SELECTIONS OF BEST VARIETIES 79 



TWENTY-FOUR VIOLAS OR TUFTED PANSIES FOR 

 EXHIBITION 



(Preference being given to those varieties which 

 possess a fair habit.) 



Admiral of the Blues. A fine deep blue self, with 

 yellow eye, rayless ; a bloom of very fine quality. 

 Habit, fairly good. 



Cream King. A large circular cream self, rayless, 

 fair habit ; very fine in early Summer. 



C. T. Coates. An enormous flower of splendid 

 substance ; light yellow, faintly rayed early in the 

 season. Robust constitution and free flowering. Good 

 bedder. 



Effie. A white ground, with very broad belt of violet ; 

 upper petals rosy-purple. A strikingly beautiful flower. 



General Baden-Powell. Large orange self, rayless. A 

 very large flower, but rather poor habit. 



Goal-Keeper. Fine rich purple self, slightly rayed. 

 Good bedder. 



Haivke. White, edged deep bluish-purple. Rayless 

 in warm weather. Fair habit. 



Helen Smellie. White ground, distinctly edged with 

 light bluish-purple. Good bedder. A very fine variety. 



J. H. Watson. A grand flower of reddish-purple, 

 streaked with magenta and white. Good bedder. One 

 of the finest Violas raised. 



John Wyllie. A fine large flower ; colour, rich 

 crimson-purple, the top petals lighter. A bloom of very 

 fine quality, and-the plant possesses a good habit. 



Lady Grant. Large white ground slightly rayed, edged 

 deep bluish-purple. Good habit. 



Lizzie Storer. Glossy black under-petal, tipped with 

 lavender. Other petals lavender. Poor habit. 



Maggie Currie. An immense flower of great sub- 

 stance. Colour soft rose, striped dense purple. 



