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black, with a yellow margin ; filaments deep blue ; 25 inches ; May 8, 

 1 8 days. 



Pompadour. Type 3. Form and substance good ; base as in 

 Fig. 5, blue ; 22 inches ; May n, 18 days. 



Shahzada. Type 4. Shallow, open form like ' Fulgens ' ; colour 

 dull ; base as in Fig. 8, yellow and blue ; 22 inches ; May 8, 

 17 days. 



Fulgens. Type 4. Large, form and substance very good, colour 

 deep and clear ; base as Fig. 7, creamy ; filaments purplish 

 below, bluish above the middle ; 34 inches ; May 3, 23 days. A 

 robust and showy garden plant. 



Fulmina. Type 4. A variety with the distinct form, stature, 

 base and filaments of ' Fulgens,' of which it is probably a broken 

 form. Colour deep and dull, with markings of ox-blood red. 



General Roberts. Type 3-4. A form of ' Maculata ' ; base as 

 Fig. 10, blue and yellow ; 16 inches ; May 6, 15 days. 



Mrs. W. O. Wolseley. Type 2. Form and substance good ; base 

 as Fig. 5, yellow with an elliptic black blotch on each segment ; 

 26 inches ; May 10, 15 days. 



Gesneriana spathulata. Type 2. Large, of good substance, 

 opening well colour bright and clear ; base as Fig. 5, clear bright 

 blue ; 28 inches May 8, 18 days. A strong and brilliant garden 

 flower. (Fig. 5.) 



Ret roflexa Mars. Type 4. Segments rounded, spreading ; base as 

 Fig. 5, deep olive, with a yellow margin ; filaments olive ; 19 inches ; 

 May 8, 18 days. 



Elegans rubra. Type 4. A dull-coloured form of ' Elegans.' 



Crimson Globe = Cleopatra, q.v. 



Crimson Pompadour Pompadour, q.v. 



Gesneriana major = Gesneriana spathulata, q.v. 



Lord Byron = Elvira, q.v. 



Maculata globosa grandiftora = Glare of the Garden, q.v. 



Maculata globosa nana = Cleopatra, q.v. 



g. Flower scarlet. 



Mars. Type 2. Form and substance fair ; base as Fig. 9, 

 black and yellow ; filaments black ; 24 inches ; May 12, 14 days. 



Planifolia. Type 3. Small, form fair ; rather short segments, 

 yellow at tips ; base as Fig. n, black ; 24 inches ; May 8, 20 days. 



Scarlet Beauty. Type 2. Form good, substance fair ; base as 

 Fig. 8, deep yellow, stained with olive ; 22 inches ; May 5, 16 days. 



Feu Ardent. Type i to 2. Form and substance good ; base as 

 Fig. 7, deep yellow; filaments deep yellow; 26 inches ; April 30, 

 20 days. 



Scarlet Mammoth. Type I. Very large, rather loose ; base as 

 in Fig. 7, small, deep yellow ; 14 inches ; May 3, 16 days. 



Red Standard. Type 3. Short, rather small, occasionally 



