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22. New Improved Dwarf Pyramidal (Dippe Bros.)* Of 4 colours. 
A good selection. 
23. BoUze's Miniature Bouquet Pyramidal (Haage & Schmidt). 
Of 12 colours. Inferior. 
G. Shakespeare. 
A very dwarf, very early dowering form of the Bouquet Aster ; 
the plants from 4 to 6 inches in height, forming a mere tuft of 
small flowers of no merit excepting earliness. 
24. Shakespeare (E. G. Henderson & Son). Of 6 colours. Avery 
good selection. 
25. Shakespeare (Haage & Schmidt). Of 12 colours. Yery 
inferior. 
26. Reine Marguerite, very dwarf (Yilmorin). Of 6 colours. 
Average. 
H. Heine Marguerite Anemone (Yilmorin). 10 colours. 
This proved a mixture of Chrysanthemum, Paeony-flowered, and 
Quilled Aster. Yery inferior. 
I. German Asters, new French varieties (Carter & Co.). 24 colours. 
A very excellent mixture of Chrysanthemum and Paeony- 
Howered. 
J. Honeycomb. 
Plants of medium growth; flowers large, Hattish, the petal 
tubular at base, but flat tipped, and resting quite close on each 
other; very distinct. 
27. Victoria (E. G. Henderson & Son). Of 2 colours, carmine- 
rose and crimson. Yery fine. 
K. Heedle or Hedgehog. 
Plants of medium growth; 15 to 18 inches; free flowering. 
Flowers large, flat; the petals tubular and close pointed. Yery 
distinct in appearance. 
28. Victoria Hedgehog (Benary). Of 3 colours. Good. 
29. Victoria Quilled (Wheeler & Son). Carmine-rose. Yery fine. 
L. Quilled Asters. 
Plants of rather tall straggling growth, from 2 to 2^ feet in 
