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Silver Tricolor-Bedding Varieties.

1. Avalanche. -White edge and flowers.

2. Bright Star.--Pure white edge, scarlet flowers.

3. Fair Oriana.-Cream-white edge; flowers white, with salmon

rose centre.

4. Flower of Spring.-White variegation, flowers bright cerise.
5. Mrs. F. Clutton.-White edge, broad bright crimson zone.
6. Snowflake.-Broad white edge, flowers rosy scarlet.

Bicolors, or Bronze and Gold Varieties.

1. Black Douglas.—Gold margin, dark bronze chocolate zone. 2. Chieftain.-Yellow, chocolate red zone.

3. Criterion. --Golden yellow, rich chestnut red zone.

4. Distinction.--Green disc, narrow vandyked zone, margin singuarly crimped and notched.

5. Golden Circle.--Gold, light chocolate zone.

6. Happy Thought.-Leaf white in centre, and green round the outside.

7. Hercules.-Yellow, shaded red and bronze zone.

8. Marshal MacMahon.--Pale yellow, bronze zone.

9. Negro.-Yellow, deep chocolate bronze zone.

10. Princess of Wales.-Yellow ground, vandyked bronzed red

zone.

Variegated Ivy-Leaved Varieties.

1. Bijou.-White variegation, vermilion-carmine flowers.

2. Duke of Edinburgh.-Broad white margin.

3. L'Élégante.-Dark green foliage, with silver edge.

4. Silver Gem.-Silver margin, lilac flowers.

5. Willsii.-Neat erect habit, flowers shaded magenta.

6. Willsii rosea.-Erect growth, rich rose-coloured flowers.

Double-Flowered Varieties.

1. Aline Sisley.—White, small foliage and compact, free flowering. 2. Jewel.-Deep scarlet, very full, Tom Thumb habit.

3. Madame Boutard.—Pale rose, very dwarf.

4. Madame Rendatter.-Pure mauve, very double, large truss.

5. Mr. Gladstone.-Salmon-tinted rose, large flowers.

6. Triomphant.-Brilliant violet, centre leaves striped white.

Double-Flowered Zonale Varieties.

1. Amaranth.-Rosy pink, new and beautiful colour. 2. Corsair.-Brilliant scarlet, fine form.

3. Culford Pink.-Flowers salmon pink, dwarf habit, broad dark

zone.

4. Gloire de Corbency.-Salmon, margined white.

5. Madame Vaucher.-Pure white.

6. Mrs. Hole.-Magenta crimson. 7. President Grévy.-Plum colour.

8. Waltham Seedling.-Red crimson.

Horseshoe-Leaved Scarlets.

Amazon, Baron Hugel, Beauty of Brixton, Bishopstowe, Captivation, Compactum, Lilliput, Martin Gireau, New Globe, Queen of England, Richmond Green, Scarlet Perfection.

Plain-Leaved Scarlets.

Defiance, Frogmore Improved, Punch, Wellington Hero.

GLADIOLI.

1. Baviana.-Orange, feathered violet.

2. Cardinalis.--Bright scarlet, flaked white.
3. Colvilli.-Purplish lilac.

4. Elegantissimus.-Fine rose, spotted.
5. Emicans.-Orange scarlet, feathered.
6. Ernest Maltravers.—Bright salmon.
7. Formosissimus.--Scarlet, flaked white.
8. Hendricus.-Bright rose, shaded lilac.
9. Imperialis.-Purple, splendid striped.
10. Lamartine.-Salmon and carmine.
II. Lindley.-Vermilion scarlet, and violet.
12. Lord Clarendon.-Red, feathered white.
13. Magnificus.-Deep red.

14. Ne Plus Ultra.-Deep rose, blotched white.
15. Ramosus.-Salmon rose, flaked crimson.
16. Sir Joseph Paxton.-Bright rose.
17. Trimaculatus.-Rose, spotted white.
18. Psittacinus.-Yellow and red.

GLOXINIAS.

1. Anneau Cobalt.—White ground, laced with rich blue. 2. Astrea.-Rosy crimson throat, margined with white.

3. Attraction.-Tube and edges pure white, mouth rosy crimson, throat spotted crimson.

4. Aurora.-Tube light, limb dark pink, throat pure white.

5. Beauty.-Pink lobes, pure white mouth, and white throat.

6. Bird of Paradise.-Flowers rosy lilac, throat creamy white, beautifully spotted.

7. Brilliant.-Bright crimson, lobes margined with rose, rich violet throat.

8. Celestial.-Rose lobes, throat encircled with deep violet, base of the tube white.

9. Charles Dickens.-Tube and limb violet, throat rich purple.

Io. Cærulea variegata.—Light porcelain blue, streaked with white. 11. Madame Frederic Siesmeyr.-Tube and throat white, with broad margin of purple.

12. Madame Guillon.-Throat cream-coloured, bordered with rosy spots of carmine.

13. Magenta.-Throat slate, lined with carmine; mouth rose, dotted with magenta; margin white.

14. Most Beautiful.-Tube sulphur, densely spotted with red; richly margined with purple.

15. Pavilion Blanc.—Tube white, and long; margin of throat cream coloured, and spotted with lilac.

16. Peeress.-Rich purple, the lobes margined with blue; base of the throat white, spotted.

HOLLYHOCKS.

1. Alice. Salmon, suffused with deep pink.

2. Anne.-Pink, shaded crimson.

3. Arthur.-Bright, dark red.

4. Clipper.-Pink, shaded with salmon.

5. Coronet. Bright crimson.

6. Cygnet.-Pure white.

7. Dandy.-Dark red, very bright colour.
8. Galatea.-Deep red, very showy.
9. Glory of Walden.-Vermilion scarlet.

10. Harlequin.-Cream white, shaded with purple.
II. Hon. Mrs. Ashley.-Bright rosy pink.

12. King of Purples.—Rich, fine purple. 13. Lord Loughborough.-Salmon pink.

14. Mabel.-Pink, shaded crimson.

15. Miss Reed.—Ivory white, with bright purple base. 16. Miss Turner.-Creamy white.

17. Mrs. Downie.—Salmon rose

18. Nabob.-Light amber, suffused with pink.

19. Tyrian Prince.-Rich purple.

20. Walden Rival.—-Orange and crimson shaded.

HYACINTHS.

Double Show Varieties.

1. Bouquet Royale.-Pink.

2. Grootvorst.-Blush.

3. Alida Catherina.—Deep rose.
4. Waterloo.-Fine crimson.
5. Anna Maria.-White, violet eye.
6. Passe Virgi.—White, pink eye.
7. A la Mode.-White, purple eye.
8. Don Gratuit.-White, yellowish eye.
9. Bloksberg.-Fine light striped.
10. Grande Vedette.-Pearl white.
II. Laurens Koster.-Fine rich purple
12. Lord Wellington.-Rich dark blue.
13. Bouquet d'Orange.-Reddish yellow.
14. Louis d'Or.-Yellow, pink eye.

1. Amy.-Scarlet.

Single Show Varieties.

2. La Prophète.-Carnation rose.
3. Madame Hodgson.-Fine red.
4. La Dame du Lac.-Rosy salmon.
5. Grand Vainqueur.-Pure white.
6. Voltaire.-Blush white.

7. Elfrida. -White, pink shaded.

8. Mont Blanc.-White.

9. Argus.-Rich purple, white eyed.

10. Charles Dickens.-Porcelain shaded with blue.

II. General Havelock.-Deep black purple.

12. L'Unique.-Fine purple mauve.

13. Alida Jacobs.--Deep yellow.

14. Heroine.-Bright citron.

LANTANAS.

1. Distinction.-Bright orange scarlet.

2. Dom Calmet.-Pink, centres changing to peach and yellow.

3. Favourita.-Yellow, changing to dark brown scarlet, distinctly shaded bright purple.

4. Feu Follet.-Reddish yellow.

5. Heroine. Clear crimson, changing to rich chocolate.

6. La Neige.-Pure white.

7. Magenta King.-Nearly self-coloured bright purple scarlet.

8. Monsieur Roucier Chauvière.-Yellow, bordered bright red, changing to scarlet.

9. Ninus.-Canary yellow.

10. Phosphore.-Deep yellow.

II. Ver Cuisant.-Brilliant yellow.

12. Victoire.-Pure white, rich lemon eye.

LILIES.

1. Bulbiferum.-Orange crimson, slightly spotted black; two feet. 2. Catesbæi.-Orange red, purple spotted; one foot.

3. Concolor.-Scarlet, slightly spotted black; one foot.

4. Concolor Coridion.-Yellow, spotted brown; one foot.

5. Davuricum umbellatum immaculatum.-Rich crimson, shaded to orange; two feet.

6. Philadelphicum.-Yellow, spotted black, and blotched red; one foot.

7. Thunbergianum Armeniacum.-Rich, soft orange; one foot. 8. Thunbergianum atrosanguineum.-Rich, blood crimson; one foot.

1. Brighton.-Bright blue.

LOBELIAS.

2. Ebor.-Purple, dark and intense.

3. Defiance.-Rosy red.

4. St. Martin's Blue.-Flowers dark blue, foliage dark bronze. 5. Cærulea alba marmorata, fl. pl.-Beautiful double blue flowers.

6. Double White.-Flowers white, neat and compact habit.

7. Lobelia pumila magnifica.--Flowers deep indigo blue.

8. Princess of Wales.-Pure white.

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