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Begfonia — continued. 



OF Fire,* glowing fiery-scarlet, flowers large and compact, very 

 free ; Black Douglas,* dark carmine crimson, flowers large, 

 of the finest form, one of tlie best ; Brilliant, deep orange- 

 scarlet, very free ; Charles Baltet, rich velvety vermilion ; 

 Commodore Foot,* brilliant velvety crimson, very free and 

 showy; Davisii, flowers small, dazzling scarlet, habit dwarf 

 and free ; Dr. Masters,* flowers large, with immense spikes, 

 deep red-crimson, very attractive ; Dr. .Sewell,* glowing crim- 

 son, grand form ; Exoniensis, brilliant orange-scarlet, immense 

 flowers ; F. E. Laing, deep velvety crimson, full and free ; Ho.n. 

 Mrs. Brassey,* deep glomng crimson, very rich and floriferous ; 

 J. H. Laing,* brilliant scarlet, one of the freest; J. W. Ferrand,* 

 rich vermilion, dwarf and free, one of the finest for bedding ; 

 LOTHAIR,* dark scarlet-carmine, crimson shaded, of grand form 

 and size ; Marquis of Bi'Tk, brilliant carmine-crimson, of the 



'Begonia, — continued. 



White- Flowered ; Alba floribunda, flowers medium-sized, very 

 free ; Moonlight, very free, with good flowers and handsome 

 foliage; Mrs. Laing,* flowers exqursite in form and sliape, pure 

 white, one of the best ; NvMi'ii,* large and round, white, tinted 

 with rose at the base ; Princess Beatrice,* flowers large, of ex- 

 cellent form, and pure in colour ; Purity, flowers round, good size 

 and colour; Queen op Whites,* flowers pure white, large, 

 most freely produced (see Fig. 235, for which we are indebted to 

 .Messrs. Veitch and Sons); Eeine Blanche,* one of the best, 

 very pure ; Snowixake,* flowers large, in fuU spikes, pure 

 white, habit compact, and very free. 



Yelloiv and Oranf/e-F!owered : Chromatella,* habit dwarf and 

 compact, pure yellow ; Empress of India, deep yellow, very 

 showy ; Gem of Yellows,* rich deep yellow, of grand form and 

 size, one of the best ; Ooi.den Gem,* rich golden yellow, of e.vcel- 



Fig. 256. Beiioma Queen of Whites. 



finest form, and immense flowers ; Scarlet Gem,* very dark 

 scarlet, flowers medium-sized, dwarf and very floriferous ; Sedeni, 

 rich rosy-crimson, dwarf, a good bedder ; Vesuvius,* bright 

 orange-scarlet, compact and free, one of the flnest bedders. 



Rose-Coloured : Albert Crousse,* bright salmon-rose, very free ; 

 Annie Laing,* large and free, rich pink; Capt. Thompson, rich 

 sahnou-rose, very free and compact ; Delicatum, pale flesh-rose ; 

 Exquisite,* rich deep rose, very free and showy ; J. Aubrey 

 Clark, flowers very large, rich, deep ; Jessie,* soft rosy-pink, with 

 the tijjs of the petals shaded carmine, a very fine, perfect variety ; 

 Lady Brooke,* dark rose, shaded magenta, very perfect in form, 

 and large ; Lady Hume Campbell,* pale pink, of good form 

 and size, an exquisite variety ; Madame Stella,* flowers perfect 

 in form, large, bright inisy-pink, one of the best; Marchioness 

 of Bute, light rosy-pink," with an immense bloom anil handsome 

 foliage ; Penelope,* rirli saUnon-rose, very free and good ; Prin- 

 cess of Wales, very delicate pink, and free ; Rose d'Asiour, rich 

 rose, delicately shaded. 



lent form and size, habit free, with prettily mottled foliage ; J. L. 

 Macfarlane, rich orange, freest form, and large ; Lady Trevor 

 Lawrence,* orange-yellow, of good form, with handsome foliage ; 

 Maude Churchill,* pale yellow, deeper shaded, with elegant 

 foliage ; Mrs. Pontifex,* rich orange yellow, very large flowers, 

 copiously produced; POLLIE, pale yellow, fine round flower; 

 Sulphur Queen,* pale sulphur-yeUow, of good form and size. 

 Double-Flowered Varieties. Crimson and Scarlet Shaded : 

 Achilles, rich dark crimson, very large and free; Davisii 

 IIVBRIDA EL. -PL.,* rich coral-icd, very full and free; Davisii fl.-pl. 

 SUPERBA,* brilliant crimson-scarlet, of good size, and extremely 

 free ; Dr. Duke,* brilliant scarlet, very large and double, one of 

 the best ; Francis BucHNER,*rich cerise-red, very double, perfect 

 in form, and very large ; Fulgurant, rich crimson, full, with 

 dark foli.age ; Gloire de Nancy',* rich vermilion, very free ; 

 Hercules,* bright orange-scarlet, very lar.ge and extremely free, 

 habit compact and vigorous; Lemoinei, deep orange-vermilion, 

 very floriferous ; Monsieur Bauer, deep red, tinged with violet ; 



