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4. Flowers salmon-coloured : — 



Jean Valjeans. — Moderately vigorous ; leaves dark-zoned ; flowers bright clear salmon- 

 colour, in good trusses. 1st class. 



Seraph. — Moderately vigorous ; leaves with deep broad almost marginal zone ; flowers 

 fine, freely produced, salmon-colour, with white eye. 1st class. 



5. Floivers oculate :— 



Eugenie Mezard. — Moderately vigorous ; leaves flat, with dark zone ; flowers blush-white, 

 with deep salmon eye. 1st class (1865). 



Madame Verle. — Moderately vigorous ; leaves with dark zone ; flowers white, with pale 

 salmon eye ; fine form. 1st class (1867). 



6. Flowers white: — 



La Vestale. — Modez'ately vigorous ; leaves with dull zone ; flowers white, free, pure under 

 glass, but suffused with blush out of doors. 1st class. The best white for pot-culture. 



Madame Martha Vincent. — Vigorous; leaves dull-zoned; flowers blush-white. 1st 

 class (1867). 



Purity. — Moderately vigorous ; leaves dull-zoned ; flowers blush-white. 1st class (1867). 



* * Leaves with green margin and disc — Flowers narrower -petaled (Nosegays). 

 t True Nosegays. 



1. Flowers scarlet or crimson : — 



Bayard. — Dwarfish and free-growing; leaves lobed, dull-zoned; flowers crimson-scarlet, 

 in large trusses. 1st class. 



Hon. Gathorne Hardy. — Moderately vigorous ; leaves dull-zoned ; flowers large, in ample 

 trusses, bright crimson-scarlet; brighter and larger-flowered than Stella. 1st class. 



The Sultan. — Robust, close-habited ; leaves faintly zoned ; flowers free, showy, bright red, 

 dashed with orange. 1st class. 



Waltham Seedling. — Moderately vigorous ; leaves with faint zone ; flowers rich crimson- 

 scarlet ; a fine and free-growing variety. 1st class confirmed. 



2. Floivers rosy-scarlet : — 



Le Grand. — Moderately vigorous ; leaves with dull zone ; flowers large, rosy-scarlet, in 

 bold trusses. 1st class confirmed. 



3. Flowers salmon-coloured :— 



Baron de Stael. — Dwarf, compact habit; leaves dark -zoned; flowers rosy-salmon ; free- 

 floweriDg, suitable for edgings. 1st class. 



f f Semi-Nosegays. 



Chilwell Beauty. — Vigorous ; leaves faintly zoned ; flowers deep rose. Too nearly 

 resembling Dr. Hogg in the flowers, but paler in the zone. 1st class. 



Comet. — Vigorous ; leaves lobed, dark-zoned ; flowers in large trusses, dense and opaque 

 bright orange-scarlet, showy. 1st class. 



Countess of Strathmore. — Vigorous spreading habit; leaves lobed, faintly zoned ; flowers 

 scarlet, having a slight rosy tinge, in fine trusses. 1st class. 



Eclat. — Vigorous spreading habit ; leaves with dull zone ; flowers in large trusses, large, 

 dark rosy-scarlet. 1st class. 



King of Nosegays. — Moderately vigorous ; leaves with dull zone ; flowers large, freely 

 produced, light scarlet. 1st class. 



Mrs. Menzies. — Moderately vigorous; leaves with dull deep zone; flowers free, rosy- 

 pink, in fine trusses. 1st class. 



* * * Leaves with green margin and marbled disc. 

 Sheen Rival. — Moderately vigorous ; leaves marbled with light green, and dark zoned ; 

 flowers in fine trusses, bright light scarlet. 1st class (1865). 



* * * * Leaves with yellow-green or golden margin and disc. 



Beauty. — Close habit; leaves yellow-green, with well-defined red-brown zone; flowers 

 soft deep rose, affording a good contrast to the foliage. 1st class confirmed. 



Beauty of Calderdale. — Vigorous ; leaves large, yellowish-green, with a broad, dark, con- 

 spicuous zone ; flowers scarlet ; effective from its bold zone. 1st class. 



Kentish Hero. — Free, bright, and vigorous ; leaves yellow, with well-defined, chocolate- 

 red, feathered zone ; flowers rosy-scarlet. 1st class. 



Mrs. J. Todd. — Compact habit ; leaves yellow, with broadish red-brown zone, not very 

 evenly marked ; flowers rose colour. 1st class. 



