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NEW 
HYBEID COCKSCOMBS. 
The many hnnilreds who hononred 
us with a visit last summer will 
acknowledge that one of our 100- 
feot houses, filled with Coekscomhs, 
contained the most magnificent lot 
of this family ever seen in Eng- 
land, perhaps in the world. Hither- 
to, one or two colours has been the 
extent of the varieties, whereas we 
have now a dozen distinct colours. 
All are of rich satiny colour, such 
as bring forth the expression, “Had 
I not seen these I could not have 
believed they would have caused 
such a glare.” Many had perfectly 
arched heads more than 2 feet 
over, and every seed is from those 
which had combs quite equal to the 
engraving. Mixed, 2s. Gd. per pkt. 
o.A. SWANLEY DWARF — Intense 
crimson. The best for market purposes, only 
averaging 6 to 0 inches high. Is. 6d. per pkt. 
o.A. OLASaOW PRIZE— Is. Gel. per pkt. 
o.A. EMPRESS — Very tall, but colours 
most brilliant, and grow to an immense size. 
Is. per pkt. 
Ii.n.p. CLIANTHTJS DAMPIERI (The 
Glory Pea of Australia)— This flower once seen 
can never bo effaced from the memory— the 
memory may he from the flower. It at once 
makes it clear that it is a flower of the greatest 
possible beauty, and so it is. No lover of flowers 
should rest content until he has either seen or 
grown this, the most brilliant of the Australian 
plants. True, it is rather dillicnlt to grow, like 
many other plants, but if seed is sown in April, 
in heat, after attaining the height of three inches, 
exposed to all the light and sun in a temperature 
of GO to 70°, and well looked after, it will cause 
such a furore in the neighbourhood that it 
would be difficult to restrain people from 
coming to sec. It likes rather poor gravelly 
or sandy soil. Seeds should be soaked in water 
till they swell, and then be covered with a 
quarter of an inch or less of sandy soil, and 
pressed down with the hand. It is always best 
to sow where it is wanted to grow, as the young 
plants do not like being shifted. Is. per pkt. 
COLLOMIA COCCINEA. 
II.A. COLLOMIA COCCINEA 
worts)— Scarlet ; blooms in July. Sow the seed 
either in the spring or autumn. Sd. per pkt. 
