NOTES 0^ SOMK OF THK NKW DAHLIAS. O 



Mrs. Seldon (Turner). — Yellow, large size, centre mostly full ; 

 true outline, has a fine stout petal, and to all appearance a very useful 

 and noble flower. 



Purity (Turner). — White, outline and face pretty good, full and 

 compact ; centre very doubtful. 



Gaiety (Keynes). — Yellow, with a broad mottled lace of heavy 

 red ; novel for its colour, but of coarse and ordinary form. 



Lady Grenville (Bragg). — Coral red, not very bright, tipped 

 with white, good centre, well arranged, rather rosette outline ; one of 

 the best fancies of tlie season, and from the number of blooms we iiave 

 seen, it appears most constant. 



Floral Beauty (Whale). — A pretty coloured uhite and crimson 

 fancy variety, with a good petal and promising appearance. Mr. 

 Whale's seedlings are always grown better by other people than himself, 

 and we have no doubt another season will prove this flower to be an 

 advance in its class. 



Elizabeth (Proctor). — A fancy flower, white, edged wiih lilac, 

 full medium size, symmetrically arranged and good outline ; ratiier flat 

 in the face, centre well filled but hard to close, few of the many blooms 

 we saw being perfect in the centre. 



Miss MiTcHELSON (BuRGESs). — Dark scarlet and white, fancy 

 flower, good centre, very thin, broken outline. 



Flying Dutchman (Keynes). — Light red, tipped white, centre and 

 general form good ; rather coarse-looking, useful when not overgrown. 



Highland Chief (Keynes). — Wiiite, with dull reddish orange 

 edges ; flat and more coarse than the preceding varietj-. 



Mrs, Boyd (Battie). — Yellow, confused in arrangement and flat 

 in the face; occasionally useful. 



Miss Compton (Liddiard). — White, with orange-red edges, in- 

 clined to flush a good deal ; a fancy flower after the way of Bouquet de 

 Bruiel, upon which it is a great improvement ; good centre and capital 

 petal, rosette outline. 



Fame (Turville). — Peculiar colour, a sort of Burgundy; large 

 size, excellent centre, often rough in arrangement, but new and worth 

 a place. 



Sylph (Servey). — Blush, with rosy-lilac tip or lace, full and rather 

 quilly, well arranged, good outline, medium size ; useful. 



Premier (Legg). — Deep crimson, centre well up and regular, but 

 somewhat disproportionately full; symmetrical arrangement, true out- 

 line, meuium size ; very useful. 



Beaute Supreme (Legg). — Deep lake, tinged with dullish salmon, 

 rather under medium size, well arranged, flat in centre ; good outline. 



Duke of Cambridge (Fellows). — Pencilled or silvery lilac, good 

 centre and arrangement, petals open, rather angular, tolerable outline, 

 useful ; the colour being distinct and pretty. 



Clementina (Fellows). — Pale amber, with a shade of red on the 

 front of the petals ; medium size, fairish arrangement, rosette outline, 

 pretty, and may be useful. 



Seraph (Fellows). — Orange, compact, of tolerable general pro- 

 perties. , 



