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HERBERT will continue to be a feature. PREMIUMS FOR 1886. Below is presented the selection of premiums made for 1886, and it embraces in Premium No. 1 as rare a collection of flower seeds as has ever been offered to the readers of any publication. The ten varieties enumerated will afford abundance of bloom throughout the season, in as many different colors as such a list could furnish. Six of the number are summer-flowering, two for the late fall, and two everlastings for winter floral decora tions, so that our subscribers need not be without GARDEN FLOWERS ALL THE YEAR, if cultural directions are faithfully followed. A bulb of the Tigridia grandiflora alba, which gave sc much satisfaction last year, constitutes Premium No. 2. and the popular Amaryllis rosea, Premium No. 3. PREMIUM No. 1. FLOWER SEEDS. (See accompanying illustrations.) Asters, Pony-flowered (1).-One of the best in every respect; mixed colors. Calliopsis lanceolata (2). A perennial and constant blooming variety. 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