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Plurot. Deep cup-3hape, regular ; base white, with a faint irregular 

 blue ring ; filaments blue above the middle ; 25 inches ; May 10, 

 15 days. 



Meteor. Large, form good ; 25 inches ; May 15, 14 days. 



Buffon. Square shoulder, deep colour, abruptly passing to a pale 

 margin on each segment ; base diffuse, very pale ; filaments grey ; 

 28 inches ; May 3, 18 days. 



Albert Kellogg Early Dawn, q.v. 



d'Aubigny = Washington, q.v. 



Haarlem = Carmen, q.v. 



Sir Edward Grey Nauticus, q.v. 



Sweet Lavender = William Copland, q.v. 



The Bride = La Fiancee, q.v. 



J. Flower rose. 



Type, Edmee. 



A large section composed of flowers of two kinds : 



(a.) Segments with paler margins (e.g. Edmee). 



(ft.) Segments without paler margins (e.g. Sieraad van Flora). 



They fall into three types, according to their bases, the majority 

 in (i). 



(1) Base circular, white, with a more or less well-marked pale blue 

 ring ; Fig. 17. 



(2) Base white, of the shape represented in Fig. 20. 



(3) Base more or less circular, indeterminate, blue and white 

 rayed ; that represented in Fig. 6 may be taken as an average. 



a. Segments with paler margins. 



Coquette. Type I. Small ; 31 inches ; May 8, 18 days. 



Sylvia. Type i. Form good ; filaments white ; 32 inches ; 

 May 6, 21 days. 



Landelle. Type i. Refined form, good substance ; 28 inches ; 

 May 8, 17 days. 



Edmee. Type i. Form and substance good, shoulder square, 

 colour deep ; filaments white, with a blue tip ; 30 inches ; May 6, 

 1 8 days. 



Mme. Raven. Type i. A variety very similar to ' Edmee,' but 

 inferior in colour and substance ; 26 inches ; May 10, 15 days. 



Beethoven. Type i. Form good ; filaments white ; 28 inches ; 

 May 8, 14 days. 



Gustave Dore. Type i. Slightly paler, smaller and less distinct 

 base, but very like Edmee ; 31 inches ; May 7, 17 days. 



Ptzepios. Type i. An inferior variety ; flower small ; filaments 

 tinged blue ; 27 inches ; May 4, 20 days. 



