red spots, very distinct. Virgile, bright red scarlet. Madame 

 Desportes, very large and well-opened flowers, pure white, lower 

 divisions lightly-striped with violet. The flowers figured are, 

 fig. 1, Madame Doiabrain, a violet carmine flower, shaded with 

 purple, deeper in colour in the centre. M. Legouve (fig. 2), flowers 

 very large, perfect in form, very lively fiery red, the petals 

 marked with a white line, and in the centre of the lower petals 

 a large pure white spot. There is a large number of new 

 varieties to come out this season, among which many will be 

 found first-rate. 



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