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purple flowers is the more charming of the two, and very 

 beautiful hybrids of it can be obtained by fertilising it 

 with pollen of the typical pallida. The result is usually 

 a series of plants intermediate in habit between Cengialtii 

 and pallida, very free flowering, of various shades of dis- 

 tinctly blue-purple, in some cases set off with a most 

 striking orange beard. 



The varieties of pallida are endless, but perhaps the 

 present list may be closed by a reference to two plants 

 which have in them a good deal of blood that is not 

 pallida, but which are conveniently taken here. They are 

 both rosy-purple of a much deeper shade than Queen of 

 May, and may be obtained under the names of Madame 

 Pacquitte and Cytheree. 



THE VARIEGATA GROUP 



The wild /. variegata is chiefly found in Austria and 

 Hungary, and has clear yellow standards and falls that are 

 more or less completely covered with dark red-brown or 

 black-brown veins, which often coalesce and run together. 

 From this come all the varieties with clear yellow stan- 

 dards of varying shades and usually with brownish falls. 

 It is commonly supposed that Innocenza is a white- 

 flowered form of variegata, and it certainly has many of 

 the characteristics of the type. The pure white segments 

 are slightly reticulated at the base, and the fall has a golden 

 beard. 



Of the variegatae a good example is Gracchus, with 

 particularly bright, clear yellow standards and falls closely 

 veined with red-brown on a white ground. John Eraser 



