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Defects. — Under this head may be pointed out 

 such flowers as Cockup's Echpse, Howard's Nelson, 

 and Taylor's Ploughboy, where the dark ground is 

 too large in comparison with the other parts ; or Pol- 

 litt's Standard of England, where it is often too small ; 

 and the Pillar of Beauty, in which the hody-colour 

 occasionally strikes through to the outer edge. 



Colour^ having depth or intensity, must always have 

 the preference (other points being equal) to that of 

 dull appearance. The pm-er the white, the darker 

 the body-colour, and the more distinct the margin, 

 the greater will be the merit of the flower ; and the 

 censors ought to bear in mind that these colours 

 should be vividly and clearly portrayed. The agree- 

 ableness of the contrasts, or complemental association 

 of the colours of the edge, the ground, and the paste, 

 are also deserving of great consideration. A Lanca- 

 shire flower, called Galloway's Glory of Oldham, has 

 a foxy tinge between the eye and ground-colour, 

 which is a serious defect. Stretch's Alexander is 

 apt to become a pea-green on the margin, after being 

 expanded a day or two, so that a truss of this variety 

 will often have a very motley appearance. Sometimes 

 flowers will be placed for judging with the pounce 

 from the eye, or that of the margin, of grey or white 

 varieties, smeared over the ground or body-colour : 

 this fault cannot be overlooked. 



Uniformity is the fourth requisite, for, whether the 



