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there are a great number of slender stamens, 

 intermixed with these petals; but they are short, 

 and not easily discernible. 



*' The colours should be clear and distinct 

 when diversified in the same flower, or brilliant 

 and striking if it consists only of one colour, as 

 blue, crimson, or scarlet, &c.; in which case, the 

 bottom of the exterior petals is generally white ; 

 but the beauty and contrast are considerably 

 increased when both the exterior and interior are 

 regularly marked with alternate blue and white, 

 pink and white, &c. stripes, which in the broad 

 petals should not extend quite to the margin.' 



