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few more petals would be decidedly an advantage and improve¬ 
ment, but altogether it is really Nulli secundus. 
Sharpes Invincible. Another ex. ex. flower, with more stuff 
than the last-named. Though perhaps not quite equalling it in 
other respects, still a desirable variety. 
PURPLE-EDGED, LIGHT. 
JBrinklow's Purple Perfection . A first-rate flower. Mr. 
Dickson says, the best in its class, and he is no mean authority. 
The pod is rather short, but the flower altogether is a first- 
rater. 
Brinklow’s Lady Chesterfield. A very pretty flower; the 
edging very light and delicate, the white pure, and shape good. 
Its habit is rather delicate, but a most desirable variety in other 
respects. 
Giddens Vespasian. Another most excellent flower, de¬ 
serving of a place in the smallest collection, possessing nearly 
every property of a first-rate flower. 
Johns Prince Albert. Decidedly, to my taste, the best in its 
class I have yet seen. The edging is not very light, the shape 
is good, the white beautifully pure — habit good, and altogether 
a superb flower. 
Wilson’s Pluperfect. An old flower, but a good one; the 
edging light and delicate, white good, rather difficult to in¬ 
crease, as its habit is not robust. 
Wood's Lord Hinchinbrook. A good variety, well worth 
growing, pod good, white pure, shape ex. 
ROSE-EDGED, HEAVY. 
Greens Queen Victoria. This, and the two varieties next 
named, are most beautiful flowers possessing most of the qua¬ 
lities desired to constitute a first-rate flower. They are sorts 
that, no one who grows this (to my mind the most beautiful of all 
the classes of picotees) class, can possibly do without. The 
one first named is, however, decidedly the best of the lot, and 
nothing in the whole range of picotees can exceed a well- 
bloomed, clean-grown flower of Green’s Queen Victoria. 
Kirtland's Squire Annesley. Another most beautiful flower; 
its growth is its only fault, and that arising from its great 
luxuriance. 
