M«y 30, 1865. ] 



JOUB.NAL OF HOETICULTUEE ANJD COTTAGE GAKDENER. 



41S 



Barhmvay (Taylor). — Dwarf habit; leaves smooth ; flowers 

 orange scarlet, of loose shape. 



Lady Cowper (Francis). — Dwarf and compact; flowers 

 light scai'let, white in the eye. Too near to Waltham Pet. 



Lady Rokeby*** (Bull). — Moderately vigorous habit; 

 flowers light scarlet, in fair trusses. This proved good as a 

 pot plant, but not so good as a bedder. 



£e Zouaue (Van Houtte).— Vigorous habit; flowers large, 

 very bright scarlet, but not sufficiently numerous in the 

 truss. 



Little David. (Low & Co.). — Very similar to Little Major, 

 and, like it, suitable for smaU beds, or for edgings. 



Little Major'''** (Turner). — Dwarf habit; flowers light 

 scarlet. This variety maintained its previous character as 

 a good dwarf bedder. 



Major Domo (Bull). — Moderately vigorous; flowers light 

 scarlet. A fine bold plant for pot culture. 



Mars (Turner).— Dwarf, moderately vigorous habit; leaves 

 distinctly lobed ; flowers of good form, very bright orange 

 scarlet. 



PaJa£ti-o (Salter). — Dwarfish habit; leaves lobed; flowers 

 duU orange scarlet. 



Punch * * * (Frasei% Turner). — Vigorous habit ; flowers 

 large in bold ample trusses, bright scarlet, and very showy. 

 The best of the large-growing plain-leaved scarlets in the 

 whole collection. 



Red Dragon (W. Paul). — Vigorous habit; leaves faintly 

 green-zoned ; flowers very rich deep scarlet in compact 

 trusses, and of good form. The deepest coloured scarlet in 

 the whole collection. 



Rigiy's Queen (Fraser). — Vigorous habit; leaves hairy; 

 flowers large, loose, light scarlet. Not adapted for beds. 



Royal Ihvarf (Turner). — Moderately dwarf habit ; flowers 

 scarlet, free, but not equal to Treutham Scarlet. 



Royalty (Bull). — Vigorous habit; bright scarlet flowers. 



Royalty (Williams). — Moderately vigorous ; flowers bright 

 ecarlet. 



Stella (Dixon). — Dwarf habit; flowers of a deep rich 

 scarlet, as in Ked Dragon, but not eflective. 



Trentham Scarlet*'** (Fraser). — Moderately dwarf ; flowers 

 bright scarlet, in good trusses, free. One of the best of the 

 dwarfer-growing scarlets for bedding purposes. 



Waltham Pet * * * (W. Paul).— Very dwarf compact habit ; 

 flowers light scarlet, of good shape, with a small white eye. 

 A good dwarf bedder. 



3. FLOWERS CEKISE OE BOST SCARLET. 



Beaute de Meldoise (Fraser). — Very similar to Lady Middle- 

 ton, and too near to be required. 



Lady Middleton*** (Taylor). — Moderately vigorous; 

 flowers in large trusses, of good size and form, bright cerise. 

 Also called Trentham Kose and Shrubland Rose. 



Lord John Russell (EoUisson). — Dwarf habit; flowers deep 

 rosy scarlet ; distinct in colour. 



Viceroy (Bull). — Vigorous habit; flowers large, rosy 

 scarlet. 



TisAtor * * (Bull). — Moderately vigorous; flowers rosy 

 scarlet, of fine shape and of large size. It was of indifferent 

 quality as grown in pots. 



3. PLOWEES BOSE PINK. 



Christine*** (Kinghorn). — -Moderately vigorous habit; 

 flowers rose pink, freely produced, and of good form. Both 

 this and Kose Queen hold their place in the first rank of 

 bedding varieties. 



Primer (Bull). — Moderately vigorous habit ; flowers bright 

 rosy pink with white base. 



Roseum Compactmn (Salter). — Moderately vigorous habit; 

 flowers in compact trusses, small, rose throughout. 



Rose Queen * * * (Kinghorn). — Moderately vigorous habit ; 

 flowers rose pink, with the base of the upper petals paler, 

 freely produced, and of good form. 



SERIES II.— ZONATE VARIETIES. 

 1. ELOWEKS SOAELET. 



admiration, (Williams). — Moderately vigorous ; leaves dark 

 zoned; flowers bright scarlet. 



Ado7iis * * * (Hally). — Dwarf, free bold habit ; leaves with 

 a, dark submarginal zone; flowers large, well formed, in fan- 

 trusses, light scarlet, with a white eye. 



Agatha (Eollisson). — Moderately vigorous habit ; leaves 



dark zoned ; flowers small, well formed, light scarlet, in 

 abundant compact trusses ; free and showy. 



Amiral Prolet *** (Van Iloutte). — Moderately vigorous 

 in habit ; leaves with an indistinct zone ; flowers large, 

 deep scarlet, of fine shape, and produced in bold effective 

 trusses. It proved a very showy pot plant, under which 

 circumstances only it was grown, and it is to this condition 

 that the marks of merit are intended to apply. 



Attraction*** (Turner). — Moderately vigorous; leaves 

 with an indistinct green zone ; flowers abundant, bright 

 scarlet, in fine trusses, of good form and moderate size. 

 Also called Scarlet Perfection, Sutton's Perfection, Old Per- 

 fection, Boule de Feu, and Montfordi. 



Baron Ricasoli (E. d. Henderson & Sou). — Moderately 

 vigorous habit ; leaves with sharply defined dark zone ; 

 flowers in fair-sized trusses, dull crimson scarlet. 



Beauty (Bull). — ^Moderately vigorous; leaves with broad 

 dark zone ; flowers large, scarlet. 



Cheshire Hero** (Wills). — Moderately vigorous habit; 

 leaves with an indistinct zone; flowers soft, light scarlet, 

 with a cerise tint, free. 



CZiniaa; (Bull). — Moderately vigorous ; leaves with an in- 

 distinct zone; flowers bright scai-let. Indifferent under glass. 



CUiiper*** (Bull). — Moderately vigorous habit; leaves 

 with broad dark zone ; flowers bright scarlet, large and of 

 fine shape, produced in good trusses. Equally good as a 

 pot plant under glass. 



Comet (J. F. Chater). — Dwarfish habit; leaves with dark 

 centre or zone ; flowers scarlet. 



Commissioner** (Bull). — Vigorous habit; leaves with 

 broad dull-coloured zone ; flowers in compact trusses, well 

 formed, of a bright orange scarlet ; a fine variety. 



Cornelius Hegel (E. Gr. Henderson & Son). — Dwarf habit; 

 very broadly dark-zoned leaves ; flowers light scarlet. 



Cottage Maid** (Scott). — Vigorous habit; leaves dark 

 zoned ; flowers abundant, in compact trusses, light scarlet, 

 small and well formed. A free showy sort; the same as New 

 Globe, or too closely resembling it. J 



Editor (Bull). — Vigorous habit; indistinctly zonate leaves; 

 large bright scarlet flowers. 



Emperor of the French * * (Turner). — Vigorous dwarfish 

 habit ; leaves large, very distinctly zoned in a vandyked 

 pattern ; flowers large, in bold trusses, light scarlet. 



Etendard (Salter). — Dwarfish free habit; leaves with an 

 indistinct and unequal broad zone ; flowers deep scarlet. 



Firefly (G. Smith). — Dwarf habit; leaves dark zoned; 

 flowers abundant, bright scarlet. ■ 



Foxhunier (J. F. Chater). — A small weak plant; leaves 

 marked with a narrow dark zone; flowers scarlet. 



Gaiety (Hally). — Moderately vigoroxrs habit; leaves darkly 

 zoned ; flowers light, bright scarlet, with a pale eye. 



Garibaldi * * * (W. North). — Very dwarf close habit ; leaves 

 small, flat, with a broadish well-defined dark zone near the 

 edge; flowers bright scarlet, of good shape, in compact 

 trusses. A beautiful plant for small beds or margins. 



Harry Rieover * * (E, G. Henderson & Son). — Dwarf habit; 

 darkly-zoned leaves ; loose orange scarlet flowers. It was 

 considered rather desirable as a dwarf variety for edging 

 flower-beds. 



Hibberd's Pet (Carter & Co.). — Of moderately vigorous 

 habit ; leaves dark zoned ; flowers light scarlet but not 

 effective, the trusses being small and the flowers loose. It 

 was also of indifferent quality under glass. 



Lilliput (Turner). — Dwarf; leaves darkly zoned; flowei'? 

 scarlet, in small trusses. 



Lucien Tisserand * * (E. G. Henderson & Son). — Moderately 

 vigorous habit ; leaves marked with a dull broad zone ; 

 flowers showy, large, bright scarlet with a light eye. 



Lucius (B,uU), — Vigorous habit ; dai'k-zoned leaves ; scarlet 

 flowers. 



Martin Gireau ** * (Eollisson).^Vigorous habit; leaves 

 with broad duU zone ; flowers large, in fine trusses, of good 

 form, light scarlet. 



Meteor (J. F. Chater). — Moderately vigorous; leaves dark 

 zoned; flowers scarlet. 



Neatness (F. & A. Smith). — Dwarfish vigorous habit ; leaves 

 with dark vandyked zone ; flowers of good form, large, 

 scarlet, in small trusses. 



Persian * * (Bull) . — Vigorous habit ; very dark broad zone ; 

 flowers fine, large, and well formed, of a soft oarjoaiue Lsoarlet. 



