S>. dki\r|ell & oi‘iil Gcuide. 
! LOUISE PYNAERT — Double whiteftowers; 
very large. 
MADAME AUGUSTE VAN GEERT— 
Flowers crimson, broadly margined with white, 
and blotched maroon. 
MADAME JEAN DE KNEEP — Largo 
double flowers, pure white. 
MADAME PAUL DE SCHRIJVER — 
Lively violet-rose, camellia-formed. 
MADAME J. WOLF — Large flowers, double 
white, flaked red. 
*MADAME C. VAN LANGENOVE — 
White, striped and stained red ; a fine variety. 
*MADAME VAN DER CRUYSSEN— Rose, 
deep spot on upper petals. 
MADAME VAN HOUTTE— Bright rosy 
salmon, edged pure white, dark blotch on upper 
petals. 
M^iMOIRE DE LOUIS VAN HOUTTE 
— Double, intense rose, with airmine blotches. 
MDLLE. BERTHA PRCEBEL — Pure 
satiny white. 
MfaLLE. LOUISE DE KERCHOVE— 
Flesh colour, edged white, l>lotched maroon. 
MRS. TURNER — Bright pink, margined 
white ; free and fine. 
NARCISS./EPLORA — Earliest white variety, 
double ; excellent for bouquets. 
NEIGE ET CERISE — Large snow-white 
flower, striped and blotched cherry-red. 
*NIOBE — Double, ivory-white, large flowers. 
OBEREST VON KUTZINSKY— Brilliant 
PROSERPINA — Rich rose colour. 
PUNCTULATA — Creamy white, striped 
vermilion and scarlet; and spotted with dark 
maroon. 
‘RAPHAEL — Double, white; useful for 
forcing. 
REGIERUNGSRATH VON ESCHWEGE 
— Double, rich rose ; very distinct. 
REINE DE PORTUGAL — Pure double 
white. 
REINE DES ROSES — Beautiful bright 
rose, deeply spotted. 
ROI LEOPOLD — Rich glossy crimson ; fine 
form. 
ROSA BONHEUR — Double white; very 
free. 
'ROI DE HOLLANDE — Orange, saffron 
blotch. 
♦SIGISMUND RUCKER— Rosy pink, bor- 
dered white, dark blotch ; very fine. 
* SIMON MARDNER — Double, intense rose ; 
free. 
SOUVENIR DU PRINCE ALBERT— 
Warm rose, white margin and stripes ; double ; 
showy. 
THEODORE REIMERS — Double magenta ; 
an excellent variety. 
'VERSICOLOR — White, striped and spotted 
carmine. 
•VERVAENEANA— Very fine double rose 
flower, edged with white, of exquisite form and 
scarlet ; double. substance ; a very showy variety. 
Prices, as per sizes, 2s. Gd., 3s. Gd., and 5s. each. 
Those marked with a • will be found amongst the most useful kinds. 
HARDY GHENT AZALEAS. 24s. and 30s. per doz. 
AZALEA MOLLIS — In variety. 18s., 24s., and 30s. per doz. 
RHODODENDRONS — Best whites, scarlets, &c., unusually well set with bloom buds. 
24s., 30s., 40s., and 60s. per doz. 
CANNELL & SONS’ SYSTEM OF GERMINATION OF SEEDS. 
CERTAIN, SIMPLE, AND THE CORRECT MODE OF RAISING PLANTS FROM SEED. 
'WORTH TO THE WORLD MANY THOUSANDS OF POUNDS. 
S OW your seeds in the usual way, only cover up and keep in total darkness until they begin to 
peep above the soil, then gently and gradually expose them to the light. This is so feasible, 
that every sensible person will at once and for ever ailopt it, and the success of all good seed ivill 
follow, and become a lasting practice and benefit. For years past excellent treatises have been ^written, 
practical men have adopted shading their seed-pans with paper, and others with a glass vessel of 
water, various coloured glass, &c., all of which but slightly approach this system, and why it has 
not become a general practice long since we are wholly at a loss to say. The advantage and success 
of this system is so apparent, that it only requires to be once known to become universjilly adopted. 
First, when a frame, pot, or pan is covered completely, it ensures one uniform moisture and tempera- 
ture ; consequently every seed possessing the merest life will be sure to grow, and also save that 
continual watching — so necessary in the old style — and lessen to a minimum the anxiety of raising 
valuable seed. The nearer out-door sown seeds are treated like this the better. 
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