506 Floricultural and Botanical Notices. 



the ensuing season, to publish full descriptions of all of them, 

 with names by which they may be known and inquired for. 

 They are certainly noble-looking plants when in flower, and, 

 whether as regards the individual size of the blossoms, or 

 the variety and richness of color, greatly exceed any hardy 

 plants hitherto known in English gardens. We give numbers 

 to the descriptions, corresponding with those attached to the 

 plants in the nursery beds to which they refer — 



1. Not very double ; rich purple. 



2. Semi-double ; deep red, black base to the petals. 



4. Anemone-flowered ; white ; beautiful compact flower. 



5. Fine double rose ; compact and good. 



6. Semi-double ; white, base of the petals stained with 



purple. 



7. Pale lilac ; very fine. 



8. Double ; rosy lilac, shaded ; very fine. 



9. Deep rich purple ; a splendid flower. 



10. Semi-double ; bright red. 



11. Semi-double; French white, base of the petals stained 



with purple. 



12. Clean rich light purple ; fine. 



13. Semi-double ; Tuscan rose color. 



14. Very double ; salmon pink, shaded ofl" to French white ; 



a magnificent floAver. 



15. Double ; primrose color ; very fine. 



16. Semi-double ; bright red, almost scarlet ; very beautiful. 



17. Resembles the last, but the flower is larger. 



18. Double rose, shading ofl" to lilac ; fine, 



19. Semi-double ; clear white ; beautifully shaped ; base of 



the petals slightly stained Avith red. 



20. Semi-double ; clear white ; larger than the last, and with 



a deep purple stain at the base of the petals. 



21. Very fine white. 



22. Fine double rose. 



23. Rosy lilac, shaded ; fine. 



24. Double purple ; very large. 



25. Double ; very large ; deep red ; shape like a camellia. 



26. Globosa — the largest, and most beautiful white. 



