy of due aeknow- 
ledgmcut on the part of yours faithfully, Rouekt Kino. 
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