Ot> STOVE PLANTS. 



kind ; tHe flowers are deep reddish purple, witb a light 

 spotted eye, shaded towards the margin. 



A. Ambroise Yerschaffelt. — A very gay and attractive kind, 

 forming heautiful specimen pans, or fine masses when sus- 

 pended in haskets, either hy itself or when mixed with other 

 varieties ; the flowers are pale or whitish lilac, with elegant 

 radiating violet lines, and carmine spots in the centre. 



A. Argus. — A most desirable variety; the flowers are 

 rich plum colour, with large deep orange eye, spotted with 

 carmine, and having the upper lobes of the flowers beauti- 

 fully rayed towards the margin. 



A. Aurora. — A remarkably fine variety ; the flowers are 

 fully two inches in diameter, the colour deep heavy scarlet, 

 with a light yellow eye ; very effective as a basket plant, 

 contrasted with other colours. 



A. carminata eler/atu. — ^A beautiful variety, of free branch- 

 ing habit, and producing spikes of rosy carmine flowers 

 upwards of eighteen inches in length. It may be grown into 

 a specimen of three or four feet in diameter, and is thus a 

 charming object for the summer and autumn months. 



A. Dazzle. — This is a very handsome small-flowering kind, 

 but the richness of its scarlet colour and the quantity of its 

 flowers fufly compensate for its want of size. 



A. Dr. Buenzod. — Flowers crimson purple, beautifully 

 spotted with orange in the centre. 



A. Dr. Hopf. — This is a very pretty variety, and of dwarf 

 good habit ; the flowers are pure white, with pink eye ; a 

 very desirable form. 



A. Eclipse. — A beautiful variety, of very free-blooming 

 habit ; the flowers are orange red, the eye prettily spotted 

 with carmine, producing very long well-clothed spikes ; the 

 very best for exhibition purposes. 



A. Georgiana discolor. — Of fine, robust, and very distinct 



