42 DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF PICOTEES. 
but they have properties which render them deserving cultivation, and 
to persons about commencing growing this lovely tribe of flowers the 
notes will, I hope, prove of some assistance. With this object in view 
I transmit them for insertion in the CaBinET :-— , 
KirtLann’s Princess Avucusta.—Heavy-edged, purple Picotee: 
pod good ; petals large and well shaped ; ground colour pure; edging 
very heavy and regular, and the general form of the flower fine. 
MrircuHeti’s orn Manstey’s Nuit Secunpus.—Heavy-edged, 
purple Picotee: pod pretty good; petals very firm, thick and smooth, 
and well formed; ground clear and without speck; edging very 
regular. As it is rather deficient in the number of its petals it will 
not on this account stand as a first-rate of its class, but the edging being 
neat and regular and seldom barring, and the petals being thick and 
firm of texture, gives it a character which, when well grown, it will 
maintain, more especially as it is invaluable to those who wish to 
obtain seed. 
Bennet’s NonpareitL.—Heavy-edged, purple Picotee : pod good ; 
petals firm but small; ground pure; edging bright and regular. 
Dicxson’s Trrp TO CamMBRIDGE.—Heavy-edged, purple Picotee: 
pod good; petals very firm and even; ground colour pure; edging 
pretty regular and even, but sometimes apt to bar. 
GippeEn’s Mrs. Hennet.—Heavy-edged, purple Picotee: pod good 
and large ; petals large and thick; ground good; edging rather irre- 
gular and prone to bar. This isa large showy flower and crowns 
well up. 
GREEN’s Vicror1A.—Heavy-edged, pale rose Picotee: pod good ; 
petals firm and smooth; ground colour pure; edging regular and 
beautifully feathered, but occasionally apt to stripe too much. 
Hurton’s Nevemran.— Heavy-edged, purple Picotee: pod middling; 
petals firm and pretty, well set; ground pretty clear; edging bright 
and very heavy, but rather too much striped. 
Gippin’s Sir Ropert Peei.— Heavy-edged, red Picotee: pod 
good; petals large and crowning; ground good; edging of a fine rich 
rose, but somewhat irregular. 
SHarr’s Rep Rover.—Heavy-edged, red Picotee: pod middling ; 
petals firm and smooth; ground pretty pure; edging good and regular. 
This flower is rather too small, but it is otherwise a good variety. 
SHarr’s Duke or WELLINGTON.—Heavy-edged, red Picotee: pod 
fine; petals broad and well formed and crowning finely ; ground good 
and clear; edging well marked and regular. 
Hurron’s Witt Stuxety.—Heavy-edged, red Picotee: pod large, 
but rather short; petals firm and fleshy; ground clear; edging very 
heavy and bright; beautifully feathered when well grown. This is a 
large robust growing flower, very showy, but rather coarse, and it is 
apt to bar too much, and a little serrated. 
Woottarp’s Miss Bacon.—Heavy-edged, red Picotee: pod pretty 
fair; petals rather small, but neatly formed; ground pretty clear; 
edging distinct, but occasionally apt to bar. This flower, though neat, 
is however too small for exhibition, it is now only a good border 
variety. 
