216 GREEN-HOUSE — REPOTTING. [March. 



perfectly double, color changeable, bright crimson, spotted 

 with white ; dark rose, fading to the centre, or all crimson j 

 even the same plant producing all the variety ; plant of an 

 upright branching habit ; leaves ovate, acuminate, of me- 

 dium size, and a very dull dark green ; bloomed first in 

 1834, when only two years from the seed, and the flower 

 was then four and three-quarter inches in diameter. Magni- 

 ficent. 



C. picturdta : leaves three and a half inches wide and 

 four and a half inches long, of a bright green ; flower four 

 inches in diameter ; spherical and extremely double ; petals 

 of the centre irregular and closely folded : those of the peri- 

 phery or circumference round and entire, of a pure white, 

 occasionally striped with red — a few hidden stamens — plant 

 of an elegant habit. Magnificent. 



0. pomjjom'a, or Kew blush, flowers over four inches in 

 diameter; white, with a tinge of blush at the bottom of the 

 petals, which has a good efiect in setting ofi" the flower. 

 They frequently bloom'' all blush, having one or two rows 

 of guard or outside petals ; those of the inside are short, 

 stubby, and generally irregular; continues long in flower; 

 yellow anthers among the short petals, and seeds when the 

 female organ is perfect; foliage similar to j^^onifidra ; a 

 very fast grower, and flowers freely. Superb. 



C. Pratt ii ;^ flower bright rose, full four inches in diame- 

 ter, frequently every petal having a white stripe from the 

 apex to the base, very closely and regularly imbricated to 

 the very centre : in every respect equally as well-formed as 

 C. imhricata ; leaves two and a half inches wide and four 

 inches long, of a rich smooth green — is a plant of free 

 growth and profuse flowering; bloomed first in 1836. With 

 pleasure, we say it is our first seedling of merit. Magni- 

 ficent. 



C. Punctata, see Invindhle. 



C. Prince Albert, pale rose, striped with bright red, very 

 distinct; a Chinese variety perfectly double, a large flower; 

 petals rather short in the centre. Magnifitcent. 



C. Queen of England, dark rosy crimson, with an occa- 

 sional spot of white; large, -imbricated, and fully double. 

 Magnificent. 



* In compliment to our late and esteemed patron, H. Pratt, Esq., of 

 Lemon Hill. 



