POLYANTHUS. 151 



" The eye should be round, of a bright clear 

 yellow, and distinct from the ground colour : the 

 proportion, as in the auricula, throughout the 

 flower. 



" The ground colour is most admired when 

 shaded with a light and dark rich crimson, resem- 

 bling velvet, with one mark or stripe in the centre 

 of each division of the corolla, bold and distinct 

 from the edging down to the eye, where it should 

 terminate in a fine point. 



" The florets should be large, quite flat, and 

 as round as is consistent with their peculiar, 

 beautiful figure, which is circular, excepting 

 those small indentures between each division of 

 the corolla. 



" The edging should resemble a bright gold 

 lace, bold, clear, and well defined, and so nearly 

 of the same colour as the eye and stripes, as 

 scarcely to be distinguished.'' — Madd. 



There are many curious, improved varieties 

 of the primrose ; such as the different-coloured 

 double ones, which are well worth cultivation. 

 Of species, a few have been lately added to 



