SPECIALITIES FOR 1892, offerkd by AVILLIAM BULL, F.L.S. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM CARINATUM FL. PL 
NEW DOUBLE HYBRIDS. 
GODETIA, 
WHITE PEARL. 
(CENTAUREA CYANUS FL. PL.) 
Several years of careful selection have resulted in pro- 
ducing and fixing double-flowering forms of this most 
useful and ornamental Annual. The flowers in form 
may be compared to those of “ Goillardia Zorenziana," 
and form masses of bloom of great beauty. For garden ’ 
decoration and cutting these pretty double Cornflowers 
will be found very useful. From 60 to 70 per cent, of [ 
doubles will be obtained from the seed offered, and they 
will comprise not only the well-known colours of the [ 
single sorts, such as white, light blue, rose, brick-red, ’ 
purple, &c., but in addition many perfectly new and . 
beautiful shades and stripes. ’ 
Per packet, 6rf. • 
Price, 1«. per packet. 
This valuable and most unique novelty has resulted 
from carefully hybridizing and selecting for several 
years the semi-double varieties of this useful annual 
already existing, until a high degree of doubleness has 
been attained. They are extremely variable. Some are 
pure white, yellow, or crimson, but the prevailing types 
are bronzy yellow, the florets tinged ivith red or lilac- 
rose, the imbricated ray florets beautifully penoUled, 
others have rich crim.son centres with clear yellow 
guard petals. Although mostly very double, there wiU 
still be an occasional semi-double or even single, but 
these are almost equally charming. The Horticultural 
Press have given most favourable comments respecting 
this novelty — see all the leading Gardening Papers of 
August 9th, 1890. Amongst others, the Journal of 
Horticulture gave a full page engraving and complete 
description of them, whil.st the Gardeners' Chronicle, 
The Garden, and The Gardening IVorld — the latter of 
August 16th — gave most favourable reviews. The seed 
is now offered in fine.st mixture. Is. per packet. 
NEW DOUBLE-FLOWERED 
CORNFLOWER. 
A new pure white dwarf variety, reproducing 
itself true from seed. Its individual flowers are not 
quite so large as those of the variety Duchess of 
Albany, but equally as pretty, and of the same 
satiny wliite. On account of its very regular and 
compact growth, it is admirably adapted for planting 
in beds and ribbon borders. 
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