208 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 



Var. fulgens. Also about one foot high, with 

 spotted, reddish flowers. 



Var. fulgens flore pleno (staminatum). The 

 double form of the foregoing variety, remarkable more 

 as a curiosity than for its beauty. 



Var. fulgens atrosanguineum. This is really a 

 fine variety, being more robust in habit than the original 

 Fulgens, and of a deeper, rich blood-red tint. 



Var. fulgens alternans. A light tinted form of 

 Fulgens, suffused and flaked with lighter tints. 



Var. sanguineum (biligulatum). An early form, 

 inclined somewhat to be cup-shaped in flower, but with 

 narrow petals ; reddish-brown flower, with a few dark 

 spots. 



Var. alutaceum. Known under a great variety of 

 names by the Dutch growers; a very distinct dwarf 

 form, about six inches high, with rich apricot-colored 

 flowers, systematically spotted. A larger form of this is 

 known under the name Grandiflorum, with more robust 

 habit, and larger, richer colored flowers. 



Var. Prince of Orange. The most beautiful 

 spotted variety, of a soft, pleasing, light buff tint ; also 

 dwarf. 



Group B. 



Var. bicolor (pictum). One of the handsomest of 

 the forms, but the petals are flimsy, and its beauties are 

 soon over ; a stout-growing form, from one to two feet 

 high, bearing several large, broad-petaled, few-spotted, 

 slightly cup-shaped flowers, yellow tinted, but tipped 

 and splashed with crimson tints, and when quite fresh, 

 with a lilac sheen. 



Var. aurantiacum verum. This is a noble plant 

 and a distinct variety. Unfortunately, when we buy it, 

 it is not always as true as its name would indicate. We 

 consider it the peer of Excelsum ; its flowers are large, 



