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become more double ; when full blown, it resembles a 

 blush-coloured tassel. The foliage of the plant is singu- 

 larly shaped, being very long and narrow, of a dark -green 

 colour. It is a desirable variety in a general collection. 

 Buff-coloured Flowers. 



43 Changeable Pale Buff. 



44 Pale Buff. 



45 Pale variety of Pale Buff.— A sport only from the preceding, 



but now an established variety, and more beautiful than its 

 parent. The flowers are large, paler, more double, and 

 more showy. The stature of the plant is tall, flowering in 

 the middle season. 



46 Orange or Buff. 



Li lac- coloured Flowers. 



47 Tasseled Lilac. 



48 Curled Lilac. 



49 Large Late Lilac. 



Red-coloured Floivers. 



50 Gold-bordered Red. 



51 Two-coloured Red. 



52 Sanguinea, or Expanded Red. This magnificent, fine-co- 



loured variety is of tall stature in its group, producing its 

 blossoms in clusters, on firm upright footstalks ; and al- 

 though the flowers are but a little better than half double, 

 and only of the middle size, it has a most animated ap- 

 pearance, possessing a colour peculiar to itself. It flowers 

 early and freely, and I should think this is a very likely 

 variety to produce seeds of the most promising kind — 

 [See figure in the Floricultural Cabinet for January : the 

 drawings of this and the other two varieties were taken 

 from specimens sent us by Mr. Martin. — Cond.] 

 Crimson-coloured Floivers. 



53 Expanded Crimson. 



54 Early Crimson. 



Orange-coloured Floivers. 



55 Large Quilled Orange. 



56 Semi-doubled Quilled Orange. 



Salmon-coloured Flower. 



57 Tasseled Quilled Salmon. 



