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tinged with blush at the base, and red stripe up the centre of each 

 petal ; the flowers, when expanded, measure from three and a half 

 to four inches across. 



12. Presses Eclipse (C. Eclipsis.)— Flowers white, beautifully 

 striped and feathered with pale crimson ; petals remarkably regular 

 and very delicate. 



13. The Showy (C. speciosa.) Syn. Rawesiana. — Flowers deep 

 red, striped with white; when expanded measures nearly four 

 inches. 



14. The German Rose (C. Franc furteims.) — This is a new 

 variety ; the flowers are large, sometimes nearly six inches in diameter; 

 the petals are light rose, striped and blotched with dark crimson. 



15. Parks's Striped Rose (C. Parksii.) — The ground-colour of 

 the flowers is a delicate rose, with here and there blotches and 

 stripes of white. 



16. Gray's Invincible (C. punctata.) Syn. dotted white. — 

 Flowers very pale red, nearly white, striped with deep red, like a 

 carnation. 



1 7. Lady Wilton's (C. Wiltoni.)— Flowers blush, striped and 

 dotted with a darker colour. 



18. The Rose of the World (C. rosa mundi.) — The flowers of 

 this have a white ground, spotted and striped with crimson. 



19. Sweet's Painted Lady (C. Sweetiana.) — This, with the 

 exception of the Donklaeri, is perhaps the finest variegated variety 

 we have «in our collections; the flowers are large, very double, and 

 the white, dark red, and light red, are so beautifully mixed, as to 

 give the plant, when in flower, a very lively and elegant appearance. 



20. Miss Thompson's (C. Susanna.)— This is something like the 

 painted lady, but rather inferior to it ; the stripes are faint, and the 

 contrast, on the white ground, is not so conspicuous. 



21. Colvill's (C. Colvillii.) — This is another bearing a great 

 resemblance to the painted lady ; the petals are beautifully striped 

 with red, almost like a carnation. 



22. Martha (C. Martha.)— The colour of this (lower is pale 

 blush, striped with darker colour. 



23. Flesh Coloured (C. incamata.) Syn. Lady Hume's blush. 

 — The petals of this variety are a rich and delicate rose colour. 



24. Chinese Rose (C. rosa Sinensis.) — Flowers nearly four 



