MARCH. 55 



Defiance. Very dark maroon, with white belt all round, and 

 pure white throat; size and form good, and a profuse bloomer. 



FoRMOSuM. Beautiful rosy crimson, upper petals shaded with 

 purple, white ground, bottom petals clouded with the same colour ; 

 good in habit, and a free bloomer. 



PicTURATUM. Upper petals rosy carmine, white ground, lower 

 petals distinctly spotted with cherry ; very dwarf in habit, and an 

 abundant bloomer. 



Jenny Lind. Ground-colour white, upper petals beautiful car- 

 mine with white margin ; lower petals spotted with bright cherry ; 

 fine in form, and robust in habit ; very free bloomer. 



MoDESTUM. Ground-colour white, upper petals bright rose, with 

 white belt ; fine in form ; very dwarf in habit ; an abundant bloomer, 

 both early in spring and late in autumn. 



Queen ISuperb. Ground-colour light flesh, upper petals spotted 

 with bright rose, and havmg a white belt ; good in habit, and a free 

 bloomer. 



Fairy Queen. Ground-colour white, upper petals bright crim- 

 son with white margin, under petals spotted with crimson ; very 

 showy, and a profuse bloomer ; perhaps the best flower for general 

 purposes yet raised. 



Minerva. Ground-colour rosy lilac, upper petals veined ; a pro- 

 fuse bloomer. 



Garland. Rosy-purple ground, clouded with violet; dwarf in 

 habit, and an abundant bloomer. 



Alboni. Upper petals rosy purple with an edging of blush, 

 under petals blush, sometimes blotched; good in habit, and a free 

 bloomer. 



Hero of Surrey. Upper petals nearly black, and belted with 

 white ; lower petals while with a crimson spot in each ; a free 

 flowerer, and good in habit. 



Anais. Upper petals bright rosy pink shaded with purple, light 

 ground, lower petals rosy pink with a light margin ; good in habit, 

 and a free flowerer. 



Statiaski. Upper petals maroon with light margin, lower ones 

 dark crimson with light margin; fine in habit, and an abundant 

 bloomer. 



Zelia. Upper and lower petals rosy pink, with a light throat 

 and margin ; fine in form, and a free bloomer. 



Madame Meillez. Upper petals dark crimson, lower ones light 

 crimson, throat and margin light; form indifferent, but an abundant 

 blocmer and good in habit. 



Orestes. Upper petals bright rosy crimson with purplish spot, 

 under petals crimson purple with white centre ; a fine showy flower, 

 and a very free bloomer. 



Reine des Fran^ais. Bouquet tout fait. Of these two I 

 have not a flower at present whereby to judge of their colours. 



The above are all distinct and fine, and tolerably free growers. 



Batiersea. A. Ambrose. 



