Structural Characteristics 



Oh! the droning of the bee! 

 In his dusty pantaloons 

 Tumbling in the Fleurs-de-lis; 

 In the drowsy afternoons 

 Dreaming in the pink sweet-pea. 



Cawein: The Farmsted. 



FIG. XLI. AMAS 



SIZE. The Flowers of all varieties are of good size, 

 and of some they are immense, five to six inches 

 deep with segments one and three-quarters to two or 

 more inches wide as, pallida Dalmatica (Fig. XVIII, 

 page 128), Isoline (Fig. XXXVI, page 139), Kharput 

 (Fig. XXXIV, page 139), Amas (Fig. XLI). See 

 further, about size, under Blooming in this chapter. 



FRAGRANCE. Most varieties are more or less fra- 

 grant. Caprice, pallida Dalmatica, Delicatissima, Fairy, 

 Florentina and Pacquita are among the most fragrant. 

 Caprice and Fairy have an especially delicious fra- 

 grance. 



