THE PALLIDA GROUP 39 



more striking plant is the Dalmatian pallida, sometimes 

 known as Princess Beatrice. The colour is very similar to 

 that of the type, but the flowers have more substance and 

 the plants have a sturdier appearance, although the stems 

 do not rise to such a height, nor do they carry quite so 

 many flowers. For some reason or other, this plant is slow 

 of increase. It seems to put so much of its strength into 

 producing its huge flowers of wonderful substance that it 

 has little energy left to form much new growth for succeed- 

 ing years. 



In this respect, it is surpassed by a rather darker- 

 coloured form of similar habit, known as Albert Victor. 

 This grows more freely, and it is a pity that it has not quite 

 such a clear, bright colour-scheme as Princess Beatrice. 



However incongruous it may seem, there are some 

 pallidas that are distinctly dark in colour. For instance, 

 Foster had one form from Monte Brione, of which the 

 flowers are a uniform dark red-lilac or lavender-purple, 

 and in most collections similar forms may be found under 

 varying names. 



To this group, too, belong the numerous varieties, 

 whose flowers are in colour an approach to pink. One 

 of the best known, of a pale shade, is Queen of May, Her 

 Majesty being somewhat deeper, and the colour perhaps 

 not quite so clear. The newer Trautlieb is of a soft rose 

 colour. A dwarf pink, and one moreover that is very flori- 

 ferous, is Mrs. Allan Grey, which was a hybrid obtained 

 by Foster by fertilising 7. Cengialtii with pollen of Queen 

 of May. Cengialtii itself and its variety Loppio come from 

 the slopes adjacent to Monte Baldo on the north-eastern 

 side of the Lago di Garda. Cengialtii with its clear blue 



