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CLASS III. DOUBLE-FLOWERED VARIETIES. 

 a. Flower white. 



Alba Maxima. Semi-double, creamy white ; base diffuse, pale 

 yellow ; filaments yellow ; leaves ascending ; 16 inches ; April 21, 

 19 days. 



Blanche Hative. Loose, semi-double ; base dull yellow ; fila- 

 ments white ; stem weak ; leaves ascending ; 14 inches ; April 23, 

 15 days. 



Boule de Neige. Rounded, large, full ; base and filaments yellow ; 

 leaves very undulate ; 13 inches ; April 26, 19 days. 



Felicitas. Triangular in outline ; segments of good substance ; 

 base and filaments yellow ; leaves very undulate ; 12 inches ; April 28, 

 13 days. 



La Candeur. Segments of good substance ; base and filaments 

 yellow ; stem stout ; leaves very broad ; 15 inches ; April 28, 21 days. 



L'Innocence. Semi-double, open ; base and filaments slightly 

 yellow ; stem stout ; leaves very undulate, ascending ; 14 inches ; 

 April 26, 19 days. 



Rose Blanche. Round, full ; base yellowish ; filaments pale 

 yellow ; stem slender ; leaves crisply undulate, ascending ; 15 

 inches ; April 29, 21 days. 



Schoonoord. Large, full, becoming slightly flushed with pink 

 when aged ; segments of good substance ; base and filaments yellow ; 

 stem strong ; 12 inches ; April 26, 15 days. 



Snowball = Boule de Neige, q.v. 



Snow Queen. Rough, thin ; segments flaked slight rose pink 

 when aged ; base and filaments yellow ; leaves ascending ; n inches ; 

 April 26, 13 days. 



White Murillo = Schoonoord, q.v. 



White Salvator Rosa. The white form of ' Salvator Rosa ' 



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6. Flower white, flushed pink. 



Blanche Rosette. Not very full, creamy white, tinged at the 

 margins of the segments ; base large, diffuse yellow ; filaments 

 yellow ; leaves broad, drooping ; 13 inches ; April 28, 13 days. 



La Vertu. Semi-double ; segments flushed at the centre ; base 

 and filaments yellow ; leaves very undulate, dark ; 15 inches ; 

 April 29, 16 days. 



Le Blason. Not very full, lightly flushed ; base large, indefinite, 

 yellow ; filaments yellow ; stem slender ; 10 inches ; April 27, 

 12 days. 



Lord Rosebery. Large ; segments fimbriate, flushed in the 

 centre ; base and filaments yellow ; stigma very large ; leaves 

 crisply undulate ; 12 inches ; April 29, 12 days. 



