126 THE FLORIST. 



VI. Salmon and Flesh, &c. 



75. Broughtoniana (s). 



76. Praestantissima. 

 77- Picturata. 



78 Picta. 



79. Audibute. 



80. Carnea elegans. 



81. Venusta. 



The above varieties, with others of inferior merit, are most of 

 them flowering beautifully with me at this present time (April 25). 

 Some have passed away, others are not yet fully out. I feel that I 

 have but imperfectly succeeded in my endeavour to classify them, as 

 the colours sometimes approach closely together. Thus Nos. 25 and 

 49 may be termed either a red-purple or a deep crimson, without 

 being in either case far from the truth. My attempt, however, may 

 perhaps be of some use, and I will endeavour to render it more so by 

 a few remarks. 



No. 1, the old White, will, I believe, always retain its place in our 

 collections from its abundant flowering, transparent purity, and grate- 

 ful odour. My plants of this are of very large size. One is six feet 

 high, and probably more than thirty feet round, and I have four 

 others not much smaller. Notwithstanding the brilliant novelties 

 which surround them, they are, I think, more admired by my visitors 

 than any other separate species, on account of the immense profusion 

 of their snowy blossoms, covering them like a vast swarm of butter- 

 flies, and the delicate fragrance arising from them. Candida (2) is 

 of the same habit, with rounder flowers of a more opaque white. 

 Fielderi is of a more arborescent habit, the flowers streaked with 

 green; very beautiful. No. 4 is absurdly named, the term Phcenicea 

 having been appropriately given to the purple variety of that name 

 from its supposed resemblance to the Tyrian dye, but as applied to a 

 white variety is a contradiction. I suppose it was so called on ac- 

 count of its habit of growth being different from the old white ; its 

 flower is of a clear opaque white, and very handsome. The next in 

 order, Tubiflora, is a splendid thing, so closely resembling Rhododen- 

 dron Gibsoni, that it is frequently supposed, by my visitors, to be a 

 young plant of it. Nothing can exceed the beauty of its blossoms, 

 as large and pure as those of the white Lily. No. 6 has less claim to 

 the name than the former ; its flowers are smaller, but more regular 

 in shape, like a large variety of Gledstanesi ; very handsome. Nos. 

 8 and 9 are very nearly alike, pretty, rather tubular, round flowers, 

 streaked here and there with pink. They are of similar habit with 

 Bianca, which was much talked of a year or two ago, and is very 

 pretty, as is also 10, Beauty of Reigate, raised by Messrs. Ivery, who 

 have given their name to No. 14, — of all the white varieties, with 

 expanded blossoms, by far the most beautiful. The plant is of close, 

 compact growth, and the size of its pure white blossoms quite aston- 

 ishing; and when striped, as they often are, with bright streaks of 

 crimson, they are, if possible, still more attractive. 12, Barclayana, 

 also raised by Messrs. Ivery, has flowers as large as 14, but destitute 

 of the porcelain lustre of that variety ; the upper petal is slightly 

 marked with green, as in No. 3, and it is of similar habit of growth. 

 13, Magnifica verschaffelti, flower large, slightly streaked with green 



