A. W. Hill 



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CHRONOLOGY OF P. OBCONICA. 



(1) CoUection of seed in China 



(2) Plants flowered in England 



(3) White flowers first recorded 



(4) Dark eye first noticed . 



(5) Increase in size of flowers 



(6) Var. grandiflora, M. Lille 



(7) Fimbriation first recorded, Mr J. Crook 



(8) Rose-flowered variety [P. ohconica rosea) Messrs Sutton 



(9) White variety second record 



(10) Fimbriation second record, Messrs Vilniorin 



(11) Rose-flowered variety, Messrs Vilrnorin 



(12) Pure white flowers, Messrs Sutton 



(13) Double flowers first put on the market 



(14) Red-flowered var. " Vesuve," Messrs Rivoire 



(15) Pure white flowers, Duchess of Bedford 



(16) Pure white flowers, Messrs Veitch 



(17) "Crimson King," Herr Arends and Messrs Burr 



(18) Small Violet Blue variety. Duchess of Bedford 



(19) Large 



(20) Var. cocrulea, M. Ferard .... 



(21) "Fire King," Sutton 



(22) " Chenies excehsior" deep claret, Duchess of Bedford 



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1886 



1887 



1887 



1892 



1893 



189.5 



1896 



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1911 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. 



PLATE I. 



1. Pale lilac-flowered form with toothed corolla segments very near the type originally 



introduced from China. (3) 



2. The same to show the calyx. (3) 



3. Fimbriated pink variety similar to the first fimbriated forms produced. (1) 



4. Side view of toothed pink variety. (1) 

 .5. The same face view. (1) 



Figs. 1 — o from plants grown undisturbed for many years in the Temperate House, 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 



Figs. 6 — 12 illustrate the development of the blue strains of P. ohconica. 



6. Lilac-blue variety raised by selection, Messrs Veitch and Son, Feltham. (37) 



7. Calyx of the same. (.37) 



8. Lilac-blue variety with red eye. (27) 



9. Calyx of the same. (27) 



10. Blue variety raised by Mr Dickson, Head Gardener to Her Grace Adeline, Duchess 



of Bedford. (38) 



11. Calyx of the same. (38) 



12. Violet-blue variety with darker stellate eye, raised by Mr Dickson. (28) 



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