208 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 
Var. fulgens.—Also about one foot high, with 
spotted, reddish flowers. 
Var. fulgens flore pleno (staminatum). —'The 
double form of the foregoing variety, remarkable more 
as a curiosity than for its beauty. 
Var. fulgens atrosanguineum.—This is really a 
fine variety, being more robust in habit than the original 
Fulgens, and of a deeper, rich blood-red tint. 
Var. fulgens alternans.—A light tinted form of 
Fulgens, suffused and flaked with lighter tints. 
Var. sanguineum (d¢ligulatum).—An early form, 
inclined somewhat to be cup-shaped in flower, but with 
narrow petals; reddish-brown flower, with a few dark 
spots. 
Var. alutaceum.—Known under a great variety of 
names by the Dutch growers; a very distinct dwarf 
form, about six inches high, with rich apricot-colored 
flowers, systematically spotted. A larger form of this is 
known under the name Grandiflorum, with more robust 
habit, and larger, richer colored flowers. 
Var. Prince of Orange.—The most beautiful 
spotted variety, of a soft, pleasing, light buff tint ; also 
dwarf. 
Group B. 
Var. bicolor (pictuwm).—One of the handsomest of 
the forms, but the petals are flimsy, and its beauties are 
soon over; a stout-growing form, from one to two feet 
high, bearing several large, broad-petaled, few-spotted, 
slightly cup-shaped flowers, yellow tinted, but tipped 
and splashed with crimson tints, and when quite tresh, 
with a lilac sheen. 
Var. aurantiacum verum.—This is a noble plant 
and a distinct variety. Unfortunately, when we buy it, 
it is not always as true as its name would indicate. We 
consider it the peer of Excelsum; its flowers are large, 
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