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Fumosum — Dark purple, strongly mark- 

 ed with dark spots. 



Grace Darling — Pale lilac, intense dark 

 spots, 



Grandis — Lilac, dark spots. 



Leopardi — Clear lilac, the whole of the 

 bloom covered with red spots. 



Lucidum — Purplish lilac, brown spots. 



Maculatum nigrum — Dark purple. 



Maculatum purpureum — Light purple, 

 heavy black blotch. 



Nereus — Deep purple, dark spots. 

 Kero — Eich bright purple, large 



truss. 

 Purpurea magnifica (Kembrandt) — Deep 



purple, fine bold truss. 

 Sir Thomas Siebright — Rich purple, 



bronze blotch. 

 Schiller — Bluish purple, dark ppots. 

 The Autocrat — Fine purple, dark 



blotch. 

 Vervaneanum — Lilac, double flower. 



3d— Rosy and Crimson Purple Varieties. 



Alaric (Augustus) — Purplish crimson 

 or plum. 



Atilla — Deep claret purple. 



Auguste Van Geert — Light rosy purple, 

 brown spots. 



Blatteum (Sir Isaac Newton) — Claret 

 crimson, large truss. 



Currieanum — Rosy lilac, spotted, com- 

 pact truss. 



Faust — Rosy lilac. 



Genseric — Purplish crimson. 



Joseph Whitworth — Dark purple lake, 

 black spots, large truss. 



Melanthauma — Purplish crimson. 



Murillo — Rosy purple. 



j^e plus ultra (Londonense) — Lilac 



purple, finely shaded. 

 Old Port— Rich plum. 

 Omar Pacha — Dark purplish lake. 

 Pardolatan — Rosy lilac, finely spotted. 

 Prince Albert — Rich lake, large shining 



foliage. 

 Queen Victoria — Claret, a very free 



flowerer. 

 Stamfordianum — Claret, black blotch. 

 Tamerlane — Dark maroon, large truss. 

 The Maroon— Chocolate, fine form. 

 Tippo Sahib— Very dark chocolate. 

 William Downing — Dark puce, blotch 



of dark spots. 



4th — BicoLORs, or Varieties with the Florets margined with a 

 DISTINCT Colour from the Throat. 



Alarm — White centre, margined with 



scarlet. 

 Brayanum — Rosy scarlet, light centre. 

 Bylsianum — White centre, margined 



with deep pink. 

 Claude — White centre, margined with 



lake. 

 Concessum — Light centre, margined 



with bright rose. 

 Duchess of Sutherland — White, broad 



margin of rosy lilac. 

 Floretta — White, broad margin of 



cerise. 



Galbanum — Light, rosy crimson margin. 



Helen AVaterer — Pure white, margined 

 with crimson. 



Henry Bohn — Pale, margined with 

 rosy crimson, 



John Spencer — Rose, margined with 

 deep pink. 



Limbatum — Pale blush, edged with 

 crimson. 



Mrs John Penn — Salmon, edged with 

 lake, 



Niege et Cerise — Satiny white, mar- 

 gined with red. 



5th — Light Pink and Rose. 



Albion — Rose, fine form. 

 Amazon — Delicate pink. 

 Cato — Rosy blush, finely spotted. 

 Distinction — Rosy crimson,darker spots. 

 Duke of Norfolk — Clear rose. 

 Erectum — Deep pink. 

 Fanny — Delicate rose. 

 Flora — Rosy blush. 

 Geranoides — Rose, very dark spots. 

 Giganteum — Bright rose, large truss. 

 Gulnare — Pale pink. 

 Ingomar — Deep rose. 

 Lady Armstrong — Pale rose, much 

 spotted. 



Clear 



Lady Eleanor Cathcart 

 finely spotted. 



Lady Emily Peel — Bright rose, blotched 

 with chocolate. 



Lord John Russell — Pale rose, dark 

 blotch on upper petal. 



Metaphor — Rose, fine form. 



Paxtonii — Bright rose, chocolate spots. 



Sir Charles Napier — Rose, finely spot- 

 ted. 



Towardii — Rose, spotted. 



Prince Camille de Rohan — Pink, dense 

 crimson spots. 



