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GREENHOUSE VA RIETIES— continued. 
MINIATURE POMPONS FOR POT CULTURE. 
Golden West. — A charming little flower, with shapely button-like 
pompons of a golden-yellow colour. 
Katie Manning. — A charming little flower ; colour, rosy-bronze ; ideal. 
Model of Perfection. — Rosy lilac blossoms of neat, globular form ; 
November ; dwarf habit ; free flowering. 
Primrose League. — Lovely primrose-coloured sport from Snowdrop ; 
in other respects similar to the parent variety ; late November and 
December. 
Pygmalion. — Deep rose flowers of pretty form ; still worth growing and 
much valued by many. 
Snowdrop — Pure white flowers of dainty form ; free-flowering; very 
small ; beautiful in sprays ; late ; height, 3 feet. 
The Baby. — One of the most minute of all smill-flowering pompons ; 
the blossoms, which are borne in pretty little sprays, varying in size 
from half-an-inch to three-quarters in diameter ; colour, yellow ; 
dwarf ; late November and early December. 
Victorine. — A small dark-brown flower ; useful for decoration. 
POMPON VARIETIES FOR POTS. 
*Harry Hicks. — Larger than most pompons, should be grown freely and 
partially disbudded ; colour, soft pink ; nice shape ; dwarf habit. 
Mdlle. Elise Dordan. — Very neat, full globular form ; colour, soft 
lilac-pink ; late October ; free-flowering ; good habit. 
Mrs. Bateman. — A useful orange-brown variety of easy culture ; must 
be partially disbudded. 
Nellie Ralnford. — Buff-yellow sport from Rosinante ; disbud. 
Prince of Orange. — Light amber-orange ; good form. 
Rose Trevenna. — Very free-flowering, excellent for pot culture ; 
colour, rose ; dwarf habit. 
Rosinante. — Beautiful blush-rose ; dwarf and fine; disbud. 
Rubra Perfecta. — Dark crimson ; rather large and late ; disbud. 
•William Sabey. — This is a profuse-blooming, rich yellow flower ; 
sometimes good outdoors ; November. 
William Westlake. — One of the best pure yellow pompons in cultiva- 
tion ; should be disbudded ; November. 
Yellow Gem. — Pretty little bushy plant, bearing fimbriated flowers of 
good form ; colour, dull yellow ; late October. 
EARLY-FLOWERING POMPONS. 
“Alice Butcher. — Orange-red; height, 2| feet ; October; sport from 
Lyon ; one of the best. 
•Anastasia. — Light purple; height, i foot; September and October; 
dwarf and compact. 
Blanche Colomb. — Creamy white ; height, 2 feet ; September; very 
free ; fine habit. 
