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2. Free-flowering Varieties, which produce the finest 

 effect w/ien viewed " en masse." 



1. Alba simplex (the Single White]. Flowers white, 

 single, with a group of large golden stamens in the centre ; 

 petals large and thick ; foliage large and fine ; habit 

 good. 



2. Aulica. Flowers flesh-colour, suffused and veined 

 with pink, large, moderately full ; petals pointed, imbri- 

 cated ; foliage and habit good. 



3. Bealii. Flowers scarlet-crimson, semi-double, large, 

 cupped ; petals rounded ; foliage and habit good. 



4. Bealii rosea. Flowers rose-colour, semi-double, of 

 medium size, cupped ; petals round, smooth, and regular. 



5. Chandlerii. Flowers dark blood-crimson, occasion- 

 ally blotched with white ; Anemone-flowered ; foliage very 

 dark and fine ; free, and of fine effect. 



6. Conspicua. Flowers bright rose, semi-double ; petals 

 large, round, and thick ; foliage fine ; habit good ; one of 

 the showiest. 



7. Corallina. Flowers deep lurid crimson, with tubular 

 petals ; large and semi-double, foliage and habit fine ; free, 

 and very effective. 



8. Elatior. Flowers purplish-rose, veined occasionally, 

 dashed with white, large, full, flattish ; petals round ; habit 

 good ; very free and showy. 



9. Elegans. Flowers rosy-pink, large, flat, rather loose ; 

 Anemone-flowered ; foliage and habit fine ; very free, 

 handsome, and showy. 



10. Donckelaarii. Flowers crimson, usually flaked with 

 white, semi-double, of medium size ; tubular petals ; round 

 foliage; small, very showy. 



11. La Pace. Flowers rosy-pink, often dashed irregu- 

 larly with white, large, semi-double ; petals large and 

 pointed, somewhat crumpled and crowded in the centre of 

 the flower ; foliage toothed ; pleasing, showy, and distinct. 



12. Tricolor. Flowers flesh-colour, shaded and flaked 



